Warning systems/services - The City has the capability to warn the public through a variety of systems and services, directly and
indirectly. This includes cell phone, landline phone, TV, radio, app, social media, and web notifications. This capability has not beer
to assess/mitigate risk in the past because warning and notification is not a mitigation technique. The systems have been utilized fi
response in the past.
Hazard data and information - The City has limited authoritative data related to hazards affecting the jurisdiction. This data as wel
the authoritative sources is currently being collected as part of the mitigation planning process. In some cases the information ma
be specific to the City (may instead be for a neighboring county or another area in NH or MA. It is anticipated that this planning pri
will develop a reference list of authoritative hazard data and a methodology for keeping it up to date. The City can improve the prc
of collecting information on hazard impacts for smaller events that responders or Public Works respond to throughout the year. Tt
no process for collecting this information. Information collected during previous Mitigation Plans did not include references or cita
so it is not clear how this hazard data was collected. The focus of this hazard data was related to financial impacts (FEMA Declarat
rather than a hazard based approach. Efforts to use hazard data for mitigation grants has been unsuccessful due to the quality of t
data.
Grant writing - OEM Director has significant experience in the drafting and development of grants. Standard Operating Procedures
grant application and management have been developed by the Office. OEM will be scaling back on grant applications due to the
administrative burden it creates on the office. The OEM has been very successful at the application of grant funding for many resp:
related projects as well as planning initiatives. OEM has been unsuccessful on the application of hazard mitigation grants due to tk
of required documentation, assessments, and data for Benefit Cost Analysis.
HAZUS analysis - While the City does not currently have the capability to complete HAZUS analysis, the GIS Department could likely
learn. The City does have ArcGIS Desktop and the OEM Director and GIS Manager have taken basic HAZUS training through FEMA.
Currently the City works through Northeast States Emergency Consortium (NESEC) to complete HAZUS analysis The City has had th
completed in 2014 for Hurricane, Flood, and Earthquake and is currently undertaking it as part of this planning process.
tion to administrative and technical capabilities, the ability of the City to implement mitigation actions is closely associated with the
it of money available for these projects. Mitigation actions identified in this Plan, including those in Table 10—Implementation and
istration, may utilize the following funding sources:
