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.
• Residential Safe Room - Kansas is offering this rebate program through the FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), contingent upon funding, and must comply with all federal grant regulations, to include eligibility of properties and other required documentation.