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Anoka County 2019 Multi-Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan 167 operations conducted within the state of Minnesota. Minnesota state law requires HSEM to develop this plan and update it on a periodic basis. HSEM Regional Offices: HSEM has six Regional Offices. The regional office serves as the primary day-to-day point of contact with local governments and the citizens of the state. A Regional Program Coordinator heads each office. The Area Coordinators travel to local Emergency Management offices to help coordinate planning and preparedness activities, ensure that federally assisted counties are complying with grant requirements, and provide training to emergency responders. The RPC also serves as the agency’s conduit to state assistance to major emergencies. An HSEM RPC responds to any major emergency, emergencies involving multiple state agencies, hazardous materials, multiple fatalities, and other events upon the request of local officials. Each county in Minnesota has its own Local Emergency Management Director, and at least one designated Assistant Director, who serve at the direction of the respective County Boards. Because disasters occur at the local government level, the Local Director is the key to comprehensive community emergency management. Some local Emergency Management programs receive federal funding assistance through HSEM. Such programs must meet minimum mutually agreed upon criteria. These counties are called Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) counties. The HSEM Regional Offices are responsible for ensuring EMPG counties meet or exceed the minimum EMPG criteria. Anoka County is an EMPG county and member of the Twin Cities Urban Area under the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI). The Domestic Preparedness Program is a partnership of federal, state and local agencies with the goal of insuring that, as a nation, we are prepared to respond to a terrorist attack involving nuclear, biological or chemical weapons - weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Today, the term "Homeland Security" is used to denote the concept of preparing for these kinds of events. We continue to review and update our county wide programs as guidance documents are published by the Department of Homeland Security. 63B5.1.7 Repetitive Flooding Mitigation This section describes the source of repetitive flooding problems and identifies the number and type (residential, commercial or governmental) of repetitive loss properties in the jurisdiction. A repetitive loss structure, as defined by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), is a structure that is covered by flood insurance by NFIP that has suffered flood damage twice over a 10-year period in which the average cost of repair is over 25% of the market value of the structure at the time of the event. The table below identifies the repetitive flooding sources structures and mitigation measures taken to reduce future incidents.