Help shape a plan for how Piedmont can mitigate risk from disasters by sharing your suggestions for steps you’d like to see the City take to reduce potential impacts from wildfires, earthquakes, or other natural hazards.

Your input will be used to inform the City’s Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, a FEMA-required document that studies the specific ways Piedmont could be impacted by natural hazards and creates a roadmap for actions we can take now that would prevent or eliminate some of those impacts, if a disaster happens.

Mitigation actions could include things like:

• Updating or adopting new policies, like strengthening building codes
• Infrastructure projects like retrofitting or rebuilding critical facilities
• Developing programs to help residents make their properties more resilient

Share your suggestions for steps you’d like to see the City take at piedmont.ca.gov/MitigationStrategy. You can submit as many ideas as you’d like and will be able to see suggestions that others have submitted.

Creating the mitigation strategy is a whole community process – participation from residents is essential.

Mitigation Plan positions Piedmont for state and federal grant funding

Work to update the City’s Local Hazard Mitigation Plan began last fall, with a deep dive into the natural hazards most likely to threaten Piedmont. The project team has worked to document the specific ways each of these hazards could affect Piedmont if they were to occur, including damage to people and property, critical facilities and infrastructure, and our local economy.

This work provides important context for the project’s current phase – the development of a mitigation strategy. Effective mitigation – actions taken before a disaster that aim to reduce risk – can reduce damage, minimize disruption, and speed recovery from disasters when they happen.

When the mitigation plan is complete, the City will submit it to FEMA and the California Office of Emergency Services for review. Receiving approval from these two agencies positions Piedmont to apply for state and federal grants to fund mitigation projects documented in the plan.

Learn more about the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan update process and read the 2019 plan at piedmont.ca.gov/LHMP. Get notified directly of upcoming meetings, events, and engagement opportunities by subscribing to email updates at piedmont.ca.gov/LHMPnews.

With questions, comments, or requests to get more involved, email [email protected].