Hennepin County Hazard Mitigation Plan

Hennepin County Emergency Management (HCEM) maintains the County Hazard Mitigation Plan in coordination with local units of government. The most recent revision of the plan occurred in 2024 and collected information and input from the emergency management contacts across the County as well as the public.

The purpose of the Hennepin County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan is to identify the Counties major hazards, assess the vulnerability, and to reduce risk using a variety of data and best practice measures to implement mitigation projects. This plan identifies goals, objectives, recommended actions, and costs by reviewing and working on initiatives with each county jurisdiction or partner to reduce and/prevent injury and damage from hazardous events. The intent of the Plan is to provide unified guidance for coordinating mitigation efforts prior to or following a major emergency/disaster by implementing an on‐going comprehensive county hazard mitigation strategy intended to reduce the impact of loss of life and property due to effects of natural hazards.

Through continued collaboration with each jurisdiction by providing staff expertise, support, training and education opportunities, Hennepin County Emergency Management will continue to increase its resiliency to minimize the effects of natural hazards.