FLOOD03137

• County: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Guide for Flood and Flash Flood Preparedness Planning
• Date: 5/1/1977
• Prepared For: USDOC
• Prepared By: USDOC
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

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to those wishing to employ temporary
floodproofing measures or needing to
develop more detailed subplans for
warning dissemination, evacuation,
and damage reduction including:

a. identification of areas where the
depth and velocity of expected flooding
and opportunties for egress enable the
use of temporary floodproofing meas-
ures;
b. procedures for temporary flood-
proofing;
c. relation between forecast flood
heights and on-site depths; and
d. guidelines and criteria for warning
dissemination and evacuation plans for
hotels, motels, hospitals and! or other
facilities requiring more detailed ar-
rangements.

Planning Guidance
Emergency Information Task

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E3. Identify the types of emergency infor-
mation to be conveyed to the public in
the period prior to, during and imme-
diately following a flood including:

a. early watches, warnings and evacua-
tion notices; worded appropriately to
obtain maximum public response;
b. information on actions to be taken,
location of safe areas and areas to be
avoided, location of reception centers,

and ways of obtaining emergency as-
sistance;
c. actions being taken or to be taken
to deal with the flood;
d. calls for labor, equipment or other
types of assistance needed for evacua-
tion damage reduction and! or recovery
activities; and
e' information concerning sources and
availability of recovery assistance.

E4. Identify the means and procedures to
be used in communicating each type of
information with respect to:

a. form and content of each type of
message;
b. handling of flood warnings and other
related messages;
c. source and verification of messages;
and
d. interfacing of communications
equipment.

E5. Prepare warning announcements for
use in various potential circumstances
and expected flood heights which:

a. provide specific information and In-
structions;
b. reference an authoritative and famil-
iar source; and
c. ensure an immediate adequate re-
sponse on the part of the public and
responsible officials to warning mes-
sages by considering the various fac-
tors governing warning confirmation
and warning belief.'

F. Plan Implementation Element

Planning Objectives

To develop the administrative ar-
rangements necessary for effective
implementation of the flood prepared-
ness plan.

Planning Tasks

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Resource Identification
Responsibility Allocation
Coordination

Planning Guidance
Resource Identification Task

F1. identify type and amount of resources
required for Implementing the plan
including:

a. technical, administrative and other
personnel;

b. equipment and supplies; and
c. facilities.

I See Mifeti, pages 18-22 (Natural Hazard Warning
Systems in the U.S.)

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