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Providence City Council adopts 2024 hazard mitigation plan to unlock FEMA grants
Summary
The Providence City Council voted to adopt the city's updated 2024 Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan, a required step to receive FEMA grants including BRIC; the plan adds 19 new mitigation actions and incorporates climate change across hazards.
The Providence City Council voted to adopt a resolution approving the city's updated 2024 Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan, a document city staff said is required for eligibility for federal mitigation grants including the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program.
Council members took the action after a staff presentation outlining the nine-month planning process and a list of new mitigation actions. The plan update added three hazards of concern (infestation and invasive species; an expanded category of 2terrorism and active threat2; and electrification, meaning risks tied to lithium-ion batteries and increasing electric vehicle use) and incorporated expected climate change impacts across each hazard section, staff said.
City staff said the plan update was developed through four meetings of a local hazard mitigation committee that included city departments, one city council…
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