Michigan Silver Jackets
The Michigan Silver Jackets Team is an interagency team dedicated to creating a collaborative environment to bring together Federal, State, local, and other stakeholders to develop and implement solutions to natural hazards and mitigation by combining available agency resources, which include funding, programs, and technical expertise. The Michigan Silver Jackets team was formalized by charter in 2016.
VISION STATEMENT
To create, maintain, and integrate comprehensive partnerships and sustainable solutions to reduce risk associated with flooding and other natural hazards in Michigan.
PURPOSE
To coordinate between agencies, sharing knowledge, information, ideas and strategies to proactively reduce the risk of flooding and other natural hazards, as well as build resilience to such hazards in Michigan’s communities, tribes, and natural resources.
MISSION STATEMENT
Through an established interagency team:
- Share information
- Leverage available resources and information among agencies
- Support partner activities that promote resilience and reduce the risk of flooding and natural hazards