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Danvers Select Board adopts updated hazard mitigation plan to preserve FEMA funding eligibility
Summary
The Select Board voted to adopt the Town of Danvers Hazard Mitigation Plan update (May 2025), a FEMA-reviewed document identifying flood, storm, extreme heat and dam-safety risks and prioritized actions to reduce long-term community risk.
The Town of Danvers Select Board voted Jan. 7 to adopt the town's updated Hazard Mitigation Plan, a FEMA-reviewed document the town must have on file to remain eligible for federal hazard mitigation grants.
Fire Chief and emergency management director Brian Barry told the board the May 2025 plan was developed over nearly a year with federal hazard-mitigation grant funding and technical assistance from Kaplan Consulting and a committee that included public safety, public works, utilities, planning, schools and town…
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