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Putnam County Hazard Mitigation Plan, Draft of November 20, 2025

November 20, 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 Putnam County. Putnam 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 Putnam County, the City of Bethany, the City of Blythedale, the City of Cainsville, the City of Eagleville, the City of Gilman City, the City of Ridgeway, North Putnam R-III School District, Ridgeway R-V School District, and South Putnam R-II School District. 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. All entities participating in the development of the update to the Putnam County Hazard Mitigation Plan have been made aware that in order to be eligible for grants for hazard mitigation they must adopt the plan prior to its submission to SEMA and FEMA. The following publications from FEMA were used as guidance in the development of this hazard mitigation plan for Putnam County. FEMA’s Local Mitigation Planning Handbook, 2025, FEMA’s Local Mitigation Plan Review Guide, October 1, 2011, and the Local Mitigation Planning Policy Guide 2025. The previous Putnam County Hazard Mitigation Plan, which was approved on May 3, 2021, was also used in the development of this update.

1.2 BACKGROUND AND SCOPE The Putnam County Hazard Mitigation Plan is the update of a plan that was approved on May 3, 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

Putnam County Hazard Mitigation Plan, Draft of November 20, 2025

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