Lyon County residents are being asked to share their concerns as part of the 2023 regional Hazard Mitigation Plan update.
The survey can be completed at www.surveymonkey.com/r/Lyon2023HMP by 5 p.m. Sept. 22.
All individual responses are confidential and will be used for planning purposes only.
The county is requesting residents and business owners share concerns on natural, man-made and technological hazards as part of the plan update.
The HMP helps prioritize projects that will reduce risk for emergencies and disasters. Participating agencies are profiling the community’s risk for natural, man-made and technological hazards and developing goals to reduce the impacts of each hazard.
Local governments are required to complete a HMP every five years to receive non-emergency disaster assistance. According to FEMA’s Mitigation Action Portfolio, natural hazards in the United States from 1980 to 2018 led to an average annual $42.8 billion of property damage and insurance claims, thousands of deaths and injuries, and livelihood disruptions. With an increase in extreme events, the average cost per year nearly doubles to $99 billion.
Nevada is estimated to have had more than $20 million in public infrastructure damages from the March Atmospheric River flood event.
Citizens also can participate in the hazard mitigation planning process by attending a LEPC Hazard Mitigation Workshop. The next LEPC Workshop will be 10 a.m. Sept. 13 at the Lyon County Administrative Complex, 27 S. Main St., Yerington. The agenda with additional meeting information will be posted to the Lyon County Agenda Center.
The 2018 Lyon County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan is available on the Emergency Management page of the Lyon County website at https://lyon-county.org/777/Emergency-Management.
For information, visit lyon-county.org and follow the county’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/LyonCountyNV.