Details of Mississippi University for Women’s Hazard Mitigation Plan update will be provided at a public hearing scheduled for Wednesday, May 4 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Claudia A. Limbert Assembly Room in Cochran Hall.
The W has updated its plan with guidance and assistance from the Hazard Mitigation Planning team, which consists of a cross-section of university staff, city and county government representatives, Institutions of Higher Learning officials and MEMA officials.
The goal of the plan is to make the campus safer from natural and man-made hazards, with members reviewing and updating the current hazards and providing new recognized hazards as well as critical assets and resources that will minimize the vulnerabilities to the university as well as estimating losses that might occur due to these hazards.
More specific details of these hazards will be provided at the upcoming public hearing. The purpose of the meeting is to obtain community input on The W’s updated Hazard Mitigation Plan.
Community members are encouraged to review the updated plan. A public copy of the plan may be reviewed on The W’s website at http://www.muw.edu/admin/dru and the MUW library.
About five years ago, The W undertook the task of developing a Hazard Mitigation Plan that led to it being proclaimed a Disaster Resistant University (DRU).
With the update, the university will continue to work toward a safer campus and maintain eligibility for mitigation grants from the state and federal government. The plan update is funded by the Mississippi Emergency Management Mitigation Program with a matching share coming from The W.
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