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

F2. Identify the sources of personnel,
equipment, supplies and facilities for
implementing the plan including:

a. community resources;
b. private resources;
c. assistance through mutual aid agree-
ments; and
d. state and! or federal assistance.

Planning Guidance
Responsibility Allocation Task

F3. Evaluate each aspect of plan imple-
mentation with respect to:

a. actions requiring detailed and spe-
cific assignments of responsibility; and
b. actions suitable for assignment on
an organizational basis.

F4. Assign responsibility for implementa-
tion of each aspect of the plan includ-
ing:

a. instructions as to how, when and by
whom implementation is to be assured;
b. requirements for any necessary sub-
plans or supplemental procedures; and
c. establishment of a chain of com-
mand to ensure plan implementation
will proceed in the event of absence
or incapacity of key personnel.

Planning Guidance
Coordination Task

F5. Establish procedures for coordination
of local governmental actions through
an emergency operations center, if
available, or other mechanisms, includ-
ing:

a. identification of responsibilities to
be assigned to the center;
b. operational procedures for staffing,
and operation of the center to carry
out the assigned responsibilities; and
c. procedures for activation and termi-
nation of the center.

F6. Establish necessary arrangements, in-
cluding mutual aid agreements, for use
of facilities, equipment and personnel,
and services necessary for implementa-
tion of the plan including:

a. location of river and rainfall gages,

participation of observers, and receipt
of information from upstream areas;
b. land rights for flood fighting and
other purposes;
c. use of reception centers, hospitals,
and areas for property storage;
d. use of vehicies for evacuation or
movement of property;
e. participation of volunteer organiza-
tions; and
f. provision of necessary supplies, ma-
terials, construction equipment and
other items.

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F7. Establish procedures to coordinate the
local plan fully with state and other
local plans for emergency operations
including:

a. integration with regional or state-
wide flood warning systems and com-
munication networks, state flood dis-
aster pians and other local natural dis-
aster plans;'
b. coordination of evacuation plans
with those for flood control, particularly
where ciosure of floodgates in levees or
floodwalls may affect escape routes;
and
c. coordination with NWS with respect _ ...)
to use of all available information and ...
issuance of warnings.

FB. Establish procedures to guide and co-
ordinate more detailed site-specific
planning for warning dissemination,
evacuation and damage reduction in
public and private buildings including:

a. process for identifying iocations
where such pians are necessary;
b. minimum elements and appropriate
level of detail to be inciuded in plan-
ning; and
c. provision of technical assistance in
planning.

, Flood preparedness planning may result in a separate e
plan or a part of a more comprehensive plan. Care-
ful attention should be given to this refaUonship
including consultation with state disaster planning
organizations.

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