HAZARD MITIGATION

SURVEY . . . SURVEY . . . SURVEY

 
The Laconia Hazard Mitigation Plan Committee is currently revising its 2017 Hazard Mitigation Plan, while the Gilford Hazard Mitigation Plan Committee is updating its 2018 plan. Both committees, consisting of representatives from various local interests, are concentrating on identifying natural hazards that pose risks to their communities and prioritizing recommendations to safeguard the well-being and safety of residents and visitors.
 
To gather valuable input, Laconia and Gilford have each created a survey focused on hazard mitigation within their respective municipalities. We kindly ask you to spare a few moments to complete the questions in the survey applicable to your community, as your feedback is crucial for enhancing the resilience of your community.
 
LACONIA SURVEY:
 
Link: https://arcg.is/0yr5Ge1
 
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For more information, please contact Chief Timothy Joubert, Laconia Emergency Management Director at 603.524.6881 or TJoubert@laconianh.gov.
GILFORD SURVEY:
 

Link: https://arcg.is/1LaD943

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For more information, please contact Chief Stephen Carrier Laconia Emergency Management Director at 603.527.4758 scarrier@gilfordnh.org.
 
The 2017 Laconia Hazard Mitigation Plan and the 2018 Gilford Hazard Mitigation Plan can be found below.
 

National Flood Insurance Program

  • Who needs flood insurance? Everyone. And everyone in a participating community of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) can buy flood insurance. Nationwide, almost 20,000 communities have joined the Program.

Hazard Mitigation Plans

  • Recent regulations emphasize the need for State, Tribal, and local entities to closely coordinate mitigation planning and implementation efforts. The Regional Planning Commissions throughout the state have contracted with the New Hampshire Homeland Security and Emergency Management (NH HSEM) to provide technical support to communities in their region during the formation of hazard mitigation strategies. For the Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) program, local jurisdictions must have an approved mitigation plan to receive a project grant. Plans approved any time after November 1, 2004 will make communities eligible to receive PDM and Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) project grants.
  • LRPC has assisted in the development of the following Hazard Mitigation Plans:
    • Approved by FEMA (as of February 2025) - Belmont, Bridgewater, Center Harbor, Effingham, Northfield, Sanbornton, Tilton, Tuftonboro
    • Under development (as of February 2025) - Andover, Gilmanton, Moultonborough, Wolfeboro
MUNICIPALITY CURRENT HMP
Andover 2019
Bridgewater 2015
Gilford 2018
Gilmanton 2019
Laconia 2017
Moultonborough 2019
Wolfeboro 2019

 

RESOURCES

HMP At-a-Glance (2024)

Mitigation Ideas - FEMA Region 1 (2017)