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Eugene Henry, AICP, CFM,
Hazard Mitigation Manager


19th Floor, County Center
601 E. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, Florida 33601
Telephone: (813) 307-4541

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The Hazard Mitigation Section provides disaster planning services to Hillsborough County citizens and other local agencies. Disaster planning services include floodplain management, flood insurance, grants assistance, and vulnerability assessments. The Section works with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Florida Division of Emergency Management, and local groups to provide technical assistance to homeowners, businesses, developers, and the engineering community. Most of the time spent by this group is in preparing background information that is then incorporated into work performed by the county departments of Development Services, Public Works, and Public Safety. Staff is knowledgeable in most aspects of mitigation planning to handle citizens’ general questions.

There are three principal objectives that guide the direction of the section. The first is to unify countywide initiatives that seek to reduce the county's vulnerability to man-made and natural disasters. The second is to ensure that county agencies and departments follow guidelines established through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and maintain these records with an aim to retain the county’s favorable insurance rating. The better the county’s rating, the bigger the discount applied towards individual flood insurance policies; the county is currently in the top 4% of all communities in the Nation! The third and final objective is to assist government entities, county residents, and businesses with various projects to reduce their vulnerability. Several services are provided to meet these objectives, including maintaining the Local Mitigation Strategy, ensuring the county implements minimum standards associated with the National Flood Insurance Program, and ensuring participation with Federal and State governments in the federally-designed Project Impact program.

 

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We appreciate your input and suggestions on hazard mitigation plans being updated or created for our community. Please note that the responses to these surveys are only being used to compile raw data on regions where people live and work, opinions, knowledge of disaster prevention efforts and trends.  While the answers to these questions are subject to the public records law, the results will be anonymous and will not identify any individual, unless they wish to identify themselves.


Hillsborough County is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

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