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Volusia Prepares
Planning for a secure future

Volusia Prepares is a communitywide effort to reduce the impact of natural and manmade disasters on Volusia County through pre-disaster planning and preparation.

Businesses, community groups, government agencies and citizens are working together to help identify hazards and vulnerabilities within their neighborhoods and to make their homes and workplaces safer. Educational programs, personal and business disaster planning, and information on home projects that can be done when remodeling are available.

• A "Partnership" of every sector of the community - business, industry, government, public groups, and institutions - working together to make Volusia County resistant to the impacts of disasters.
• Organized in recognition of Volusia County’s continually growing vulnerability to the human, environmental and economic impacts of a major hurricane or other major disaster.
• A contribution to the continuing economic development and growth of the community by securing the future from the potentially severe economic impacts of disasters.
• A cooperative, public-private effort to prepare a "Local Mitigation Strategy", which will consist of plans and programs for both pre-disaster hazard mitigation and post-disaster redevelopment.
• An assessment of all types of initiatives that could lessen the community’s vulnerabilities to disasters,
  including:

1. Structural and non-structural
2. Short and long term
3. Required and voluntary projects and programs

• Anticipated to be active in the implementation of the Local Mitigation Strategy and in monitoring the effectiveness of the programs developed.
• Guided by a "Steering Committee" of selected representatives of local government and the private sector, which is supported by a "Working Group" of any and all interested individuals and organizations.

"Volusia Prepares" will use

• "2020 hindsight" to understand the mistakes of the past that contributed to the vulnerability of the community to disasters,
• "2020 insight" to understand how Volusia County is vulnerable to disasters and corrective actions that can be taken,
• "2020 foresight" to plan for a future that is secure from the human and economic impacts of disaster, in order to achieve a disaster resistant community by the Year 2020!

Speakers available

The Volusia County Emergency Management Division is available to make presentations on emergency preparedness. Staff members will speak in easy-to understand language, provide useful brochures and listen to suggestions and concerns. Tours of the Emergency Operations Center also are available.

For more information or to schedule a presentation or tour,  please contact Volusia County Emergency Management at:
(386) 258-4088 Daytona Beach
(386) 736-5980 West Volusia
(386) 423-3395 New Smyrna Beach

Operating procedures for the Volusia County Mitigation 2020 Task Force for Hazard Mitigation (pdf format)

Bylaws of “Volusia Prepares” The Volusia County Local Mitigation Strategy Task Force (pdf format)

Volusia Prepares Business

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