2024 Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Planning
The Draft 2025 Huntingdon County Hazard Mitigation Plan is available for public review and comment.
30 day public comment period: February 25 through March 26
(Link to Draft Plan Under 2024/2025 MJHM Planning Documents)
The Huntingdon County Commissioners are updating the 2020 Huntingdon County Hazard Mitigation Plan, which was adopted by the Commissioners on February 16, 2021. All municipalities in Huntingdon County also adopted the 2020 Multijurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan as the municipal hazard mitigation plan. Each county and municipality is required under the Federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 to have a current and adopted hazard mitigation plan. The hazard mitigation plan is used to support requests for public assistance and individual assistance after a federally declared disaster or to request pre-disaster mitigation grant funding. The Huntingdon County Commissioners have secured a grant to complete the 2025 mitigation plan update and has hired MCM Consulting Group, Inc. of State College, PA to prepare the Plan.
A local planning team is being formed to assist with updating the mitigation plan. The plan update will be completed by Huntingdon County with involvement and input from numerous stakeholders.
Note: Typically, without a FEMA approved plan, municipalities are ineligible for Federal disaster assistance and funding.
Initial Local Planning Team and Municipalities Kick Off meetings are scheduled for June 24. Invites to stakeholders and municipalities were mailed by the Huntingdon County Emergency Management Agency before June 1st. Anyone interested in participating as a local planning team member or a municipal representative, contact the EMA Office at 814-643-6613 or ema@huntingdoncounty.net.
The current project schedule and a list of stakeholders contacted for the local planning team are available on this page under MJHM Planning Documents.
2024/2025 MJHM Planning Documents
2024 Hazard Mitigation Planning Process
Local Planning Team
January 14, 2025 - Draft Plan Review - 1 pm
December 10, 2024 - Finalize Mitigation Strategy - 1 pm
November 21, 2024 - Mitigation Strategy - 1 pm
October 15, 2024 - Mitigation Strategy - 1 pm
September 17, 2024 - Mitigation Strategy - 1 pm
August 6, 2024 - Local Planning Team/Municipal - Risk Assessment - 1 pm
June 24, 2024 - Local Planning Team Kick Off Meeting scheduled for 1 pm
Municipal Involvement
January 14, 2025 - Municipal Meeting, 10 am
December 10, 2024 - Municipal Meetings: 3:30 pm & 6:30 pm
September 16 and 17,, 2024 - Municipality Mitigation Opportunity Form Development - 10 am, 1 pm, 3 pm 6:30 pm (2 locations on both dates - contact County EMA to schedule location, date and time)
August 6, 2024 - Municipal/Local Planning Team - Risk Assessment - 1 pm
June 24, 2024 - Municipal Kick Off Meeting 3:30 pm and 6 pm
Public Review
Public Meetings are scheduled for November 21, 2024 and February 11, 2025 - February 11 meeting is rescheduled for February 25 (see notice below)
November 21, 2024 - Risk Assessment Section - 6:30 pm at Smithfield Fire Hall
February 11, 2025 - Draft Plan Presentation - 6:30 pm, Location To Be Confirmed
November 21, 2024 Risk Assessment Public Meeting
February 11, 2025 Draft Plan Public Meeting
CANCELED - RESCHEDULED 6 PM, FEBRUARY 25
Public Meetings
February 25, 2025 2025 Draft Plan Public Meeting
