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• County: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Community Flood Mitigation Planning Guidebook State of Wisconsin
• Date: 10/28/1995
• Prepared For: Wisconsin
• Prepared By: Wisconson DNR
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

Assistance available:

Both bureaus administer grant programs to
communities to purchase lands for open space
and recreation.

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Bureau of Community Assistance
101 S. Webster Street, P.O. Box 7921
Madison, WI 53705

Contact: Duane Hofstetter, [phone]

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Bureau of Property Management
Bureau of Community Assistance
101 S. Webster Street, P.O. Box 7921
Madison, WI 53705

Contact: Dave O'Malley (Urban Rivers
Program), (608) 266-927.5

Department of Natural Resources
Community Services Specialists:

In addition, the DNR has community services
specialists located in each DNR region. They
can provide information on DNR grant pro-
grams and help package financial programs and
assistance for a variety of recreational based
projects including floodplain mitigation.

Tom Blotz/Gene Park/Dan Kaemmerer,
Southeast District (Milwaukee), (414) 263-
8610

Darlene Karow/Stefanie Brouwer, Southern
District (Fitchburg), [phone]

JeH Pagels/Gary Hanson, lake Michigan
District (Green Bay), [phone]

Jake VanderVoort/Mary VanFossen, Western
District (Eau Claire), [phone]

Phil Wallace, Northwest District (Spooner),
[phone]

Pat Zatopa/Sherry Otto, North Central
District (Rhinelander), [phone]

Wisconsin Department of Military
Affairs, Division of Emergency
Government

The Wisconsin Division of Emergency Govern-
ment coordinates the state's flood and other
disaster planning, preparedness, response and
mitigation activities. The Division works .:-"ith

local emergency management officers located in
each county. The Division also coordinates with
the Federal Emergency Management Agency as
well as the Department of Natural Resources
during disasters as well as during pre-disaster
mitigation planning.

Assistance available:

./ Assistance on emergency preparedness for
flood disasters and other natural and
technological hazards.

,/ Emergency response and coordination of
state agencies and resources during an
emergency.

,/ Administration of the Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program (Section 404 of the 1988
Disaster Law (FEMA) providing mitigation
assistance after a disaster has occurred.
This is a matching, 75:25 grant program
(the State pays half of the local share,
reducing the community's cost to 12.5% of
the total). The HMGP program can be used
to help a community to reduce risks for
future floods (e.g" acquisition/relocation of
structures in special flood hazard areas).
All local jurisdictions as well as non-profit
organizations within the declared disaster
area are eligible. The amount of funds
available to the state shall not exceed 15%
of the federal assistance provided as a
result of the declared disaster.

,/ The Division of Emergency Government
also administers Public Assistance Section
406 (PA) of the 1988 Disaster Law which
covers damage to publicly-owned or private
non-profit facilities. This includes damage
to parks, schools, public buildings, sewers,
wastewater treatment plants, roadway and
roadway structures not on the federal aid
system. In restoring public facilities, cost
effective hazard mitigation measures are
eligible for assistance.

PA also covers debris removal and emer-
gency protective measures on all highways.
Emergency measures include sandbagging,
pumping, traffic control, detour signing, and
police and fire protection. The Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency pays 75% of the
total cost. The State Division of Emergency
Government pays 12.5% and the applicant pays

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