Roles and Responsibilities
- Update the State of Colorado Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan
- Administer the FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grant Programs
- Administer the State Hazard Mitigation Program
- Chair the State Hazard Mitigation Team
- Oversee post-disaster mitigation operations and coordinate mitigation resources
- Participate on hazard mitigation task forces, councils, and forums
- Conduct mitigation trainings, workshops, and exercises
- Promote local hazard mitigation planning
- Review local hazard mitigation plans
- Conduct mitigation awareness campaigns
Types of technical assistance available to local jurisdictions
- Facilitating a planning process
- Ensuring public involvement criteria are met
- Conducting risk assessments
- Identifying and selecting mitigation strategies
- Applying for grants
- Reporting grant-related activities
- Requesting reimbursements
- Understanding environmental and historic preservation conditions
- Successfully closing out grants
Resources
- Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) Notice of Intent/Interest (NOI) Form
- Colorado Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Policy Rollout Webinar
Regional Contacts
The team provides a regional point of contact for technical assistance on hazard mitigation planning and grants.
Region One Contact
Matt Arsenault
Region Two Contact
Matt Arsenault
Region Three Contact
TBD
Contact Resource
Statewide Contacts
State Hazard Mitigation Officer
Mark Thompson
State and Local Mitigation Planning Program Manager
TBD
Mitigation Planning Specialist
TBD
Deputy State Hazard Mitigation Officer
TBD