County Updating Hazard Mitigation Plan

SMETHPORT – The McKean County Emergency Management Agency and the McKean County Planning Commission, together with Michael Baker Jr., Inc. have begun updating the McKean County All-Hazards Mitigation Plan.

The updated Hazard Mitigation Plan will be the blueprint for further reducing property damage and saving lives from the effects of future natural and man-made disasters within the County. This update is also required in order for all jurisdictions within the County to be eligible to receive certain types of state and federal funding both before and after a disaster occurs.

Municipal officials must attend meetings and actively participate in the planning process by providing valuable local information in order to be covered by the Hazard Mitigation Plan.

The County is pleased to announce that the hazard mitigation planning process will have a dedicated website that can be accessed at http://www.McKeanHMP.com. This website, which will be updated throughout the planning process, features general information on hazard mitigation and specific information about the County planning process including announcements and a calendar of events. The website also allows those interested to submit comments and/or concerns pertaining to the Hazard Mitigation Plan throughout the planning process.

The McKean County Hazard Mitigation Planning Team is also seeking the public’s assistance and input by requesting that anyone with disaster-related stories or photographs submit those via the dedicated Hazard Mitigation Plan website at http://www.McKeanHMP.com.

The public is invited to comment in person on the draft Plan and the planning process at a public meeting slated for March 16, 2011 at the McKean County Emergency Management Agency.

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