Public Input Requested for City's Updated Hazard Mitigation Plan
The City of Houston’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) leads the City’s efforts in planning for all types of emergencies, disasters, and hazards. The Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) aims to identify the City’s major hazard risks, assess Houston’s vulnerability to those hazards, and identify actions to reduce vulnerability, and serves as a condition for receiving certain types of non-emergency disaster grants and assistance. FEMA requires that the City’s HMP be updated every five years.
Hazard mitigation planning reduces the risk to people and property and reduces the cost of recovering from a natural disaster. Mitigation efforts are most effective when they are based on a comprehensive, long-term HMP.
The City’s planning team has completed the draft update to the HMP. Click the button below to view the draft version of the Hazard Mitigation Plan by the City of Houston Office of Emergency Management (houstonoem.org).
As part of the planning process, OEM is requesting that the public provide their feedback on the plan. Please submit any comments you may have by Friday, April 21, 2023.
To submit your comments on the draft plan, please send an email to Stevie Ann Hodgson-O’Donnell at shodgson@h2opartnersusa.com. In your email, please make sure you provide the section number and page number. You may also submit comments over the phone at 713-884-4500.
Thank you for continuing to be a part of creating a safer Houston!
About the City of Houston Office of Emergency Management (OEM)
The City of Houston OEM is the chief coordinating agency for disaster response in the nation's fourth-largest City; OEM provides emergency response coordination and communication assistance to City agencies, and serves as liaison to regional, state and federal agencies during times of emergency. In addition, OEM engages with the local community to promote emergency preparedness through a variety of initiatives. More information can be found at houstonoem.org.
