Fire Department
2025 Local Hazard Mitigation
Plan Update
Pasadena Fire Department – Emergency Management
June 8, 2026
City Council Meeting
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Understanding the LHMP
What is the LHMP?
• A Protective Action Plan
> Think of the LHMP as our
community's long-term disaster
impact mitigation playbook. It's
a formal, public document
written to answer three simple
but critical questions before a
disaster strikes:
What are our hazards?
What might be impacted
the most?
What can we do now to
mitigate the impact to life
and property? (The
Mitigation Strategy)
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Pasadena’s Identified Hazards
• Climate Change
• Cyber Threats
• Dam Failures
• Drought
• Loss of Power
• Epidemic/Pandemic,
Vector-Borne Disease
• Earthquakes**
• Extreme/Severe Weather**
• Flooding
• Hazardous Materials
Release
• Landslide
• Liquefaction
• Natural Gas Pipeline
Hazards
• Terrorism
• Transportation Accidents
• Urban Fires**
• Wildland Fires**
*2025 LHMP Pages 39-54
**Risk Level Severe
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A Collaborative Process
4 Team Organization
Assess the Risks
Develop mitigation strategies
Public Input*
State & FEMA Review
Local Adoption
Implementation & Maintenance
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Changes and Updates
• Scope & Vision
> The scope the 2025 update commits to creating a more
resilient community through recommending forward-
looking strategies and resource allocations.
> Focused on whole community planning.
• Hazard Identification
> The 2025 plan further developed climate change as
hazards and human-caused hazards.
> Recognizing Pasadena’s role in special events, human – caused hazards are recognized in their own category.
• Refinement of Actions
> The 2025 plan includes actions that were reviewed for overall feasibility.
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Changes and Updates
• Focus on Technological Mitigation and Cybersecurity
> Includes infrastructure hardening and continuing
employee cybersecurity training.
• Climate Change
• Critical Facilities
• Enhance response protocols
> Development of scenario-based annexes to supplement
our EOP.
> The EOP update will be an area of focus throughout 2026. • Mitigation through partnerships
> Actions that highlight community resilience that enhance our preparedness programming.
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Updates Since City Council Adoption
• Formally accepted by FEMA after adoption; next update will be February 1st, 2031
• The plan was reviewed by FEMA and CalOES using the Local Hazard Mitigation Review Tool
> The Local Mitigation Plan Review Tool (PRT) demonstrates how the local mitigation plan meets the regulation in 44 CFR § 201.6 and offers states and FEMA Mitigation Planners an opportunity to provide feedback to the local governments
> Our plan met FEMA’s evaluation of whether the plan has addressed all requirements
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Updates Since City Council Adoption
• Census number used in demographics used in the first version was the latest official census data (U.S. Census Bureau 2020). However, the overall demographic for the city was updated to be inline with the 2025 Financial Report.
• To ease access, the LHMP Executive Summary and
Presentation were both added to Fire Department's website. • Gas Auto Shut-off applies to earthquake and excess flow situations
> Residents must have a seismic valve installed
• Fire situations – IC would coordinate with appropriate gas supervisor contact
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Addressing Preparedness:
Prepared Pasadena and CERT
• Information/dates were published on
website, Pasadena in Focus and shared with
District Liaisons.
• An informational flyer with registration links
was created and is being distributed
> Prepared Pasadena – 2 sessions (January,
February, and May)
Next Prepared Pasadena session will
be June 20th
Dates for July are live on the website
> CERT – 2 class completed in 2026
Two additional sessions are planned
for August & September (included in
PIF)
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Addressing Preparedness:
Upcoming Prepared Pasadena and CERT
Register Now!
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