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Pine County adopts FEMA-accepted Hazard Mitigation Plan; emergency operations plan to follow
Summary
The Pine County Board adopted the county's hazard mitigation plan on Feb. 17 after FEMA acceptance; the plan is valid for five years, and county staff said a separate emergency operations plan will come to the board next month.
Pine County commissioners on Feb. 17 adopted the county's Hazard Mitigation Plan, a multi-year document FEMA accepted in January, formalizing local mitigation priorities for the next five years.
Denise Anderson of the Pine County Sheriff's Office briefed the board on the plan's development, saying the county worked with University of Minnesota spatial staff and a contracted consultant over roughly two and a half years and held multiple public-input meetings. "FEMA accepted this in January, and this is the last piece, the adoption," Anderson said.
A commissioner asked how long the plan remains in effect; Anderson replied the plan is valid for five years. Board members noted the emergency operations plan discussed previously by the public safety committee is a separate document; Anderson said she expects to bring that plan to the board at the end of next month.
The board moved and adopted Resolution 2026-05 on roll call. County emergency management staff will publish the adopted plan and continue related preparedness work tied to FEMA mitigation funding and local response coordination.
