Musselshell County Disaster and Emergency Services (DES) would like to announce the release of the DRAFT 2021 Update to their Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan. The Plan is available for public review and comment through November 1, 2021.

Hazard Mitigation Plan updates are required by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in order for the county to receive disaster mitigation funds and apply for mitigation grants. The planning process for this Plan involved examining a wide range of hazards that affect the county, recent hazard events, the probability of future occurrences, and the vulnerabilities of structures and population. From that assessment, a plan of action to mitigate these hazards was developed.

The Plan outlines a mitigation strategy for reducing losses from wildfire, flooding, severe weather, drought, communicable disease, dam failure, hazardous material incidents, transportation accidents, terrorism, violence, civil unrest, and cyber security in Musselshell County.

The Draft Plan is online at:

http://www.MTmitigation.com / select: Musselshell County / password: Roundup / select: Draft Plan

Virtual plan review meetings will be held as listed below. Anyone may call into the meeting conference line at 1-406-247-0698 to join the meeting.

Monday, October 4th at 1 pm

Phone Conference ID:

407 069 766#

If you are interested in joining the meeting in person, or seeing a hard copy of the draft Plan, please contact:

Musselshell County DES: Justin Russell (406) 323-2777

[email protected]

The public will have a second opportunity to review the Plan concurrent with review by Montana DES and FEMA, from December 1, 2021 to February 1, 2022.