Background

North Coast County Water District (NCCWD) is preparing its 2026 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP). This planning process involves the development of mitigation strategies designed to reduce risks and vulnerabilities posed by natural hazards. The plan must be updated and approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) every five years to keep it current and to maintain eligibility for federal and state mitigation grant funding. 

What is Hazard Mitigation?

FEMA defines hazard mitigation as, “any sustained action taken to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to life and property from natural hazards.”  Another way to understand hazard mitigation is the prevention component of the emergency management process.

Hazard mitigation is the first step in the disaster cycle and it is followed by preparedness, response, and recovery.

• Preparedness activities include emergency plans, trainings, drills, and exercises that individuals, communities and first responders participate in on an almost daily basis. These are things done to get ready for an emergency or disaster before it happens.
• Response is the short-term, emergency actions taken to address the immediate impacts of a hazard.
• Recovery is the longer-term process of restoring the community back to normal or pre-disaster conditions.
• Mitigation activities are cost-effective actions or projects that will reduce or eliminate impacts, for anticipated future events. Mitigation can reduce or eliminate the need for an emergency response and greatly reduce the recovery period.

 

Public Participation
 

Link to County of San Mateo Department of Emergency Management | 2026 San Mateo County HMP Hazard Assessment Form (Public)

San Mateo County Multijurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation

Review Previous Plan
 

2021 San Mateo County Multijurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Volume 1:

Part A
Part B
Part C
San Mateo County Multijurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Volume 2