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management problems in the Indian River County area . This strategy will serve as a tool to direct the County and municipal governments in their ongoing efforts to reduce their vulnerabilities to impacts produced by both the natural , technological , and societal hazards to which southeast Florida is exposed . The strategy also will help establish funding priorities for currently proposed mitigation projects and for such disaster assistance funds as may be made available for disaster mitigation activities . This LMS is intended to represent the following jurisdictions : • Indian River County ; • City of Vero Beach ; • City of Fellsmere; • Town of Indian River Shores ; • Town of Orchid ; and • City of Sebastian . This plan will be adopted by each of these jurisdictions . Copies of the adopted resolution can be found at the end of the section . The Indian River County LMS hazard mitigation program has been funded by the FDCA with FEMA funds for the development of comprehensive mitigation planning . The ultimate objectives of the LMS process are as follows : 1 ) Improve the total communities resistance to damage from known natural , `�. technological , and societal hazards ; 2 ) Place Indian River County in a position to compete more effectively for pre- and post-disaster mitigation funding ; 3 ) Reduce the cost of disasters at all levels ; and 4 ) Speed community recovery from disasters that do occur. Adoption of this strategy will provide the following benefits to both County and municipal governmental entities : • Compliance with Administrative Rules 9G -6 and 9G -7 , Florida Administrative Code ( F . A. C . ) , requirements for local comprehensive emergency management plans to identify problem areas and planning deficiencies relative to severe and repetitive weather phenomenon , and to i entify pre- and post-disaster strategies for rectifying identified proble s ; • Compliance with FEMA's DMA2K and thus , eligibility for certain FEMA pre- and post-disaster funding programs ; • Credit from the National Flood Insurance Program ' s Communit Rating System Program for developing a Floodplain Management Proc ram , which will help further reduce flood insurance premium rates for prope y owners ; • Access to FEMA's Flood Mitigation Assistance ( FMA) Grant Program , which provides funding for pre-disaster mitigation projects and activities ; and • Identification and prioritization of projects for funding under the State of Florida 's Residential Construction Mitigation Program , to help reduce losses from properties subject to repetitive flooding damage . t.. • Eligibility for local governmental funds from the Emergency Management Preparedness and Assistance ( EMPA) Competitive Grant Program . 1 -2