2010 State Hazard Mitigation Plan (SHMP) Commenting Section

Welcome to the 2010 SHMP!

The California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) welcomes your comment on the 2010 SHMP. The SHMP was approved by FEMA on October 6, 2010 and designated as an Enhanced State Mitigation Plan, which qualifies the State of California for receipt of increased hazard mitigation grant funds. The SHMP must be updated and approved by FEMA every three years to maintain federal hazard mitigation grant program eligibility. As part of this continual update process, we welcome your general and/or specific comments for future plan updates. Please click on the link below to review and/or comment on the 2010 SHMP.

We sincerely appreciate your time and participation in helping the
State of California become more disaster resilient!

Public Comment Instructions

Cal EMA is requesting either general or specific comments on the 2010 State Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan. Throughout the electronic copy you will find "Post-It Note" icons at the beginning of each section. If you are connected to the Internet and want to comment on a section, just click on the Post-It Note icon for that section and you will be taken to a form where you may enter your comment. It's important that you have a fairly recent version of Adobe Acrobat, which is free. If your Acrobat is older than 7.0, you might have a harder time using the comment system.

The first time you enter a comment it will be necessary to enter your contact information. If you prefer, you can ask the system to save your contact information and from then on the form should complete your contact information automatically. Once you have entered a comment the system will provide you with a link where you can review and print any comments you have made. The system is not currently set up to allow deletion of comments; however it is easy to add an additional comment indicating an amendment or cancellation.

**The preferred method for providing comments is through the web link comment form; however, written comments may also be submitted to: Julie Norris-Cal EMA Hazard Mitigation Planning Branch by U.S. mail at the address listed below. If providing comments by this method, please provide the exact chapter, section, and page number for ease of editorial reference along with your name, e-mail address and daytime telephone number.

Julie Norris
Senior Emergency Services Coordinator
California Emergency Management Agency
Hazard Mitigation Planning Branch
3650 Schriever Avenue
Mather, CA 95655

Download the 2010 State Hazard Mitigation Plan (SHMP)

Click here to download the 2010 State Hazard Mitigation Plan (SHMP) (PDF)


You can also download a copy of the 2007 State Hazard Mitigation Plan (SHMP) for reference here:

Click here to download the 2007 State Hazard Mitigation Plan (SHMP) (PDF)