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<br />within the floodplain. <br />. Evaluate the floodplain manager's roles and responsibilities. <br />. Encourage purchase of NOAA radios. Provide NOAA weather radios to public <br />facilities. <br />. Work with local media outlets to increase awareness of natural hazards. <br />Implement seasonal hazard awareness weeks or days (e.g., hurricane preparedness <br />week, winter weather awareness day). <br /> <br />City of Martinsvi/le <br />. Protect City's facilities to ensure continued functionality after disaster. <br />. Address storm water drainage issues. Consider increasing capacity of drainage <br />pipes at Bridge Street. <br />. Develop debris management plan. <br />. Educate the public about "sheltering in place" and other preparedness issues. <br /> <br />Patrick County <br />. Establish flood level markers along bridges and other structures to indicate the <br />rise of water levels along creeks and rivers in potential flood-prone areas. Work <br />with VDOT and other jurisdictions as needed. <br />. Increase flood warning capabilities, particularly as they relate to dam failure. <br />. Identify need for backup generators, communications, and/or vehicles at critical <br />public facilities. Develop means to address shortfall identified. <br />. Investigate, develop, or enhance Reverse 911 system or other public notification <br />system. Investigate possible funding sources. <br />. Encourage purchase of NOAA radios. Provide NOAA weather radios to public <br />facilities. <br /> <br />Pittsylvania County <br />. Obtain official recognition of the mitigation working grouplMitigation Advisory <br />Committee (MAC) from the jurisdictions in the Planning District in order to help <br />institutionalize and develop an ongoing mitigation program. Use the MAC to <br />review mitigation projects and coordinate multi-jurisdictional grant applications. <br />. Link structure value data with tax parcel GIS database to increase accuracy of loss <br />estimates. <br />. Identify means to coordinate, collect and store damage assessment data in GIS <br />format for each natural hazard event that causes death, injury and or property <br />damage. <br />. Incorporate (or continue to incorporate) mitigation principles into local <br />emergency management and recovery plans. <br />. Continue to enforce zoning and building codes to prevent/control construction <br />within the floodplain. <br />. Work with local media outlets to increase awareness of natural hazards. <br />Implement seasonal hazard awareness weeks or days (e.g., hurricane preparedness <br />week, winter weather awareness day). <br />. Encourage purchase of NOAA radios. Provide NOAA weather radios to public <br />