| Hazard Mitigation: Defined as sustained action that reduces or eliminates long-term risk to people and property from natural and technological (man made) hazards and their effects. For example, mitigation involves keeping homes away from floodplains, engineering bridges to withstand natural and man made hazards, creating and enforcing effective building codes to protect property from floods, tornadoes and more. Technological hazards include hazardous materials incidents, terrorism, and major traffic accidents to name a few. | |
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Taking Shelter
from the Storm - Every year, tornadoes, hurricanes,
and other extreme windstorms injure and kill people, and damage
millions of dollars worth of property in the United States. Having
a shelter, or a safe room, built into your house can help you protect
yourself and your family from injury or death caused by the dangerous
forces of extreme winds. Saferoom Fact Sheet Official Website |
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Design & Construction
Guidance for Community Shelters - This document
is a guidance manual for engineers, architects, building officials,
and prospective shelter owners. It presents important information
about the design and construction of community shelters that will
provide protection during tornado and hurricane events. FEMA - Saferoom homepage |
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Small Business
Disaster Plan -
You have made a significant investment of time and resources into making
your small business a success. Can you take the chance that, in spite
of all your good efforts, your business may have to close due to a severe
storm or a flood? How do you take control of the possible impacts of
a natural or man made disaster on your business? Here is your answer. The Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) in partnership with Johnson County Emergency Management and the Partnership for Emergency Planning are pleased to present to you the Small Business Disaster Recovery Planning Program. Johnson County Emergency Management will come to your business to help you
get started on developing a disaster recovery plan. In addition, we have
partnered with the Partnership for Emergency Planning (a local trade group
of certified business continuity planners and emergency managers) to review
the plans during their creation and/or after you have completed the plan. |
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