The Pikes Peak Regional Office of Emergency Management (PPROEM) is asking residents for their feedback as it updates its 2020 Hazard Mitigation Plan that includes El Paso County and its eight municipalities, including the City of Colorado Springs.
The plan focuses on the populations, buildings, infrastructure, and critical facilities that might be impacted by natural disasters. Ultimately, the mitigation projects identified and implemented will reduce vulnerability and enable communities to become more resilient to disasters.
PPROEM seeks public feedback in the planning process through a survey. It will gather information from public safety agencies, public sector entities, and community members in El Paso County to help better coordinate activities and reduce the risk of injury or property damage. The survey questions are for information-gathering only. Responses will be shared with local, state, and federal entities for planning purposes only. People can access the survey via pproem.com/HMPUpdate.
The plan will include a risk assessment to identify hazards that may impact El Paso County and its municipalities. It profiles the relevant hazards and their potential consequences, identifies assets that are subject to losses or damage, and estimates the potential losses that could result from each type of hazard. Following the risk assessment, the emergency management team will develop a hazard mitigation strategy, including the identification of hazard mitigation goals and a prioritized list of actions designed to reduce losses.
The update of this plan allows the county and participating jurisdictions to continue to be eligible for future pre- and post-disaster mitigation funding.
In addition to the survey, PPROEM will host a series of virtual public meetings for the Hazard Mitigation Planning Team. The first meeting occurs on April 23, 2025, from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Please visit pproem.com/HMPUpdate to register for the meeting and receive a link to join.