History has shown that up to 25 percent of small businesses don’t reopen after large-scale incidents. Listen in to find out what Duval County Emergency Management is doing to pair with the business community to ensure this doesn’t happen to our community. Originally aired July 17, 2013.
11: Recovery
After the incident has occurred and the nation’s attention has moved on from Duval County, it is understood that large amounts of work will still be needed to restore Duval County’s economic, governmental, and social systems to a level of normalcy known prior to the incident. This segment will provide an overview as to the efforts and coordination that will …
10: Mitigation
Mitigation lessens the impacts disasters have on lives and property through hazard avoidance, damage prevention and flood insurance. Mitigation includes: wind proofing critical buildings, elevating flood prone homes and businesses, locating residential and commercial development outside flood zones, and creating wildfire buffers around development in vulnerable areas. Listen in as Duval County Emergency Management offers different ways of mitigating against …