Download as PDF

The Idaho State Hazard Mitigation Plan (the Plan) has been prepared by the Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security (BHS) to reduce disaster assistance costs and preserve disaster assistance eligibility for the State and the local governments within its borders. The Plan is the comprehensive, statewide mitigation planning effort conducted in Idaho. It identifies hazards and associated vulnerabilities within the State and provides a comprehensive statewide strategy to reduce future disaster losses through sound mitigation projects.

Specifically, the Plan:

• Assesses statewide risk from hazards present in the State.
• Establishes a Framework for statewide Mitigation Planning and Implementation.
• Develops Opportunities for State, Regional, Tribal, and Local Mitigation Planning and Implementation.
• Facilitates Integration of Mitigation into community development before disasters occur, and during disaster recovery.

The goals established in the 2004 SHMP were reviewed and were found to be as important then as they are now. As such, these goals were slightly reworded and are restated above. Further, in order to enhance the effectiveness of implementing the Plan’s mitigation strategies, the format of the Plan was modified as well. The Plan is organized by Hazard Unit so that users of this Plan can more easily focus on specific matters and in greater detail. By segregating hazards into these units, this Plan is made more readable and more comprehensive. In addition, the mitigation strategies shown in the 2004 SHMP were generally retained and the resulting mitigation actions listed in Appendix 1.1 are more readily depicted in the General Approaches to Mitigation shown in each Hazard Unit.