Kansas Division of Emergency Management's Planning and Mitigation Branch works with municipal, state, federal, and non-governmental organizations, and private-sector partners on a variety of emergency management planning and mitigation issues.  These issues include, but are not limited to the following:

• Assisting communities on the development and maintenance of their all-hazards Local Emergency Operations Plan (LEOP);
• Coordination and maintenance of the Kansas Response Plan (KRP) and overall state planning assistance;
• State and local Continuity of Operations (COOP) Planning;
• State of Kansas hazard analysis and vulnerability assessments;
• Development and maintenance of State Hazard Mitigation Plan (SHMP);
• Review of regional hazard mitigation plans;
• Administration of available Hazard Mitigation Grant Programs (HMGP); and
• Assistance to applicants in the construction of hazard mitigation grant applications.