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16 <br /> SELECTED ACTIONS (CONT. <br /> Property Protection <br /> • Continuing to participate in the National Flood Insurance Program <br /> - Continuing to enforce North Carolina State Building Code <br /> • Expand situational awareness tools including installing additional stream gauges <br /> • Continue to acquire and/or elevate flood prone properties <br /> Structural Projects <br /> • Explore possibility of retrofitting critical facilities to harden against winds/lightning <br /> and improve/retrofit with generators <br /> • Conduct cost/benefit reviews during planning and design phases of new facilities <br /> to determine feasibility of equipping facility with back-up generators, lightening <br /> protection, and high wind protection <br /> • Implement drainage improvement projects to reduce flood risk <br /> The full plan, to include all of Orange County's planned actions is available at www.EnoHawHMP.com <br />