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<br />.c <br /> <br /> <br />FEDERAL <br />COORDINATING <br />OFFICE <br /> <br />Attachment #19 <br />(cont,) <br /> <br />NEWS RELEASE <br /> <br />DISASTER INFORMI\TICN FRCM: <br /> <br />FEMA-665-DR-<XlLORAOO/4 <br />July 29, 1982 <br /> <br />FOR ADDITIONAL INFOR1ATICN CCNl'Acr: <br /> <br />Disaster Field Office <br />Federal Energency Managarent Agency <br />Park Senior High School <br />1600 Manford <br />Estes Park, Colorado 80517 <br /> <br />Telephone (303) 586-8111 <br /> <br />Public Infonnation Officers: <br /> <br />Marvin O. Davis, Jr. (FEMA) <br />Nancy Hughes (Colorado) <br />Buffy Gilfoil (FEMA) <br />Marty Kientz (FEMA) <br /> <br />Federal Coordinating Officer <br />Federal Energency Managerrent Agency <br /> <br />FOR DMIDIA'IE RELEASE <br /> <br />c <br /> <br />HAZARD MITIGll.TICN 'l.'EAMS <br />Representatives f:ran various Federal. State and local agencies are eJCPloring <br />ways to reduce the inpact of future flooding in the Estes Park area in the after- <br />math of the July 15th flood which severely daIraged or destroyed many businesses and <br />hares. Organized into a Hazard Mitigaticn Team, they will nake re....""..lIeudations <br />__Iolhich will be itemized into a report to be finalized in early August. <br />The team is a relatively new conoept which is closely coordinated with the <br />disaster rect:'NerY. efforts undertaken by ~ Federal Drergency Managstellt Agency and <br />other agencies at the State and local level. While it has no fonnal autb:>rity to <br />mandate actions, it will nake reo:mnendationsto awrq>riate Federal, State, city <br />or a:>lmty officials. 'n1ey will point out opportunities in Estes Park and Lariner <br />Cmmty which =uld reduce the inpact of future flooding to the a:mnunity. By <br />definition, mitigaticn neans to eliminate or lessen the effects of a particular <br />event. In Estes Park an effort is being made to eJCPlore ways to lessen the <br />devastating effects of any future flooding by reocmrending a variety of neasures. <br />Previous governnental efforts in the hazard mitigaticn area have given little <br />attention t:cMard maJd.ng a permanent and lasting cure to the problellS associated <br />with natural and man-m3.de disasters. Generally recoveJ:Y programs have sought to <br />restore or replace structures to their predisaster condition, leaving them <br />vulnerable to future disasters. In nurerous areas of the country efforts have <br />taken on a daIrage-reoonstruction-damage cycle. It was fmmd that the same <br />structures were being rebuilt after each disaster event. <br /> <br />-rrore- <br />