Federation Villages Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan
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To allow SES and Council to better prepare for and respond to flood risk.
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To understand the areas and roads at risk when an event occurs.
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In addition, the availability of these documents should be included as part of an ongoing flood education and awareness program.
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Following completion of this study, Council and the SES will be provided with a range of outputs that can be used to develop plans relating to flood risk. Such outputs include: • High resolution GIS results including peak flood depths and levels, hazard and hydraulic categories; • Information pack with GIS layers that can be used to relate rainfall intensities and durations, to design flood events; • Identification of parts of the study area at greatest risk; and
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6.5.1.1.
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RM01: Update Local Flood Plan
Update Local Flood Plan for the study area which incorporates the flood behaviour information and other supporting data from this study.
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• Identification of roads that are prone to flooding. Importantly, the recommendations made in the subsequent sections of this report should also be considered when updating the various Flood Plans. The subsequent recommendations endeavour to reduce flood risk to the community without increasing the burden on SES and Council staff.
6.5.2. Community Flood Awareness and Education
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A key step towards modifying the community’s response to a flood event is to ensure that the community is fully aware that floods are, at times, likely to interfere with normal activities in the floodplain. Flood awareness is a vital component of flood risk management for people residing and working in the floodplain, as well as for those reliant on services operated from within flood prone areas. Flood awareness can be developed through a range of strategies with varying levels of community participation. Strong flood awareness can significantly improve the way a community prepares for, and recovers from, flooding. Based on learnings from recent disasters, the focus of community disaster education has now turned from a concentration on raising awareness and preparedness to building community resilience through learning. Simply disseminating information to community does not necessarily trigger changed attitudes and behaviours. Flood education programs are most effective when they: • Are participatory i.e. not only consisting of top-down provision of information but where the community has input to the development, implementation and evaluation of education activities; • Involve a range of learning styles including experimental learning (e.g. field trips, flood commemorations), information provision (e.g. via pamphlets, DVDs, the media),
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