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Hazard mitigation plan

Mitigation plans assist communities to reduce risk by identifying resources, information, and strategies for risk reduction while helping to guide and coordinate mitigation activities throughout the county.

This Garfield County Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) provides a set of actions to reduce risk from natural hazards through education and outreach programs, the development of partnerships, and implementation of preventative activities such as land use or watershed programs. It is a multi-jurisdictional plan that contains actions specific to Garfield County and to the communities and special districts (such as fire districts) within it.

The resources and information within the mitigation plan:
(1) Establish a foundation for coordination and collaboration among agencies and the public in Garfield County;
(2) Identify and prioritize future mitigation projects; and
(3) Meet qualifications for federal assistance programs.

Hazard Mitigation Plan documents

Adopted October, 2022

Hazard Mitigation Plan
Hazard Mitigation Plan – Town of Carbondale community profile
Hazard Mitigation Plan – Carbondale & Rural Fire District profile
Hazard Mitigation Plan – Colorado River Fire District profile
Hazard Mitigation Plan – City of Glenwood Springs community profile
Hazard Mitigation Plan – Glenwood Springs Fire Department profile
Hazard Mitigation Plan – Grand Valley Fire Protection District profile
Hazard Mitigation Plan – Town of New Castle community profile
Hazard Mitigation Plan – Town of Parachute community profile
Hazard Mitigation Plan – procedural appendix A
Hazard Mitigation Plan – procedural appendix B
Hazard Mitigation Plan – procedural appendix C
Hazard Mitigation Plan – procedural appendix D
Hazard Mitigation Plan – City of Rifle community profile
Hazard Mitigation Plan – Town of Silt community profile

Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan 2017-current

Integrated Emergency Management and Continuity Framework

Garfield County Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan

2017 Hazard Mitigation Plan

Emergency Management planning

Garfield County administration engaged in a multi-tiered emergency management planning process to develop comprehensive emergency management plans for county operations. Garfield County instituted a Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan (NHMP) as part of a suite of Emergency Management plans that also include a Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) and a Local Recovery Plan. Together, these plans provide a vision for comprehensive planning to reduce county vulnerability, and work across Garfield County departments for county resilience.

A risk assessment evaluating hazards and vulnerabilities and developing a method for understanding relative risk is included. That provides a foundation for this NHMP and the county's comprehensive approach to risk reduction. In 2011 and again in 2017, the county included other local jurisdictions in participation in the NHMP process. As a result, the current multi-jurisdictional NHMP and its multiple addendums reflect specific jurisdictional issues.

This Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) provides a set of actions to reduce risk from natural hazards through education and outreach programs, the development of partnerships, and implementation of preventative measures in land use and watershed programs. It is a multi-jurisdictional plan that contains actions specific to Garfield County and to the cities, towns, and fire districts within it.

Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan 2010-2012

Final Draft – February 2012

Garfield County Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan document

  • Executive Summary
  • Methodology, mission and goals
  • Community profiles
  • Risk summaries
  • Actions and implementations
  • Plan maintenance and updates

Fire Districts Addendum

Glenwood Springs Addendum

New Castle Addendum

Rifle Addendum

Silt Addendum

Early Draft – August 2010

Garfield County Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan: Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment

Wildfire Mitigation Plan

Wildfire mitigation – New Castle action items

Wildfire mitigation – New Castle addendum

Risk Process Map

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