Master Plan Nashua Fire Rescue, NH
Nashua Hazard Mitigation Actions
39. Identify the best approach to prevent new development or to require flood-resilient site &
building design in developable parcels adjacent to the Merrimack River.
40. Develop a coordinated GIS Department. Find out who uses GIS, determine how it is used,
and identify other potential uses.
41. Obtain hazard data and using GIS to map risk for various hazards.
42. Develop and maintain a database to track community exposure to flood risk, particularly
smaller nuisance events, for future benefit-cost analysis use.
The City of Nashua is now working to integrate requirements of the Nashua Hazard Mitigation Plan into other
planning mechanisms. Additionally, the City’s Capital Improvement Plan includes many of the large-scale
City mitigation projects that were identified in the Hazard Mitigation Plan, and the Division of Public Health
and Community Services is working on incorporating public health mitigation strategies into its Community
Health Improvement Plan update cycle. The Resilient Nashua Initiative will be responsible for helping other
City departments to integrate the Hazard Mitigation Plan into its own planning mechanisms.
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