April 2000

CONTENTS:

From The Director

Feature Story: LMS, Phase II

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program

National Flood Insurance Program

Department News

The arrival of the New Year marked the completion of the initial phase of the Department’s Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) Initiative. As of December 1999, all 67 Florida counties and the majority of Florida’s municipalities are participating in the program, and all have submitted a final report on their strategy. Since that time, the Department of Community Affairs has been reviewing the reports for consistency with the original LMS guidelines. Every county will receive a memorandum identifying those tasks which still need completion. The Department of Community Affairs strongly encourages each county to address these issues, as funding eligibility could be effected. (full story)

National Flood Insurance
Program (NFIP)

Hazard Mitigation Grant
Program (HMGP)

Links

In related news, the City of Newberry is the latest Florida city to participate in the National Flood Insurance Program. The following municipalities are receiving technical assistance:

Town of Greenville, City of Gretna, City of Sopchoppy, Village of Wellington, City of Palm Bay, Bonita Springs, City of Marathon.

Applications are available online at: www.dca.state.fl.us/brm/

Mitigation Tidbits
° Subgrantees are reminded to provide the Summary of Documentation page with each request for reimbursement or advance. Supporting documentation, such as canceled checks or computer-generated accounting records, should be included.

° The Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Office submitted 74 project applications to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for Hurricane Georges, FEMA-1249, totaling more than $8.4 million.

° The deadline for Tropical Storm Mitch, FEMA-1259, applications is May 5.

Breaking the Cycle

Project Impact

Florida Alliance for Safe Homes

Natural Hazards Center

Firewise

Sea Grant HazNet

You are reading the inaugural issue of Hazard Mitigation News, a bi-monthly newsletter. We hope you find it informative. Our goal is to keep the articles clear and concise while directing you, the reader, to more in-depth information on the World Wide Web. If you have comments or suggestions regarding this publication, I encourage you to e-mail joe.myers@dca.state.fl.us or to call 850-413-9969.

Joe Myers, Director
Division of Emergency Management

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