Hazard Mitigation Plan

Orleans County has updated its Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP).  The HMP analyzes the hazards faced by the County and its municipalities, residents, and businesses, and identifies a strategy for minimizing the vulnerability to these hazards. 

What is a Hazard Mitigation Plan?

In the broadest sense, a hazard mitigation plan examines specific hazards counties and municipalities may face, and outlines a long-term strategy for mitigating against such threats. According to FEMA, hazard mitigation is the effort to reduce loss of life and property by lessening the impact of disasters. In other words, hazard mitigation keeps natural hazards from becoming natural disasters. 


Public Documents

Orleans County has begun updating its Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP). The HMP documents the county’s vulnerability to natural and man-made hazards, and the county’s, town’s, and village’s strategies to reduce that vulnerability.  




Where can I learn more about Hazard Mitigation Planning?

For more information on hazard mitigation in New York State, please visit MitigateNY

Additional information is available through FEMA, and can be accessed here.

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Draft Hazard Mitigation Plan SectionsNo documents

Volume I CoverNo documents

Volume II CoverNo documents

2008 Orleans County Multi-Jurisdictional All-Hazard Mitigation PlanNo documents