Community Risk Reduction

Community risk reduction includes programs, actions, and services used by a community that prevent or mitigate the loss of life, property, and resources associated with life safety, fire, and other disasters within a community. The Hanover Fire Department has been actively involved in community risk reduction for many years through existing programs, including fire prevention and code enforcement and public fire safety education. Reducing the risk to our community involves the continuation of all those general services but with specific attention to several programs that have been determined essential to reducing the risk of injury or loss of life to our most vulnerable populations.