St. Tammany plans to update hazards mitigation plan

Published on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 9:02 AM CDT

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Parish President Kevin Davis announced this week that St. Tammany Parish will begin updating the parish’s Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan at the end of September.

Over the next six months, a Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee will review actions to increase public and property safety in the event of tropical storms, floods, tornadoes or other natural hazards. The first plan was created in 2004.

“This is part of our emergency planning process,” said Davis. “Planning is key to successful emergency management. When a storm hits, there is no time to make a recovery plan. The Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan helps us look at the overview of local emergency planning.”

A Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee, working under the auspices of the parish Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, will meet Monday, Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. in the Media Room of the Emergency Operations Center, 510 East Boston St., Covington. All meetings of the committee are open to the public.

The committee’s members include representatives of parish offices, interested municipalities, property owner associations and public organizations.

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