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Las Cruces emergency manager urges council to adopt updated All-Hazards operations plan to protect disaster funding
Summary
Emergency Manager Amanda Bowen told the council the updated All Hazards Emergency Operations Plan aligns the city with FEMA/NIMS, ADA and New Mexico law, replaces a 2011 plan, adds annexes and job aids, and is necessary to preserve disaster funding and mutual aid access.
Amanda Bowen, Las Cruces emergency manager, told the City Council on Dec. 8 that the city’s All Hazards Emergency Operations Plan (AHEOP) has been substantially rewritten to meet current federal and state standards and to protect disaster funding.
“The prior emergency operations plan dated back to 2011,” Bowen said, describing a revision process that began in May 2024 and ran through June 2025. She said the update produced a new base plan plus 10 functional annexes and 10 hazard annexes, added…
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