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Hazardous Conditions: Mitigation Planning and Pandemics

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

These Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)-approved plans are required in order for states to apply for certain non-emergency disaster assistance from the agency, as well as for states to update and re-submit plans to FEMA for approval every five years. You can check the status of your state or local hazard mitigation plan here.

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Cities, Cultural Heritage and the Culture of Responding to Floods

Emergency Planning

In 2021 a colleague who studies natural hazards wrote to me that "our institute is all but destroyed and colleagues have lost their homes". The response to these floods revealed a lack of crucial connections in civil protection between the federal government and the states. This is where the resources need to be concentrated.