Safety Element Resources
Overview
The Safety Element is one part of Lafayette’s overall approach to protecting the community against natural hazards, and it will integrate with several other plans and programs documents to do this. The Safety Element is a high-level, broad document that discusses the City’s comprehensive public safety approach.
Other parts of Lafayette’s overall safety framework include the Contra Costa County Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, which is a more detailed short-term plan that focuses on specific actions; the Lafayette Emergency Operations Plan, which is an internal plan for emergency response and recovery, including a Wildland Fire Evacuation Plan; and the County’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan, which aims to reduce wildfire risk in jurisdictions throughout the county.
The City has also recently completed a General Plan Emergency Evacuation Analysis, which identifies evacuation routes and their capacity, safety, and viability under a range of emergency scenarios. The Safety Element will include background information, goals, and strategies from each of these plans and tie into them as appropriate to reduce risks from both natural and human-caused hazards.