Nashville emergency management updates multi‑jurisdiction hazard mitigation plan; public input shapes 32 action items

Heidi Mariscal of the Metro Office of Emergency Management briefed the Sustainability Advisory Committee on updates to Davidson County’s multi‑jurisdiction hazard mitigation plan and sought committee input on mitigation priorities and funding approaches.

Mariscal described the plan as a collaborative, multi‑jurisdiction document that includes satellite cities, universities and numerous public, private and nonprofit partners. "I've been in emergency management for about 22 23 years now. And the mitigation plan is just 1 small piece of it," Mariscal said, noting the plan’s role in qualifying jurisdictions for federal hazard mitigation grants once approved by the state and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

The update includes a public survey — Mariscal said the team received several hundred responses — and an assessment framework that combines an 11‑parameter impact and vulnerability rating with a likelihood…