FLOOD01015

• County: Fremont
• Community: Florence
• Stream Name: Coal Creek, Arkansas River
• Title: Flood Preparedness Plan for the City of Florence Remont County, Colorado
• Date: 6/1/1993
• Prepared For: Florence, Fremont County, CWCB
• Prepared By: US Army Corps of Engineers
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

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7. CON'JJNUED PLAN MAINTENANCE

Successful implementation of a flood preparedness plan
during a flood requires a high level of communication,
cooperation, and coordination among public and private
entities. Preparedness activities are the responsibilities of
the local government (City of Florence Officials in this
case), along with private individuals and businesses that are
located within the lOO-year floodplain. All should be at a
level of readiness sufficient to effectively deal. with a flood
before a flood event occurs.

, Preparedness should start with a thorough familiarity
with all sections of this report. City and County official.s,
along with their administrative personnel should be fully
informed of expected actions.

The following paragraphs describe activities necessary
in maintaining a cOllllllunity level of preparedness.

1. Administrative - The City of Florence Mayor has
overall responsibility for preparedness activities within the
City of Florence. Execution of all aspects of this plan is the
responsibility of the Florence Mayor.

2. Trainin.. - Each agency and organization with a
designated role in this plan should be familiar with its
responsibilities before an Arkansas River flood emergency. The
Director of each designated agency is assigned the task of
familiarizing their staff with the plan including their
individual responsibilities in fulfilling response actions.

The main purpose of advance training is to have a
workable, fluid system with capable people in responsible
positions. A smoother operation will occur if eech agency is
trained and aware of its assignments Hi2x to a flood
emergency. Participants are urged to receive training and make
available new information and technological advances so that
it may be incorporated into a revised plan. Assistance with
the training effort can be obtained from the Fremont County
Office of Emergency Preparedness.

3. Exercise and Drills - To demonstrate preparedness,
this plan should be exercised on an annual. basis. The mini_""
exercise should consist of a test drill of the communications
network as described on Plate 3 entitled Warning Dissemination
Plan. The plan may be fully exercised by developing a
hypothetical emergency and then simulating all aspects of
agency response.

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Continued Plan
Maintsnance

~ Administrative

~~ Training

~ Exercise & Drills

~ Plan Maintenance

i~ Technical Assistance

~ Public Education/
Information