{"id":1288685,"date":"2024-01-11T07:19:47","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T13:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1288685"},"modified":"2024-01-12T23:09:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T05:09:02","slug":"smith-county-launches-hazard-mitigation-public-input-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1288685","title":{"rendered":"Smith County launches hazard mitigation form"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1288686\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/01\/smithcounty-seal-175x175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/01\/smithcounty-seal-175x175.jpg 175w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/01\/smithcounty-seal.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>SMITH COUNTY &#8212; Smith County\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Emergency Management Office launched a tool for residents to notify the county of potential hazards. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I am excited to share a groundbreaking initiative that places the power of community safety directly into your hands,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Smith County Judge Neal Franklin said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Whether you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve noticed flood-prone areas, wildfire risks, or other potential threats, your insights are crucial in building a more resilient and prepared community.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The public input form for hazard mitigation can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smith-county.com\/government\/departments\/emergency-management\/emergency-management-issue\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The county emphasized that this is not a form for emergency action or to request routine services.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Users will find a form to fill out the information for potential hazards, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flood<\/li>\n<li>Wildfire<\/li>\n<li>Lightning<\/li>\n<li>Winter storm<\/li>\n<li>Industrial accidents<\/li>\n<li>Dam failure<\/li>\n<li>Poverty and socioeconomic vulnerability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We want to encourage open and honest reporting, ensuring that you feel comfortable sharing the information needed to make Smith County safer for all,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Franklin said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMITH COUNTY &#8212; Smith County\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Emergency Management Office launched a tool for residents to notify the county of potential hazards. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I am excited to share a groundbreaking initiative that places the power of community safety directly into your hands,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Smith County Judge Neal Franklin said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Whether you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve noticed flood-prone areas, wildfire risks, or other potential &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1288685\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smith County launches hazard mitigation form<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":1288687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/01\/smithcounty-seal-175x175.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Smith County launches hazard mitigation public input form","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1288685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-08 01:25:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/01\/smithcounty-seal-175x175.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Smith County launches hazard mitigation public input form","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1288685"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1288764,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288685\/revisions\/1288764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1288687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1288685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1288685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1288685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}