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Cocke County adopts updated natural hazard mitigation plan; officials outline generator, siren and communications priorities

5753808 · August 19, 2025
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Summary

Commissioners adopted the county's updated hazard mitigation plan after a presentation from emergency-management staff describing priority projects including backup generators, an audible countywide warning system, and improved cellular communications in Del Rio and Centerview.

Cocke County commissioners voted to adopt an updated county natural hazard mitigation plan after a presentation by emergency-management staff summarizing the plan's purpose, federal review and priority projects.

"If we don't have a hazard mitigation plan ... there would be no federal assistance," a county emergency-management official told commissioners, explaining that an approved plan is required to…

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