Dear Community Member,
Is your home or office building susceptible to damage from earthquakes, wildfires, or floods? Do you want to recover more quickly from disasters and prevent future damage from these and other natural hazards? Your participation can make our communities more resilient. We know you are busy and respectfully request a few moments of your time to respond to the brief survey below.
With a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the West Piedmont Planning District Commission is leading a local effort to update the region’s Hazard Mitigation Plan. This plan identifies natural and manmade hazards throughout the planning district. The plan includes the counties of Franklin, Henry, Patrick, and Pittsylvania; the cities of Danville and Martinsville; and the towns of Boones Mill, Chatham, Gretna, Hurt, Ridgeway, Rocky Mount, and Stuart. It presents an identification of hazards and an assessment of vulnerability of the community and critical facilities to these hazards. The plan lists potential actions needed to reduce risk and future damage.
Although the plan enables the region to be eligible for various assistance grants, the plan’s value really lies in the identification of hazards and helps emergency managers and residents better prepare for disasters. The current hazard mitigation plan is available online at the Virginia Department of Emergency Management Web site at www.vaemergency.com/library/plans/mitigation.cfm under “West Piedmont”.
Your responses to this survey will inform the plan update.
This survey is also available online at http://www.wppdc.org/
All responses will be taken until May 15, 2011. Thank you for your time and cooperation.
Read more:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WestPiedmontHMP
