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Emergency Management Division
4225 43rd Avenue
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Table of Contents
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I. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................. 1
11. GENERAL .......................................................................................................... 1
111. PRE-DISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION ACTIVITIES......................................... 6
IV. SPECIFIC DISASTER-SCENARIO MITIGATION FUNCTIONS .......................... 7
LIST OF FIGURES
1 Record of Past Disasters Effecting Indian River County ..................................... 9
2 2004 Hurricane Season - Indian River County................................................. 10
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ANNEX 11: MITIGATION FUNCTIONS
I. INTRODUCTION
Hazard Mitigation includes activities that contribute to the prevention or alleviation of
adverse occurrences resulting from the impact of hazardous incidents, natural or
manmade. All disaster preparedness efforts should be directed towards public
safety and the protection of lives and properties. These efforts can be affected by
long-term hazard mitigation programs.
A. The individuals who have employed hazard mitigation actions prior to
disaster situations are not subjected to the concern and despair that grip the
majority of people who were not fortunate enough to have taken the
necessary precautionary measures.
B. The long-term goal of hazard mitigation includes:
1. Preservation and enhancement of beneficial uses of hazard prone
areas.
2. Protection of lives and properties through the reduction or avoidance
of unnecessary and uneconomical uses of hazardous areas.
3. Protection of natural systems that serve as hazard moderation of
mitigation functions.
C. The major activities that avoid or reduce the negative impacts of hazards are
the observances of strict building application of necessary law enforcement
measures.
D. With proper training and strict control, it is maintained that negative impacts
to the populace and their activities by hurricanes, coastal storms, severe
flood occurrences, urban or storm water runoffs, forestry and grass fires and
hazardous materials accidents can be minimized.
Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Annex 11 - Page 1
II. GENERAL
The Indian River County Local Mitigation Strategy(LMS)hazard mitigation program
was funded by the Florida Department of Community Affairs (FDCA) with Federal
Emergency Management (FEMA) funds for the development of comprehensive
mitigation planning. The purpose of the Indian River County LMS is to develop a
unified approach among County and municipal governments for dealing with
identified hazards and hazard management problems in the Indian River County
area. This Strategy will serve as a tool to direct the County and municipal
governments in their on-going efforts to reduce their vulnerability to the impacts
produced by both natural and man-made hazards. The Strategy will also help
establish funding priorities for currently proposed mitigation projects to be
completed with such disaster assistance funds as may be made available after a
disaster.
A. The LMS Working Group has been organized to serve as the policy body for
the Local Mitigation Strategy program and is responsible for coordinating
hazard mitigation activities within the county for both pre-disaster and post-
disaster scenarios. The group is currently chaired by the Director of the
Department of Emergency Services, who is the lead agency.
B. The support entities of the Working Group includes representatives from the
County, including the Community Development Department, Engineering
Department, Department of Emergency Services, Public Works Department,
and the Sheriff's Office; each municipality, including the Town of Fellsmere,
Town of Indian River Shores, Town of Orchid, City of Sebastian, and the City
of Vero Beach; and also the Treasure Coast Builders Association, BellSouth
Telecommunications, Inc., Florida Power and Light Company, Indian River
County Chamber of Commerce, and the American Red Cross.
C. Indian River County is a participant in the Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement
for Catastrophic Response and Recovery to provide expanded resource
capability. These agreements will be developed, coordinated and amended
by the Emergency Management Director. During any county administered
evacuation that does not require activation of the SEOC, state assistance
may be provided under the various state agencies' normal statutory authority
through coordination by FDEM.
D. The LMS Working Group will coordinate mitigation activities with each of its
members (including those representing municipalities)and the state for both
pre-disaster and post-disaster scenarios.
Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Annex 11 - Page 2
E. Indian River County, and each of its municipalities, are participants in the
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Citizens cannot buy flood
insurance if their local jurisdictional government does not participate in the
program. Communities participate in the Community Rating System (CRS),
which allows communities to have an impact on the rates paid by their
citizens for flood insurance. Communities are classified as Class 1 (most
premium reduction allowed) through Class 10 (no reduction allowed).
Through various flood plain management activities and coordination with
FEMA, Indian River County has lowered its CRS class to 6. The County has
continually supported the federal mitigation efforts that are associated with
the NFIP and the LMS Working Group will continue to involve floodplain
managers/authorities in determining the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA)
and repetitive loss areas. Future mitigation efforts will be in an effort to
increase our public outreach ability by dedicating a full page of the BellSouth
telephone directory to flood preparedness.
F. The LMS is a dynamic planning process that results in the development of a
set of prioritized projects and initiatives with the goal of mitigating hazard
impacts. To ensure that the LMS remains current and relevant, it is
important that it be periodically updated. The regular updating process will
occur every five years. Following a declared emergency, there will be an
abbreviated reassessment of the LMS to identify mitigation opportunities that
become apparent as a result of disaster damages (See LMS Figure 7.1 for
an illustration of the process).
G. A description of potential funding sources and how they would be managed
is outlined in Figure C-4 of the LMS.
I. The ultimate objectives of the LMS process are to:
1. Improve the community's 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 when disasters occur.
J. The Indian River County Local Mitigation Strategy was State and FEMA
approved on 8/12/15 and adopted by Resolution#2015-078 by the Board of
County Commissioners on 7/7/15. Indian River County's LMS plan has been
approved for a period of five (5) years and will expire on August 12, 2020.
Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Annex 11 - Page 3
1. 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 identify pre-and post-disaster strategies for rectifying identified
problems;
2. Universal points from the National Flood Insurance Program's (NFIP)
Community Rating System (CRS) Program for developing a Flood
Plain Management Program, which may help further reduce flood
insurance premium rates for property owners;
3. Access to FEMA's Federal Mitigation Assistance (FMA) grant
program, which provides funding for pre-disaster mitigation projects
and activities; and
4. Identify and prioritize projects for funding under the State of Florida's
Residential Construction Mitigation Program, to help reduce losses
from properties subject to repetitive flooding damage.
5. Copies of the LMS can be found in the Board of County
Commissioner's office, Clerk to the Board office and the Department
of Emergency Services.
K. Problem areas and planning deficiencies exacerbated by repetitive weather
phenomenon do exist within Indian River County. Those areas include
structures located within areas of the County built prior to the adoption of
building codes, coastal wetlands, and those structures physically located
east of the 1978 Coastal Construction Line. These areas have been
identified by the Indian River County Community Development Department
and are addressed in the Indian River County Comprehensive Plan
(approved by the Florida Department of Community Affairs).
1. Strategies for rectifying the above identified problem areas in Indian
River County and mechanisms which will help guide long-term
redevelopment include:
a. The adoption of building, electrical and plumbing codes(1968);
b. The adoption of County Ordinance No. 87-12 (as amended),
entitled "Storm Water Management and Flood Protection",
Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Annex 11 - Page 4
which provides for the regulation of development in the 100-
year floodplains as identified by FEMA Flood Insurance Rate
Maps (FIRM). The purpose of the ordinance is to allow
development to occur while maintaining the functions of the
floodplain to the maximum extent feasible, while providing for
protection of life and property,
C. The adoption of County Ordinance No. 86-21, entitled "Coastal
Construction Code", to provide minimum standards for the
design and construction of buildings and structures(other than
coastal protective structures)and to reduce the harmful effects
of hurricanes and other natural disasters occurring along the
coastal areas of the County.
d. The adoption of the 1978 FDNR Coastal Construction Control
Line (C.C.C.L.) as the line of construction prohibition to help
decrease potential storm damage and protect upland property.
e. The Indian River County Land Development Regulations
requirement that all new construction and significant renovation
efforts meet current codes.
f. The Emergency Management staff attending meetings(Public
Service Advisory Council, Planning and Zoning Board,
Metropolitan Planning Organization, DRI reviews, etc.) to
provide input for building issues relative to public safety as well
as assisting with the guidance of long-term redevelopment.
g. The advertising of community development meetings which
encourages broad-based local participation to help guide long-
term redevelopment.
h. The Land Acquisition Advisory Committee purchases
environmentally sensitive lands formerly zoned and/or platted
as buildable properties. This initiative is a mitigation strategy
used to prevent community growth in areas determined as
environmentally sensitive, not in the public interest and those
known to be subject to repetitive weather phenomenon.
Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Annex 11 - Page 5
L. Hazard mitigation will include but not be limited to the following:
1. Making recommendations for zoning, building or land use controls in
order to reduce or eliminate disasters or their impacts.
2. Providing assistance in the prevention of disasters caused or
aggravated by inadequate planning for and regulating public and
private facilities and land use.
3. Providing information and assistance to County residents relative to
hazard mitigation, including notification of possible funding for
structural hardening (i.e., LMS funding sources).
M. Hazard mitigation is a continuous process that is broken into two cycles; pre
and post mitigation. Consequently, there are grants available for both pre
and post event. Pre mitigation funding can be applied for through several
methods. The state competitive grant program is one method that is open to
all local governments through the Emergency Management Preparedness
and Assistant Trust Fund Grant which is offered annually. The second
method is through the Corps of Engineers for flood/coastal programs that
have created problems in the past. This program is applied for through the
Corps of Engineers District Office and is also offered on an annual basis.
Post mitigation funding will be those priorities and procedures as established
during the Mitigation Applicant briefing and the guidelines published by the
state. Basically, the priorities will be to establish a method of mitigation for
any future occupance of the same event. The Indian River County
Emergency Management Division has information available on all programs
and will provide grant information to all eligible applicants each time it
becomes available.
N. The Indian River County Land Development Regulations (LDR)provides the
Board of County Commissioners local authority to issue temporary
emergency permits in accordance with the Board approved fee schedule.
This will be done by the Community Development Director or his designee.
Where applicable will be subject to the final approval
of the state agencies having jurisdiction. The policy for issuing emergency
permits in the post-disaster setting and procedures for updating local post-
disaster redevelopment plans can be found in the Indian River County
Comprehensive Plan Vol. 2 (Post Disaster Redevelopment section).
Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Annex 11 - Page 6
III. PRE-DISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION ACTIVITIES
Pre-disaster hazard mitigation activities are specifically addressed in Indian River
County's formally adopted Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) and consistent with the
Scope of Work developed for the contract with the Department of Community
Affairs. The LMS is on file in the office of Emergency Management.
IV. SPECIFIC DISASTER-SCENARIO MITIGATION FUNCTIONS
A. Mitigation Assessment Function
An Interagency Hazard Mitigation Team (1-Team) will be activated
immediately following a Presidential Disaster Declaration (by phone/e-mail)
an directed to report to the EOC. The I-Team is comprised of
representatives from federal, state, and local government. The Emergency
Management Director is responsible for identifying appropriate County
representatives for the I-Team. The I-Team has the primary responsibility for
providing emergency mitigation assessment. Municipal governments will
serve a support role and will be encouraged to be involved in mitigation
assessment.
1. As lead agency, the Indian River County Emergency Management
Division will determine the impacted areas to be surveyed by the (-
Team. The I-Team will then identify opportunities for hazard
mitigation within the disaster area(s), focusing on those areas that are
addressed primarily in the state hazard mitigation, and identify
possible measures that are funded under the hazard mitigation grant
program.
2. The I-Team leader has the responsibility of coordinating between the
lead and support agencies/organizations.
3. The I-Team leader is also responsible for maintaining and updating
the mitigation assessment resource inventory (data, personnel,
equipment and vehicles) provided by each support agency on the (-
Team. County assets are inventoried routinely(at least annually)and
are maintained and stored in the EOC library.
4. It can safely be assumed, depending upon the magnitude of the
event, that resource shortfalls will be encountered. The use of mutual
aid/outside resources can be anticipated.
Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Annex 11 - Page 7
5. The 1-Team will prepare and distribute its preliminary report within 15-
days following a Presidential Disaster Declaration. If flooding exists,
the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) may be used to identify areas
prone to flooding and other hazard events. If areas of repetitive
flooding exist, but are not indicated on the maps, these areas can be
drawn in to facilitate local emergency planning efforts and to assist
the state in requesting that FEMA revise the existing maps. The
report will include:
a. A general description of the nature and severity of damages,
and their impacts on the community;
b. A general description of the emergency conditions which
caused the damages, including historical information and
trends;
C. An overview of federal, state and local policies, regulations and
statutes governing the development of land and land uses;
d. A description of potential hazard mitigation options and
measures, including land use, development, and construction
standards and practices, in effect the actual mitigation
techniques, such as structural elevation, property acquisition,
that the county plans to employ should it be indicated.
Development restrictions in risk areas, including
comprehensive plan objectives, and local building codes
should be referenced; and
e. Recommendations and measures necessary to make sure that
identified opportunities for hazard mitigation are adequately
addressed.
B. Funding Function
The I-Team will be responsible for documenting each of their expenses
(labor, equipment, etc.). The Emergency Management Division will
coordinate the completion of applications and submit for federal and state
disaster mitigation funding.
Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Annex 11 - Page 8
C. Public Information Function
ESF #14 (Public Information) will be responsible in the short-term for
providing information to citizens on how they can prevent damages in the
future. Long-range public education efforts will be encouraged by the
Emergency Management office.
Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Annex 11 - Page 9
Figure 1
Record of Past Disasters Effecting Indian River County
Event Date Declaration Estimated Mitigation Actions
Damage
Hurricane Floyd September 14, 1999 Presidential $1.1 Beach
FEMA-1300-DR-FL million Renourishment
Hurricane Irene October 16, 1999 Presidential $900,000 Beach
FEMA-1306-DR-FL Renourishment
Hurricane September 5, 2004 Presidential $850 Flood mitigation
Frances FEMA-1306-DR-FL Million and wind retrofits
(HMGP)
Hurricane Jeanne September 25, 2004 Presidential $2 Billion Flood mitigation
FEMA-1561-DR-FL and wind retrofits
(HMGP)
Hurricane Wilma October 24, 2005 Presidential $13
1 1 FEMA-1609-DR-FL Million
Specific information for the above referenced events is retained on file in the office of
Emergency Management.
Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Annex 11 - Page 10
Figure 2 — 2004 Hurricane Season (Page 1 of 3)
QUICK FACTSINDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA
HURRICANE i ,
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7 7FRANCES
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GENERAL IHURFtttc;4ME DATA
• DATE AND TBME OF LA.NDFALL.. .Sept.5,2004 Sept.25,2004-
1:00 a. 12:00 a.m
o SITE OF LANDFALL Sewall's Hutchinson
Point Island
a HURRICANE STRENGTH - Category Category
TWO Three
• MAXIMUM WINDS 105 m.p.h. 121 m.p.h.
a RECORDED STORM SURGE tI feet 10 feet
FATALITIES 1
MAximum DAYS WITHOUT POWER 14 12
INDtAW,RivER CouxTY DATA (*BoTH STf)Rms)
DAMAGE E nmATE!3
STRUCTURE-MAJOR(TOTAL DAMAGE) � — 8,300—.
STRUCTURE-MINOR(MODERATE DAMAGE) � � 41,000
ESTIMATED COUNTY DAMAGE(LESS BEACH EROSION) $850 Million $2 Billion
MAJORIDE5TROYED C rICAL FACILmEa
EMERGENCY SERVICES STATIONS 7
LAW ENFORCEMENT PACIUTIES
NURSING HoMEE — 2
ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES-
HELrEI�,C7AT
NUMBER OF PUBLIC SHELTERS OPENED 4 4
PEAK PUBLIC SHEL ER POPULATION 3,631 2;391
SPECIAL NEEDS SHELTERS OPENED 1 1
PEAK SPECIAL NEEDS SHELTER POPULATION 1,000 956
Revised 4/2006
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Figure 2 =2004 Hurricane Season (Page 2 of 3)
DUILCDIN'a E)EP'AIZTMENT DATA(AA OF 0115105)
E'�EMROOFISTORM PERMITS ISSUED * 113,542
ROOFING PERMITS"FINALECD" * � 2,862
CURRENT'OP EN"ROOFING PERMITS(LVOT"FINALED"�) 7,682
INDIAN [YER CRUS Asmcr
HuRPOC NE KELATED IPAMAOE( TrrrOKM,5)
3RAPEFRUIT70%CROP LOSS
GRANGES ..:_ 50%CROP LOSS
{EARLY T,MID SEASON ORANGES,NAVELS,AND VALEIVC[AS
CANKER SPREAD ATTRIBUTED TO HURRICANE WINDS � 9,000 ACRES
(RESULTING IN CROP IRRADIGATION) 058ROYE€�
A OF 611 41_
VE 15 REMOVAL(*E5pTH rOWO)
PUBLICTii 0RKS CONTRACTORS � 64$x217 00
ROAD&BRIDGE CONTRACTORS J 32,124,39
PARKS DIVISION 200 00
TOTAL DEBRIS REMOVED(IN CUBIC YARDS) # 680,5$7:39
NouaiN AosigTANcE r5orH Tt R )
APPLICATIONS ELIGIBLE 13,003
TOTAL HA AMoUNT $20,832,503.73
NUMBER OFF �IILIESR CElV6N6 RENTALA55ISTANOE 5,745
TOTAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE � $5.9 rn ll cn
NUMBER OF FAM@LIES RECEIVING HOME REPAIR LL ° � 3,904
TOTAL HOME REPAIR � � $9.8 million
.TRAVEL TRAILERS DELIVERED By FEMA . � 1.,046
MOBILE HUMES DELIVERED BY FEMA � 69
TOTAL UNITS DELIVERED BY FEMA � 1,116
06AOTE RECOVEkY CENTER5(* 5TORM6)
FACIL&7Y
CUMULATIVE V85&7G�5
(THROUGH 4/11/05)
INDIAN RIVER CO.MAIN LIBRARY=VERA BEACH * 31,772
NORTH COUNTY LIBRARY-SEBASTIAN 6,166
-NORTH COUNTY REGIONAL PARK SEBASTIAN * 113
DIVERSITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS v * 11,1.43
PULXic A350TANCE;(*50TH TORWO)
ESTIMATED FEDERAL SHARE � * $557,815,761
FEDERAL OBLIGATED FUNDS T $52,598,067
TOTAL APPLICATIONS * 46,935
APPLICATIONS ELIGIBLE * 23,934
TOTAL APPROVED ASSISTANCE $45,762,698.88
Revised 412406
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Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Annex 11 - Page 12
Figure 2 — 2004 Hurricane Season (Page 3 of 3)_
HER NEwa A59jarANcE(* a-ogms)
ON ELIGIBLE IGALLON,,
6,313
6N AMOUNT �� $24,930,19515
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[CE(2,000-8#BAGS PER PALLET) 604,800 0POUNDSWATER(237 GALLONS PER PALLET) 96,222 9GALLONSSMRES(1,087 P€R PALLET) 174,250MEALSTARPS(200 PER
PALLET) 1,600TARPS
Revised 4/2006
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Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Annex 11 - Page 13