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Sherburne County Multi -Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2020 <br />Sherburne County Sheriff's Office PRESS RELEASE <br />departments, city and township gavernments, school districts and other key stakeholders. Together, <br />the planning team worked to identlfy cost-effective and sustainable actions to reduce or eliminate the <br />long-term risk to human life or property from natural hazards. Some examples include improvement of <br />roads and culverts that experience repetitive flooding; construction of safe rooms at campgrounds, <br />public parks, mobile home parks or schools to protect lives yn the event of tornados or severe wind <br />events; burying powerlines that may fail due to heavy snow, ice or wind storms; ensuring timely <br />emerelmy communication to the public through warning sirens and mass notification systems, and <br />conducting public awareness and education campaigns to help people be prepared to take safe action <br />before, duriN, or following a hazard event <br />The Benefits of Hazard Mitigation Planning <br />Hazard mitigation planning ultimately helps us protect Sherburne County residents. By working with <br />local communities, we can identify vulnerabilities and develop strategies to reduce or eliminate the <br />effects of a potential hazard. In addition, increasing public awareness of local hazards and disaster <br />preparedness helps to create a community that is resilient to disaster and breaks the cycle of response <br />and recovery. Update of the plan will further allow the Courty and its jurisdictions to apply for eligible <br />projects under future Hazard Mitigation Assistance grant funding from FIE MA for projects that are cost - <br />effeetrve and will hop to reduce or eliminate impacts of future natural disaster events. <br />Contact, <br />Derek Haas <br />Sherburne County Emergency Management Deputy Director <br />Phone: 763-765.3508 <br />Email: defek.baastacv.shcrburre.mr.us <br />Page 2 <br />Page I F - si <br />