FEMA hazard mitigation plan updates
Your plan update, drafted from 46 years of storm records
Counties and towns must renew their hazard mitigation plan every five years to stay eligible for FEMA mitigation grants. We draft the update from National Weather Service records, FEMA data and your local input. Your planning team reviews it and adopts it.
Check your county's plan
FEMA plan-status data, pulled October 3, 2026.
See the work
This is the hazard-profile chapter we drafted for Will County, Illinois from 1,301 Weather Service storm reports, 1980 to 2026. Every number traces to a NOAA event record.
- Frequency by year and by month for each hazard
- A map of 81 tornado tracks, including the 1990 Plainfield F5
- Previous occurrences for each community, as FEMA asks
- Plain notes on what the records can and can't tell you
How an update runs
- Hazard profilesType, location, extent, history and probability for every hazard, from storm, flood, climate and drought records.
- Risk and capabilityWho and what is exposed, from county parcel and facility data, and what each community already has in place.
- Mitigation actionsYour planning team picks the projects; we write them up with costs, owners and funding sources.
- FEMA review toolWe complete FEMA's Local Mitigation Plan Review Tool so the state and FEMA can review quickly.
- Meetings and adoptionPublic-meeting materials, held by video or in person, and an adoption packet for each participating jurisdiction.
Price
Multi-jurisdiction plan covering the county and its participating towns, districts and schools.
One community's annex to a county plan, or a single-jurisdiction plan for a small town.
The hazard-profile chapter for your county, so your team has something concrete to start from.
FEMA mitigation planning grants usually cover 75% of plan costs. Your state hazard mitigation officer can tell you what is open now.