Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan: 19. Mitigation Strategy

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Chapter 19:Mitigation Strategy 5. Goal: Provide adequate pre- and post-disaster emergency shelters to accommodate residents and visitors. 5.1. Identify and harden selected shelters to withstand hurricane. 5.2. Establish a standardized due diligence procedure for qualifying a building for private self-sheltering. 6. Goal: Develop a level of awareness among the general public and businesses, particularly the visitor industry, that results in calm and efficient evacuations, self- sufficient survival skills, and willingness to abide by preventive or property protection requirements. 6.1. Develop a broad-based public information program that utilizes a diversity of communication media. 6.2. Develop special public information programs targeted to vulnerable populations. 6.3. Develop a community-based network that double-functions as the Community Emergency Response Team and provides input into mitigation planning. 7. Goal: Minimize post-disaster recovery disruption by developing systems for efficient clean-up, documentation of damage and injury, and processing of appropriate aid to rebuild businesses and the economy. 7.1. Educate businesses on business interruption planning. S. Goal: Protect natural and cultural resources to the extent practicable that buffer hazards or have significant value. 19.2 Mitigation Actions by Hazard Type This section summarizes applicable mitigation actions by the hazard type. Mitigation actions can be grouped into six broad categories:'07 • Prevention. Government administrative and regulatory actions or processes that influence the way land and buildings are developed and built (e.g., planning and zoning, building codes, drainage standards). • Property Protection. Actions that involve the modification of existing structures to protect them from a hazard, or removal from the hazard area (e.g., acquisition, elevation, relocation, structural retrofits, storm shutters, shatter-resistant glass). • Public Education and Awareness. Actions to inform and educate citizens, elected officials, and property owners about the hazards and potential ways to mitigate them (e.g., outreach projects, real estate disclosure, hazard information fairs, school-age and adult education programs). • Natural Resource Protection. Actions that minimize hazard losses while also preserving or restoring the functions of natural systems (e.g., erosion control, stream restoration, watershed management,wetland restoration and preservation). 107 FEMA,Developing the Mitigation Plan:Identifying Mitigation Actions and Implementation Strategies, State and Local Mitigation Planning How-To Guide 43,April 2003. 19-2 Hawaii County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan