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<br />Materials Needed for Exercise <br /> <br />To conduct the exercise, you will need to assemble some readily-available supplies and <br />standard local documents. Below are lists of materials needed for the exercise. <br /> <br />Supplies. Supplies include a slide projector, screen, marking pens, map overlay <br />material (such as acetate, tracing paper, or mylar), tape, and push pins. A flip chart or <br />blackboard is not necessary, but can be used, as a supplement to the handouts, to record <br />information during the exercise. A display timer, such as a kitchen timer, is essential <br />for you and the players to keep track of time during the exercise. <br /> <br />Base Maps. One or more copies of a base map of the community is essential. The map <br />should be the largest scale available that can fit on the table. It should show major <br />properties, streets and bridges, important facilities, and, if available, parcel boundaries. <br />If the jurisdiction is geographically large, a table-top sized base map will not show both <br />the whole jurisdiction and individual parcels. You may wish to select a part of the <br />floodplain as a focus for the exercise and provide large scale maps covering the selected <br />area. In this case, a map of the entire jurisdiction should also be provided for context <br />and perhaps for use in some of the early tasks. <br /> <br />Documents. The instruction sheets contain a list of materials to use for each task. Most <br />of these are common local government documents and should be readily available. If <br />documents are not available, the tasks can still be done relying on the players' <br />knowledge of the community. Documents to collect, if available, are: <br /> <br />. Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) or most recent NFIP map <br />. floodplain management ordinance <br />. information on previous floods <br />. local comprehensive plan and plan diagram <br />. emergency response plan, including shelter plans <br />. redevelopment, downtown, or special sector plans <br />. zoning ordinance and maps <br />. procedures for processing planning and building permits <br />. lists of historic buildings <br /> <br />Other relevant materials, such as census data, housing plans, or economic development <br />plans, may be useful and should be provided, if readily available. <br /> <br />Player Packets. You will need to provide each player with an exercise packet, <br />containing 12 instruction pages and 10 handout pages. You may also wish to prepare <br />packets for observers so they may follow the action. The packets should be clipped (not <br />stapled) or placed in a binder. The pages should be collated according the sequence of <br />the tasks. Following is a list of the packet pages in the order they should be assembled. <br /> <br />Facilitator's Instructions, page 5 <br />