Matthew R. Ozman

The 2017-2020 Dorchester County Hazard Mitigation Plan Update provides a roadmap to prevent or reduce loss of life, injury, and property damage from various hazards. It focuses on assessing and updating the community's vulnerabilities to natural hazards and developing a long-term mitigation strategy. Key areas include comprehensive hazard identification and analysis, vulnerability assessments, and loss estimations for coastal events, riverine flooding, winter weather, thunderstorms, extreme heat, wildfires, and human-impacted hazards. The plan outlines mitigation goals, objectives, and actions, emphasizing integration with other planning initiatives, community resiliency, and the protection of citizens, property, and cultural resources.