{"id":49371,"date":"2026-10-16T10:06:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=49371"},"modified":"2026-10-16T10:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:06:23","slug":"protecting-public-health-and-property-in-effingham-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/49371-protecting-public-health-and-property-in-effingham-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting Public Health and Property  in Effingham County"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Mitigation projects and activities that can reduce injuries and fatalities while maintaining vital services for Effingham County residents will be the<br \/>\nmain topic of discussion at the upcoming Effingham County Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee meeting. The meeting will be held at the Effingham County Emergency Operations Center, 311 West Miracle Ave., in Effingham, at 1 p.m. on Thursday, October 29.<br \/>\nThe Committee began work in January to update the County\u2019s All Hazards Mitigation Plan. This plan details the past severe weather events that have impacted the County and identifies mitigation projects and activities that can be taken before an event occurs to protect residents and critical services and infrastructure.<br \/>\n\u201cObtaining FEMA\u2019s approval of our updated Plan will make all of the participants eligible to receive federal grant money for mitigation projects and activities if funds<br \/>\nbecome available,\u201d said Effingham County Emergency Management Agency Coordinator, Pamela Jacobs.<br \/>\nProjects identified by Committee members at this meeting will become part of the County\u2019s updated All Hazards Mitigation Plan. While the committee has provided input<br \/>\non portions of the Plan, the Plan will be presented in full for public review and comment before it is submitted to the state and federal government for approval.<br \/>\n\u201cA public forum will be conducted this fall for interested persons to review the Plan update and ask questions of Committee Members. A two-week public comment period<br \/>\nPress Release will be held following the public forum to accommodate interested residents who are unable to attend. We want to make sure that anybody who is interested has an opportunity to review and comment on the draft Plan update,\u201d added Jacobs.<br \/>\nInterested persons will be able to submit questions and comments to the Effingham County Emergency Management Agency office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitigation projects and activities that can reduce injuries and fatalities while maintaining vital services for Effingham County residents will be the main topic of discussion at the upcoming Effingham County [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":43147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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