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Daviess County Hazard Mitigation Plan, Draft of December 2, 2025

December 2, 2025 Draft

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1.1 PURPOSE Hazard mitigation is defined as “any action taken to reduce or eliminate the long-term risk to human life and property from natural hazards”. While natural hazards will continue to occur and at their worst will result in death and destruction of both property and infrastructure, this plan was undertaken to minimize the impact that these hazards will have on the people and property of Daviess County. Daviess County and the participating jurisdictions and school districts developed this multi-jurisdictional local hazard mitigation plan update to reduce future losses from inevitable hazardous events. The jurisdictions participating in this plan are the unincorporated areas of Daviess County, the jurisdictions participating in this plan understand that adopting the plan is a prerequisite for mitigation grant eligibility and understand that failure to adopt this plan will make them ineligible for mitigation grants. The following legislation gives FEMA authority to require these plans: Robert T Stafford Disaster and Emergency Act (Public Law 93-288) as amended by the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-390), The implementing regulations set forth by the Interim Final Rule published in the Federal Register on February 26, 2002, (44 CFR §201.6) and finalized on October 31, 2007. The following publications from FEMA were used as guidance in the development of this hazard mitigation plan for Daviess County. FEMA’s Local Mitigation Planning Handbook, May 2023, FEMA’s Local Mitigation Plan Review Guide, October 1, 2011, and the Local Mitigation Planning Policy Guide April 19, 2023. The previous Daviess County Hazard Mitigation Plan, which was approved on 3/30/2021, was also used in the development of this update.

1.2 BACKGROUND AND SCOPE The Daviess County Hazard Mitigation Plan is the update of a plan that was approved March 30, 2021. Hazard Mitigation Plans must be renewed every five years and then must be adopted by the participating jurisdictions within the plan. Both the plan and the update were prepared pursuant to the requirements of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000. This plan once completed and adopted will result in eligibility for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grant Programs.

Daviess County Hazard Mitigation Plan, Draft of December 2, 2025

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