City and county update joint risk-assessment plan

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Local officials have now approved the 2026 Jefferson County Local Mitigation Strategy Plan (LMS), a 108-page document that sets the framework for how local emergency operations will respond to natural and manmade disasters in alliance with state and federal agencies. The LMS is essentially this community’s single risk assessment and response planning document, its content seemingly academic until the occurrence of a disaster proves its merit. The average