State of Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

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State of AlaskaDivision of Homeland Security
and Emergency Management
Our Mission Alaska's Division of Homeland
Security and Emergency Management provides
critical services to the State of Alaska to
protect lives and property from terrorism and all
other hazards, as well as to provide rapid
recovery from all disasters.
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Advantages to Mitigation

• Lives Saved
• Property Damage Reduced
• Community Interruptions Decreased
• Critical Facilities Protected

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Mitigation Involves

• Planning
• Zoning
• Building Codes
• Public Education
• Projects brick and mortar

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Advantages to Mitigation Planning

• Community Wide Involvement
• Comprehensive All-Hazard
• Long Term Perspective
• Critical Facilities Protected

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Planning Process

• Organize
• Community buy in
• Planning Resources
• Technical Experts
• Risk Assessment
• Identify Hazards
• Determine Probabilities and/or Potential
• Consider Impact to the Community
• Develop the Plan
• Priorities
• Strategy for Implementation What we want to do
• Implement and Evaluate

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Mitigation Strategy

• Develop Goals and Objectives
• Identify and Prioritize Opportunities
• Determine Who Will Implement
• Timeline
• Funding Sources

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Mitigation Factors

• Disaster Resilience
• Social Equity Concerns
• Legality
• Environmental Issues
• Historical Issues

• Effectiveness
• Cost / Benefit Analysis
• Funding Sources
• Quality of Life
• Civic Participation
• Economic Vitality

Similarities to Community Planning
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Mitigation Plan Requirements

• FEMA Approved local hazard mitigation plan
  required for FEMA grant funding.
• November 1, 2006 (44 CFR201.6)
• Plan Consistent with the Alaska State All-Hazard
  Mitigation Plan

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Mitigation Funding GrantsState / FEMA

• Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant program (PDM)
• Annual
• Nationally Competitive
• Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
• Disaster Funded
• Flood Mitigation Assistance program (FMA)
  DCCED
• Repetitive Flood Claims grants (RFC) DCCED
• Severe Repetitive Loss grants (RFC) DCCED

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Other Mitigation Project Funding

• Nation Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
• US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
• Special Federal Appropriation
• State Legislature - Capital Budget
• Local Funds