"The mission of the Mitigation Directorate is to protect lives and prevent property loss from natural hazard events. Activities are designed to further sound risk management decisions by individuals, private and public sector entities, state, local and tribal governments, and federal agencies. The Mitigation Directorate's objectives are accomplished through three categories of core activities: risk identification and assessment, risk reduction, and insurance against flood risk". Among the Mitigation programs are: (1) Mitigation Disaster Operations and Management Maintain operational disaster response capability (1.a) Act as coordination point for Mitigation disaster operations and activities (1.b) Develop and integrate disaster operations policies, procedures, training? (1.c) Manage the Mitigation Disaster Workforce (1.d) Develop training and job aides to promote workforce capability to use disaster recovery as an opportunity to build communities stronger and safer. (2) Environmental and Historic Preservation (3) National Dam Safety (4) National Earthquake Hazards Reduction (5) National Hurricane Program. (DHS, FEMA OMA FY 2009 OMB Budget, 2008, 5, 27-28)