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Walla Walla County emergency manager presents updated multi-jurisdiction hazard mitigation plan to College Place council
Summary
County Emergency Management director Chris Lee briefed the council on a 5‑year FEMA-required, multi-jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan update, describing risk assessments, community engagement and how the plan supports grant applications for mitigation projects.
Chris Lee, director of Walla Walla County Emergency Management, told the College Place City Council the county’s 2024 Hazard Mitigation Plan update is intended to meet FEMA requirements and to keep jurisdictions eligible for mitigation funding.
Lee said the multi-jurisdiction plan — which lists Walla Walla County, the City of Walla Walla, College Place, Waitsburg, Prescott, Walla Walla Public Schools and the Conservation District as adopting jurisdictions — updates risk assessments, historical hazard inventories and mitigation actions. “A hazard mitigation plan is…required by FEMA if you were to put in for any mitigation or funding opportunities,” Lee said.
Lee described the…
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