1730 Hours, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010: The Sussex County Emergency Operations Center announces that the second in a series of public meetings to discuss an update to the County’s All Hazard Multi-Jurisdictional Mitigation Plan has been postponed due to impending winter weather.

The meeting had been scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. It will be rescheduled to a later, undetermined date.

The hazard mitigation plan, first adopted in 2005, is a federally required document that serves as a comprehensive, long-term planning tool used to identify various strategies local emergency planners would use in the event of a disaster. The overall goal of the effort is to reduce or eliminate the loss of human life and damage to property as a result of hazards, both natural and man-made.

Local jurisdictions must update their plans every five years. As part of that process, the public has the opportunity to review the plan, offer input, and help shape the update.

For more information on the all-hazard plan, contact EOC Director Joseph L. Thomas at (302) 855-7801.

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