The Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) outlines opportunities to increase Orange’s resiliency in the face of future natural hazards. A successful hazard mitigation plan includes a strategy that enables the implementation and sustaining of local actions that reduce vulnerability and risk from hazards, and reduce the severity of the effects of hazards on people and property. While disasters cannot be prevented from occurring, their effects can be reduced or eliminated through a mitigation strategy that includes a well‐organized public education and awareness effort, preparedness activities, and mitigation actions.
The City of Orange Local Hazard Mitigation Plan assists in reducing vulnerability to disasters by identifying critical facilities, capabilities, resources, information, and strategies for risk reduction, while helping to guide and coordinate mitigation actions. The City of Orange has created this Plan to ensure that hazard conditions are reflective of current conditions, that policies in the Plan are consistent with current City standards and/or other relevant federal, state, or regional regulations, and that the City has an updated Plan consistent with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requirements.
The Plan provides a set of strategies intended to reduce risk from natural hazards through education and outreach programs; foster the development of partnerships; and implement risk reduction activities. The Orange LHMP works in conjunction with other plans, including the City’s General Plan and Emergency Operations Plan.
The City of Orange Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) is currently expired. City staff has identified grant funding of $160,000 to create a current LHMP. The effort is in its preliminary stages and is anticipated to take 2-3 years to complete.
Download the current City of Orange Local Hazard Mitigation Plan.