1200 Hours, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010: The Sussex County Emergency Operations Center invites residents and property owners to attend two upcoming public meetings to offer ideas and comments on a federally required update to the County’s All Hazard Multi-Jurisdictional Mitigation Plan.

The first meeting will be held Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, at the Sussex County EOC, 21911 Rudder Lane, east of Georgetown. The second meeting will be held Wednesday, Feb. 10, at the same location. Both meetings will begin at 6 p.m.

The hazard mitigation plan, first adopted in 2005, 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. County emergency planners intend to present updated mitigation actions for the plan revision at the second meeting, on Feb. 10.

For more information, contact EOC Director Joseph L. Thomas at (302) 855-7801.

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