WOLLONGONG CITY LOCAL FLOOD PLAN A SUB-PLAN OF THE WOLLONGONG LOCAL DISASTER PLAN Chair, Local Emergency Wollongong City SES Local Management Committee Controller JUNE 2010 EDITION TO BE REVIEWED NO LATER THAN JUNE 2015 ii CONTENTS TABLES ...................................................................................................................................................................... iv DISTRIBUTION LIST ............................................................................................................................................... v AMENDMENT LIST ................................................................................................................................................ vi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................................................... vii GLOSSARY .............................................................................................................................................................. viii PART 1 - INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Purpose .......................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Authority ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Area Covered by the Plan ............................................................................................................................. 1 1.4 Description of Flooding and its Effects ......................................................................................................... 1 PART 2 - RESPONSIBILITIES ................................................................................................................................ 2 2.1 Wollongong City Local SES Operations Controller ..................................................................................... 2 2.2 Wollongong City SES Unit Members ........................................................................................................... 3 2.3 Ambulance Service of NSW ......................................................................................................................... 4 2.4 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) ............................................................................... 4 2.5 Caravan Park Proprietors .............................................................................................................................. 4 2.6 Childcare Centres and Preschools ................................................................................................................. 5 2.7 Community Services ..................................................................................................................................... 5 2.8 Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW) ........................................................... 5 2.9 Department of Primary Industries ................................................................................................................. 5 2.10 Integral Energy .............................................................................................................................................. 5 2.11 Wollongong City Local Emergency Operations Controller (LEOCON) ...................................................... 5 2.12 Wollongong City Local Emergency Management Officer (LEMO) ............................................................. 6 2.13 Manly Hydraulics Laboratory (MHL) ........................................................................................................... 6 2.14 NSW Agriculture .......................................................................................................................................... 6 2.15 NSW Fire Brigades ....................................................................................................................................... 6 2.16 NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) ..................................................................................... 6 2.17 NSW Police Force - Wollongong & Lake Illawarra Local Area Commands ............................................... 7 2.18 NSW State Forests ........................................................................................................................................ 7 2.19 Rail Corporation (NSW) ............................................................................................................................... 7 2.20 Roads and Traffic Authority ......................................................................................................................... 7 2.21 Rural Fire Service (RFS) ............................................................................................................................... 7 2.22 School Administration Offices (including Catholic Education Office - Diocese of Wollongong, Department of Education & Training and Private Schools): ..................................................................................... 8 2.23 Service and Sporting Clubs, Service and Sporting Clubs, Lions Club, Rotary Club, Bowling Club and Soldiers Club ............................................................................................................................................................. 8 2.24 South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service ............................................................................ 8 2.25 State Rail Authority ....................................................................................................................................... 8 2.26 Surf Life Saving Clubs .................................................................................................................................. 9 2.27 Sydney Catchment Authority ........................................................................................................................ 9 2.28 Telstra ........................................................................................................................................................... 9 2.29 Transport Services Coordinator: ................................................................................................................... 9 2.30 Volunteer Rescue Association - South Coast Rescue Squad ........................................................................ 9 2.31 Volunteer Marine Rescue NSW .................................................................................................................... 9 2.32 Wollongong City Council ............................................................................................................................. 9 PART 3 - PREPAREDNESS .................................................................................................................................... 11 3.1 Maintenance of this Plan ............................................................................................................................. 11 3.2 Floodplain and Coastal Risk Management .................................................................................................. 11 3.3 Development of Flood Intelligence ............................................................................................................. 11 3.4 Development of Warning Systems .............................................................................................................. 11 3.5 Public Education ......................................................................................................................................... 12 3.6 Training ....................................................................................................................................................... 12 3.7 Resources .................................................................................................................................................... 12 PART 4 - RESPONSE .............................................................................................................................................. 13 Wollongong City Local Flood Plan, June 2010, Sub-Plan of Wollongong City Local Disaster Plan iii 4.1 Control ........................................................................................................................................................ 13 4.2 Operational Sectors ..................................................................................................................................... 13 4.3 SES Operations Centre ................................................................................................................................ 13 4.4 Operational Management ............................................................................................................................ 14 4.5 Liaison ......................................................................................................................................................... 14 4.6 Communications ......................................................................................................................................... 14 4.7 Start of Response Operations .....................................................................................................................