Local Hazard Mitigation Plan

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) defines Hazard Mitigation as any action taken to reduce or eliminate the long-term risk to human life and property from hazards. Hazard mitigation planning is a process for state and local governments to identify community-level policies and actions to mitigate and thus reduce the impacts of natural hazards.

In accordance with the Disaster Mitigation Act (DMA) of 2000, the City of Garden Grove developed a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP). The purpose of the LHMP is to help reduce the impacts of natural hazards to the citizens, property, and critical infrastructure in the City. Earthquake, fire, flood, and severe weather hazards are just a few of the hazards to the Garden Grove community. While natural hazards such as these cannot be prevented, an LHMP forms the foundation for a community's long-term strategy to reduce disaster losses by breaking the repeated cycle of disaster damage and reconstruction. Communities with a DMA-compliant, FEMA- approved LHMP are eligible for FEMA pre- and post-disaster grant funding and are better positioned to respond and recover when disasters occur.