Public Meeting - Hazard Mitigation Plan Update

NOTICE

Public Meetings Regarding
Hazard Mitigation Plan Update

Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 2:00 p.m. & 6:00 p.m.

Unalaska Public Safety Building, 2ND Floor

29 Safety Way

The City of Unalaska Fire Department is in the process of updating the City of Unalaska Hazard Mitigation Plan and is required to hold public meetings on the Plan update. The public may attend one of two Public Meetings, both on August 17, 2021. This first will be at 2:00 PM and the second is at 6:00 PM. Both meetings will be held on the Second Floor of the Public Safety Building at 29 Safety Way.

Natural hazards have the potential to cause property loss, loss of life, economic hardship, and threats to public health and safety. While an important aspect of emergency management deals with disaster recovery, an equally important aspect of emergency management deals with hazard mitigation.

A hazard mitigation plan describes an area’s vulnerability to the various natural hazards that are typically present, along with actions and projects for reducing these risks. While natural disasters cannot be prevented from occurring, the continued implementation of mitigation strategies identified in the plan will gradually, but steadily, make our communities more sustainable and disaster resilient.

The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 requires all states and local governments to have a Hazard Mitigation Plan in order to eligible to apply for certain types of federal hazard mitigation project grant funding. Subsequently, Hazard Mitigation Plans must be implemented on an ongoing basis; and updated every five years to ensure that they remain applicable representations of local risk and locally preferred risk reduction strategies.

For more information, or should you have questions, please contact:

Fire Chief Patrick Shipp
Unalaska Fire Department
[email protected]