13 - RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2017 LAMAR COUNTY MITIGATION PLAN

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Lamar County Multi- jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Chapter Four Table 4.2: Mitigation Actions or Projects Projects Hazards Mitigated Description 'fy (Object' • Provide NOAA Radios as • Tornadoes funding allows. • Hailstorms • Encourage local merchants to • Extreme Heat stock and offer discounts on • Public • Floods purchase of radios. Education NOAA Radios • Set up with distributor a special & (objectives 1.1) • Wind & event at local retailer. Awarenes Thunderstor • Educate the public on s ms • Severe winter importance of NOAA radios and • Emergent how to use them properly. y Services storms • PSA's in local media in early • Dam Failures spring emphasizing importance of radios for advance warning. • Tornadoes • Floods • Public Community • Wind & Education & Emer enc g Y Response Teams Thunderstorms • Continuation of previously started Awareness (CERT) • Severe Winter CERT training program. • Emergency (Objective 1.2, Storms Services 1.6) • Recruit new trainees. • Earthquakes • Encourage local employers and housing • Terrorism • Hazardous Materials Develop and review existing mobile home guidelines and ordinances to implement Code Plus Tornadoes measures to reduce risk of damage — tie - downs, (Objective 2.1, anchors, etc. Prevention 2.2, & 2.3) Floods Enforce all building regulations & codes. Property Protection Wind & Thunderstorms Ensure local building codes /ordinances are consistent with FEMA guidelines. Conduct assessments of structures previously damaged from hazard events and encourage 174