Escambia County Local Mitigation Strategy LMS Group

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Escambia County Local Mitigation Strategy
(LMS)Group
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Mitigation

• Webster's New World Dictionary
• To make or become less severe, less painful, etc.
• Industry Definition
• 1. To reduce or eliminate the effects and impacts
  of natural disasters.

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Who Are We?
We are a multi-jurisdictional voluntary
organization made up of governmental, private
and public organizations, for-profit and not-for
profit organizations
Our Members. Escambia County Town of
Century City of Pensacola Santa Rosa Island
Authority School District of Escambia
County Escambia County Utilities
Authority American Red Cross Pensacola Beach
Leaseholders Escambia County Extension
Services Escambia County Department of
Administrative Services Escambia County Division
of Emergency Management AND GROWING
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What Do We Do?

• We plan and implement multi-jurisdictional
  efforts to help mitigate our community.
• We coordinate project initiatives and grant
  funding opportunities specifically for mitigation
  activities.
• We implement educational/informational outreach
  efforts, planning initiatives, and actual
  mitigation construction projects.
• We promote and support the National Flood
  Insurance Program (NFIP) and Community Rating
  System (CRS) Programs

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Our Participants

• Escambia County Public Information Office
• Escambia County Sheriff's Office
• Escambia County Utilities Authority
• Gulf Power
• Lutheran Services of Florida
• Pensacola Beach Leaseholders
• Pensacola Chamber of Commerce
• Pensacola Chamber of Commerce
• Santa Rosa Island Authority
• Saunders Beach Community Association
• School District of Escambia County
• Town of Century
• United Way
• University of West Florida
• Escambia Soil and Water Conservation District
• West Florida Regional Planning Council

• American Red Cross
• City of Pensacola
• Downtown Council
• Escambia County Administrative Services
• Escambia County Planning and Engineering
• Escambia County Department of Health
• Escambia County Emergency Management
• Escambia County Engineering
• Escambia County Extension Services
• Escambia County Facilities Management
• Escambia County Fire Services
• Escambia County GIS
• Escambia County Growth Management
• Escambia County Neighborhood Enterprise
  Foundation, Inc.

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Annual Invitations/Outreach
-Over 250 people, community and civic
organizations, non-profits, federal, state, and
local government agencies are invited to
participate each year, -Our meetings are
publicly advertised in the Pensacola News
Journal -We do public speaking and various
expos -And all are welcome!
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Why Do We Do It?

• We have two broad goals
• Help our community mitigate against and prepare
  for natural disasters.
• Maintain eligibility for numerous federal and
  state grant programs that our community takes
  advantage of each year.

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How Do We Do It?
We coordinate local efforts to mitigate our
community through three different types of
methods

• Planning
• General and Targeted Education/Outreach
• Construction Type Projects

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Types of Projects Supported by the LMS Since 1998

• Drainage
• Hurricane Shutters/Wind Protection
• Repetitive Flood Loss Property Mitigation
• Acquisition
• Elevation
• Dry Flood Proofing
• Wet Flood Proofing
• Relocation
• Demolition/Rebuild (Pilot Program)

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Drainage

• Bonanza Drive Drainage
• Orby Drive/Lowery Dam Drainage
• Jernigan Road Drainage
• Century Drainage
• Corry Heights Drainage
• Vichy Springs Drainage
• Warrington Drainage
• Crystal Wells Drainage
• Hernadez Drainage
• Jackson Branch Lakes Drainage
• Sandy Hollow Drainage
• Crary Road Drainage
• Still Road Drainage

• Cobb Lane/Hope Drive Drainage
• Grundy Avenue Drainage
• Rolling Hills Drainage
• Chandler Drainage
• Weis Elementary School Drainage
• Langley Avenue Drainage
• St. Elmos Drainage

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Shutters/Wind Protection

• Sheriff's Office/EOC Hurricane Shutter Project
• EMS Administration Hurricane Shutter Project
• 35 County Government Facility Hurricane Shutter
  Project (Includes 16 volunteer fire stations)
• Hurricane Shutters-Pensacola Fire Station
• Hurricane Shutter Project on 13 Public
  Schools/Hurricane Evacuation Shelters
• Port of Pensacola Warehouse 5 Wind Retrofit
• K-5 Elementary School Shutter Project
• ECUA Hurricane Shutter Project (Administration
  and Engineering Facilities)
• Blue Angel Elementary School Hurricane Shutter
  Project
• Tate High School Hurricane Shutter Project
• Safe rooms/Hurricane Shutters for individual
  resident homes (34 homes shuttered, strengthened,
  or tornado safe rooms)
• Leonard Street Complex Maintenance Building
  Hurricane Shutter Project
• Northwest Florida Blood Bank hurricane shutters
  and generator

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Repetitive Loss Property/Flood Mitigation

• Markley demolition/rebuild
  
• Gainey residence acquisition
• Parks residence demolition/rebuild
• Sigler residence demolition/rebuild
• Holley Demolition/Rebuild
• Wingett Demolition/Rebuild

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Miscellaneous Projects

• New Public Safety Building Engineering
• Outdoor Warning System-Beach Sirens
• Disaster Preparedness Public Education (printing
  of public education material/flyers)
• ECUA Lift Station generator switch boxes
• Alternate Emergency Operations County/County
  Extension Services Generator Switch Box
• 350 KW Emergency Generator for Special needs
  shelter

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Money, Money , Money.

• Projects supported or promoted through the LMS
  since 1998 total approximately
• 11,921,296.00
• This is Federal, State, and Local funds
  implementing mitigation efforts in our community

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Funding?

• The LMS has no budget.
• Time and resources are volunteered or donated by
  community participants and is becoming a part of
  some County employee job descriptions.
• We apply for numerous grants each year for the
  various types of projects we pursue.
• Some of the funding sources
• Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
  (Post-Disaster)
• Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (PDM)
  (Pre-Disaster)
• Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Grant Program
• Emergency Management Preparedness Assistance
  (EMPA) Grant Program
• County General Revenue/LOST

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What We Are Not!

• We are NOT a regulating body for development or
  permitting!
• We are NOT a supplemental funding source for
  capital improvement projects!

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Moving Into the Future

• We want to expand our membership and
  participation levels.
• We want to successfully promote and implement
  mitigation throughout our community.
• We want to continue our efforts in bringing in
  mitigation grant dollars, donations, and pursue a
  budget line item.
• We want to improve our development standards to
  mitigate against disaster as we develop, not
  after the fact.

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Acquisitions
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Demo Rebuilds
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Shutters
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Tornado Safe Rooms
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Elevation
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Our Website

• Our LMS Plan and meeting schedule can be found on
  our website at
• www.escambiaemergency.com

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Specific Projects Completed
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Specific Projects Completed