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Kershaw County adopts regional hazard mitigation plan to retain FEMA grant eligibility
Summary
Council adopted a FEMA‑approved regional hazard mitigation plan prepared by the local Council of Governments; officials said the plan documents mitigation priorities (backup power, shelters, vegetation management) and preserves future FEMA funding eligibility.
Kershaw County Council voted to adopt a regional hazard mitigation plan on Tuesday that the local Council of Governments prepared under a FEMA grant.
Jeff Parky, representing the COG, told council the plan — updated on a five‑year cycle — helps jurisdictions remain eligible for FEMA mitigation funding and codifies priorities such as backup power, emergency shelters, evacuation planning, vegetation management and ditch maintenance. He said FEMA previously approved the plan and the current council adoption completes local implementation steps.
Parky said FEMA grant funding supported preparation of the update this cycle, unlike prior work when counties funded the process directly. County emergency management staff and COG partners collaborated on mitigation actions and catalogued local critical facilities and priorities, Parky said.
Councilors voted to adopt the plan. Officials said the plan will assist emergency management in securing mitigation grants and in planning local resilience activities such as securing disaster shelter locations outside schools where needed.
"Documenting these activities is one of the main things FEMA really looks for," Parky said. Council members thanked the COG and local emergency management staff for their work.
