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<br />Effectiveness depends on matching the particular type of flood proofing <br />to building design, location, and amount of avaLl.able warning t.ime" Many <br />specific examples are examined in the Colorado)']_?.?dproof:~ M~ual and <br />official,s at the Colorado Wat.er Conservation Board are available for <br />consultation on individual cases. <br /> <br />Floodproofing costs fluctuate with such val"iables as '"he type of <br />structure, building design, method of floodprocfing, location, and <br />mat.erial and labor costs. Benefits include saving lives, protelcting the <br />building and its contents, and reducing flood LI1"'l.ll"ance premiums <br />(ColoJ'ado Water Conservation Board, 1985). <br /> <br />4. Contingency Planning <br /> <br />A Local Emergency Operations Plan (LEOP) 1;9 ," plan developed by a <br />municipality in order to increase efficiency and d.ecrease confusion in tile <br />event a Il1saster should occur. It should contain several basic elements, <br />including a brief discussion of the genera.! situatIon with regard t.o a <br />particular threat, a list of departments and oI'ganizations which will be <br />involyed should this event occur, and definition of the key organizations' <br />responsibilities. Particular issues to be addressed include warning and <br />canmunication procedures, control and coordination, evacuation and <br />shel tering, publ ic informat ion, and damage assessment (1. Gl,assman, , 985) . <br /> <br />5. FJood Insurance <br /> <br />The National Flood Insurance Program (NFl?)" administE~red by the <br />Federal E:mergency Management Agency, is designE!d to help c)CXIlInuni ties <br />devel,)p information regarding flood hazard areas and to pr'event flood <br />disasters at the local level. The NFIP provides federalll' subsidi2:ed <br />insurance for buildings and their contents in fl.ood-prone, areas. <br /> <br />A canmun1 ty may enter the emergency phase of the NF IP by su bmi tUng an <br />application and adopting preliminary floodplain n:.anagement policies, <br />including requiring permits for any proposed construction or development <br />so as to minimize flood damage potential (Color'ado Water Conservation <br />Board" 1983). During this phase, the federal gover'nment provides a <br />limited amount of subsidized flood insurance for structurE!S, regardless of <br />their flood risk. Also during the emergency phil"le, the FeldeI'al Emergency <br />Management Agency generally prepares Flood Hazan: BOimdary Maps and more <br />detailed Flood Insurance Rate Maps for the commulj,t,y. <br /> <br />Conversion to the regular phase is based OIl. completion <br />insurance study and adoption of more, stringent floodplain <br />regulations than those applicable in the emerg,,'ncy phase. <br />flood insurance then becomes available. <br /> <br />of a flood <br />management <br />Increased <br /> <br />6. Publil) Education <br /> <br />Ccmmim1t.y flash flood awareness can be achieved by installing signs <br />identify.Lng historic high water marks, identifyi!:,g one-hundr-ed year' flood <br />elevations on street corners, and placing "climl) to safety" signs in <br />hazard areas. <br /> <br />-45- <br />