County hazard plan to be reviewed

A draft of the Sanders County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan is complete, and meetings are now scheduled to review the plan with the public.

Meetings will be Tuesday, June 4 at 7 p.m. at Hot Springs City Hall and Wednesday, June 5, at 10 a.m. in the commissioners’ meeting room at the Sanders County Courthouse.

These are the final meetings for the plan, which outlines mitigation projects designed to protect Sanders County from natural and man-made hazards, reduce loss to structures and infrastructure, and make the communities more resilient to disaster. It also qualifies the county and communities to be eligible for mitigation grants from FEMA.

The Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan profiles the top hazards in Sanders County having the potential to impact the population and cause property loss. The planning team ranked the hazards as follows: 1, Wildfire; 2, Hazardous Material Incidents/ Transportation Accidents; 3, Severe Weather and Drought; 4, Flooding; 5, Terrorism, Violence, Civil Unrest, Cyber Security; 6, Communicable Disease; 7, Landslide; 8, Dam Failure.

The Plan is posted on the project website: http://www.countypdm.com, select: Sanders Co., password: Thompson Falls, select: Draft Plan page. Comments on the draft plan are welcome.

For more information, please call Bill Naegeli, Sanders County Office of Emergency Services at (406) 827-6955.