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P~Jtl-J~V0 Mitigation Success Stories ... ...~ The common thread through the success stories in this report is that successful mitigation initiatives require input and cooperation from many public and private groups and organizations, Furthermore, meaningful progress toward reducing community exposure to natural hazards is a function of local commitment to reducing risk, a vision of sustainable mitigation, and the availability of resources to carry out mitigation strategies, Part Two of Hazard Mitigation Successes highlights the experiences of several North Carolina communities that have made a commitment to mitigation, The success stories are organized under four categories of tools and techniques that are used in an integrated approach to mitigation and sustainable development: . Comprehensive Mitigation Planning; . Hazard Avoidance Strategies; . Strengthening Buildings and Facilities; and . Information Dissemination. Comprehensive Mitigation Planning Comprehensive Mitigation Planning is the ongoing, community-based process that translates information about hazards and vulnerability assessments into policies, programs, and initiatives that, over time, will lead to measurabie risk reduction, The foHowing section highlights five aspects of Comprehensive Mitigation Planning and five mitigation successes, starting with the initiative that provides the founda- tion for mitigation planning in the state of North Carolina, Mitigation Success: Hazard Mitigation Planning Initiative (HMPI) FoHowing Hurricane Fran, several factors converged to create the HMPl: . The broad recognition and understanding that North Carolina is vulnerable to hurricanes and other natural hazards; . The acknowledgement that meaningful progress toward reducing or stabilizing the state's disaster losses will require a renewed commitment to develop a comprehensive, community~based approach to mitigation that factors hazard risk prior to new construction;16 . The "window of opportunity" foliowing Hurricane Fran that facilitated the development of an innovative approach to hazard mitigation and sustainable development; and . The availability of HMGP funding to develop and sustain a new statewide planning initiative. . . . ~ ~ ,. W %. W ~ - W * ill p.*, '$;f$' ,* H z~r~ 'j' 7', j 1 ~ tlW$.$+$.$$_e:k,,',g;.