(EL PASO COUNTY, Colo.) — The Pikes Peak Regional Office of Emergency Management (PPROEM) is asking individuals for their feedback as they update its 2020 Hazard Mitigation Plan that includes El Paso County and its eight municipalities, including the City of Colorado Springs.
PPROEM seeks publ
ic feedback in the planning process through a survey. The plan focuses on the population, buildings, infrastructure, and critical facilities that might be impacted by natural disasters. The mitigation project implemented will reduce vulnerability and enable communities to become more resilient to disasters.
The survey will gather information from public safety agencies, public sector entities, and community members in El Paso County to help better coordinate activities and reduce the risk of injury or property damage. Survey questions are for planning purposes, and the survey can be found here.
PPROEM will also host a series of virtual meetings throughout the plan update process. The first meeting will occur on Wednesday, April 23, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
The plan will include a risk assessment to identify hazards that may impact El Paso County and its municipalities. It will also profile relevant hazards and their potential consequences, identify assets that are subject to losses or damage, and estimate the potential losses that could result from each type of hazard.
Following the risk assessment, the emergency management team will develop a hazard mitigation strategy, including the identification of hazard mitigation goals and a prioritized list of actions designed to reduce losses. ...read more read less
