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Local Hazard Mitigation Plan - Mitigation

Mitigation Action(s)
Provide public education and outreach on disaster preparedness including websites, newsletters, social media, Preparedness Month events, etc.
Develop or update back-up power generation capabilities at critical governmental facilities.
Continue fire code, building code, zoning, and floodplain management enforcement activities.
Promote the installation of community safe rooms strategically placed throughout the county.
Update portions of the county?s Emergency Operations Plan (EOP).
Update portions of the county?s Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP).
Continue to educate county employees on cyber hygiene. Coordinate with Ohio Cyber Integration Center to disseminate information to improve cyber security.
Encourage county and municipal stakeholders to participate in the Infragard Program.
Increase the use of Multifactor Authentication (MFA), require users to provide multiple forms of identification before gaining access to an account or system.
Identify appropriate agencies to conduct a gap analysis to detect and prioritize cyber security needs across county owned critical assets.
Conduct penetration tests (i.e., simulated cyberattacks) on high priority computer systems to identify cyber security gaps.
Coordinate with ODNR to implement the Dam Safety Program.
Encourage dam owners to develop or update dam safety plans (EAPs).
Encourage dam owners to be prepared to respond to a dam failure, including a notification plan to appropriate response agencies.
Coordinate with local communities to ensure they understand dam failure risks and impacts.
Coordinate with dam owners to rehabilitate High Hazard Potential Dams (HHPDs).
Encourage farmers to purchase crop and drought insurance.
Evaluate potential impacts of AI generating plants on available water sources.
Use outreach to foster earthquake awareness and mitigation in homes, schools, and businesses.
Continue to identify publicly available spaces that can be utilized by vulnerable populations during extreme temperature events.
Provide guidance and resources on utility assistance programs.
Evaluate and improve existing stormwater management system (i.e., undersized storm sewers, lack of and undersized culverts).
Conduct studies to identify poor drainage areas.
Maintain ditches along publicly owned rights-of-way, and repair or replace culverts to control flooding.
Continue to identify and study riverbank stabilization opportunities.
Encourage residents in flood-prone areas to purchase flood insurance.
Consider traditional flood mitigation projects such as acquisition and relocation, elevation, etc. of flood-prone properties.
Organize an annual emergency drill to prepare for a disaster involving hazardous materials.
Continue Tier II reporting from covered facilities per SARA Title III.
Update Commodity Flow Study to identify types and volumes of hazardous materials transported through the county via highway, waterway, pipeline, railway & airway.
Disseminate public outreach regarding disposal of household hazardous waste.
Continue to coordinate with greenhouse owners and conduct inspections of greenhouses to identify possible invasive species that could be sold and planted throughout the county.
Increase surveillance efforts to identify what areas of the region invasive insects (i.e., Box Tree Moth) are inhabiting and where they are traveling.
Implement an invasive species education program to include hazards, identification, behavior, and quarantine procedures.
Work with agricultural producers to monitor and minimize nutrient runoff to prevent Algal Blooms.
Increase protection efforts for public infrastructure affected by dead/dying vegetation due to invasive species.
Enforce slide-prone area ordinance to limit fill or dumping.
Enforce drainage control regulations to reduce landslide risk.
Implement Sanitary System Codes limiting the type and location of sanitary systems in slide-prone areas to reduce drainage in those areas.
Provide mitigation guidance to property owners on site stabilization, energy dissipation, and flow control measures.
Install catch-fall nets made of high tensile steel wire mesh in known and potential landslide areas along transportation routes.
Implement debris-flow measures (i.e., stabilization, energy dissipation, flow control measures) to reduce damage in slide-prone areas.
Implement grading and sloping techniques to increase slope stability.
Consider vegetation placement and management plans to increase soil stability.
Place future utilities outside of landslide prone areas to decrease service disruptions.
Disseminate periodic outreach material to all participating jurisdictions providing information on public health emergencies.
Increase opioid prevention and recovery resources (i.e., increase availability of Naloxone and other detox capabilities).
Providing multiple means of disseminating severe weather notifications, (i.e., weather radios, smart phone apps, social media feeds, registration to a mass notification system.
Create a SOG for the timely clearing of storm debris from roadways.
Maintain StormReady certification.
Disseminate public education material on winter weather safety, to include family and traveler emergency preparedness, driver safety, and animal protection.
Encourage critical infrastructure to implement protective measures and target hardening techniques at their facilities.
Coordinate with law enforcement to ensure safety at mass gathering events.
Provide guidance to schools, churches, government agencies, health care facilities, and other critical facilities regarding active assailant threats.
Coordinate with local communities to conduct an assessment of the outdoor warning system.
Increase frequency of tree trimming along township roads and utility rights-of-way.
Encourage critical facilities to develop Continuity of Operations Plans (COOPs).
Promote public education on smoking hazards, recreational fires, and red flag warnings.
Improve stormwater management systems to decrease urban flooding.
Implement grading and sloping techniques to increase slope stability at SR 32 ramp.
Provide educational materials regarding methods to prevent the spread of invasive species.
Maintain ditches, increase culverts at low spot along SR 222 near park (intersection of Washington / Green).
Install insulation or heat trace on vulnerable waterlines to prevent bursting pipes.
Conduct riverbank stabilization projects along village owned property along Water Street to slow and prevent erosion.
Construct tornado shelters were feasible.
Elevate a short segment of US Route 52 on the west side of the village.
Conduct streambank stabilization project along a portion of Neville Penn School House Road.
Obtain financial assistance to maintain established green space in perpetuity.
Install insulation or heat trace on vulnerable waterlines to prevent bursting pipes.
Consider traditional flood mitigation projects such as acquisition and relocation, elevation, etc. of flood-prone properties.
Evaluate and improve existing stormwater management system (i.e., undersized storm sewers, lack of and undersized culverts) on North Broadway.
Increase water storage capacity within the village for use by local farmers during extreme drought.
Consider traditional flood mitigation projects such as acquisition and relocation, elevation, etc. of flood-prone properties.
Evaluate and improve existing stormwater management system (i.e., undersized storm sewers, lack of and undersized culverts) in areas around the Little Miami River.
Maintain ditches, increase culverts along segments of Shayler Run.
Install catch-fall nets made of high tensile steel wire mesh along segments of Greenbrier Rd, Summit Rd, SR 222, SR 132, and old SR 32
Utilize physical barriers, cutting, and chemical application to control the spread of yellow groove bamboo.
Construct on-farm water storage systems to capture and hold water for use during dry periods.
Evaluate and improve existing stormwater management system (i.e., undersized storm sewers, lack of and undersized culverts) on segments of Branch-Hill-Loveland Rd.
Implement grading and sloping techniques to increase slope stability along roadway segments vulnerable to landslides.
Elevate a short segment of US Route 52 to prevent roadway flooding from Ohio River floods.
Elevate a short segment of SR 132 to prevent roadway flooding from Ohio River floods.
Implement debris-flow measures (i.e., stabilization, energy dissipation, flow control measures) to reduce damage in slide-prone areas (i.e., housing development in southern portion of the township, Slaven Rd., Hopper Hill Rd., SR 749, Nine-Mile Tabasco Rd., and Concord Rd.
Maintain ditches, increase culverts at low spot along impacted roadways.
Modernize existing electrical grid and infrastructure with smart grid technology, replace conductors and transformers.
Evaluate and improve existing stormwater management system (i.e., undersized storm sewers, lack of and undersized culverts).
Modernize existing electrical grid and infrastructure with smart grid technology, replace conductors and transformers.
Elevate short segments of roadways to prevent roadway flooding.

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LHMP : Clermont County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan