1lsEsSTATE EMERGENCY SERVICE COOMA MONARO LOCAL FLOOD PLAN A SUB-PLANOF THE COOMA MONARO LOCAL DISASTER PLAN (DISPLAN) Cooma Monaro SES Local Controller November2010 EDITION TO BE REVIEWED NO LATER THAN November20L5 CONTENTS DISTRIBUTION LIST ......................................................................................................................... iv AMENDMENT LIST ............................................................................................................................. v LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................................... vi GLOSSARY .......................................................................................................................................... vii 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 1.5 Responsibilities ......................................................................................................................... 1 1.6 Cross-Border Assistance Arrangements ................................................................................... 8 PART 2 - PREPAREDNESS ................................................................................................................. 9 2.1 Maintenance of This Plan ......................................................................................................... 9 2.2 Floodplain Risk Management ................................................................................................... 9 2.3 Development of Flood Intelligence .......................................................................................... 9 2.4 Development of Warning Systems ......................................................................................... 10 2.5 Public Education ..................................................................................................................... 10 2.6 Training .................................................................................................................................. 11 2.7 Resources ................................................................................................................................ 11 PART 3 - RESPONSE .......................................................................................................................... 12 3.1 Control .................................................................................................................................... 12 3.2 Operations Centres ................................................................................................................. 12 3.3 Liaison .................................................................................................................................... 12 3.4 Communications ..................................................................................................................... 12 3.5 Start of Response Operations .................................................................................................. 13 3.6 Flood Information ................................................................................................................... 13 3.7 Preliminary Deployments ....................................................................................................... 14 3.8 Warnings ................................................................................................................................. 14 3.9 Information on Flooding and its Effects ................................................................................. 15 3.10 Road Control........................................................................................................................... 16 3.11 Traffic Control. ....................................................................................................................... 16 3.12 Flood Rescue .......................................................................................................................... 16 3.13 Evacuations ............................................................................................................................. 16 3.14 Essential Services ................................................................................................................... 16 3.15 Aircraft Management .............................................................................................................. 17 3.16 Logistics ................................................................................................................................. 17 3.17 Resupply of Isolated Properties .............................................................................................. 18 3.18 Assistance for Animals ........................................................................................................... 20 3.19 Stranded Travellers ................................................................................................................. 20 3.20 All Clear ................................................................................................................................. 20 PART 4 - RECOVERY ........................................................................................................................ 21 4.1 Welfare ................................................................................................................................... 21 4.2 Recovery Coordination ........................................................................................................... 21 4.3 Arrangements for Debriefs / After Action Reviews ............................................................... 21 ANNEX A - THE FLOOD THREAT ............................................................................................... A-1 General Overview ............................................................................................................................. A-1 Characteristics of Flooding in the LGA ............................................................................................ A-2 Characteristics of Flooding on Cooma and Cooma Back Creeks ..................................................... A-2 Weather Systems and Flooding ........................................................................................................ A-2 Flood History .................................................................................................................................... A-3 Cooma Monaro Local Flood Plan 2010 Sub-Plan of Cooma Monaro Local Disaster Plan Page ii of 52 Flood Mitigation System .................................................................................................................. A-3 Extreme Flooding ............................................................................................................................. A-4 ANNEX B - EFFECTS OF FLOODING ON THE COMMUNITY .............................................. B-1 Community Profile ........................................................................................................................... B-1 Areas at Risk of Flooding ................................................................................................................. B-1 Cooma .............................................................................................................................................. B-2 Rural Areas ....................................................................................................................................... B-3 Road Closures within the Cooma Monaro Council Area ................................................................. B-3 ANNEX C - GAUGES MONITORED BY THE COOMA MONARO SES LOCAL HEADQUARTERS ............................................................................................................................ C-1 ANNEX D - DISSEMINATION OF SES FLOOD BULLETINS ................................................... D-1 ANNEX E - TEMPLATE EVACUATION WARNING AND EVACUATION ORDER MESSAGES ........................................................................................................................................ E-1 ANNEX F - EVACUATION ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE COOMA MONARO COUNCIL AREA ................................................................................................................................................... F-1 Background....................................................................................................................................... F-1 Arrangements ................................................................................................................................... F-1 Decision to Evacuate ........................................................................................................................ F-1 Phase 1 –