Regional Mitigation Plan

The Cities of Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Isle of Wight County worked together to develop a Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan, with FEMA funding, as part of a mitigation planning requirement of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA 2000). The DMA 2000 charged localities with the responsibility of identifying, assessing, and mitigating the risks within their communities to ensure that critical services would continue to function if a natural disaster were to occur.

The Hazard Mitigation Plan was approved by the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and adopted by City Council. It is important to note that once the plan is approved, the city will be eligible for future mitigation function, if available, to implement pre- and post-disaster projects.

The Hazard Mitigation Plan PowerPoint presentation introduces the mitigation planning process and the Abstract provides a brief overview of the plan's contents and includes the city's hazards and mitigation strategies.  

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