AIDR’s Flood Emergency Planning for Disaster Resilience (2020) provides national principles and broad guidance to inform the development of flood emergency plans in Australia. The handbook is intended to guide and assist those that play a role in flood emergency planning, community engagement and flood warning.

This handbook provides guidance to inform the development of flood emergency plans by outlining a series of principles and processes. Key considerations are outlined for specific capabilities and environments. The handbook is applicable to all communities across Australia and all levels of planning. It will also assist to provide guidance and information applicable to total warning systems and community engagement.

 

PDF’s of all handbooks are freely available to download on the Australian Disaster Resilience Knowledge Hub: https://knowledge.aidr.org.au/collections/handbook-collection/

The Australian Disaster Resilience Handbook Collection:

  • provides an authoritative, trusted and freely available source of knowledge about disaster resilience principles in Australia.
  • aligns national disaster resilience strategy and policy with practice, by guiding and supporting jurisdictions, agencies and other organisations and individuals in their implementation and adoption.
  • highlights and promotes the adoption of good practice in building disaster resilience in Australia.
  • builds interoperability between jurisdictions, agencies, the private sector, local businesses and community groups by promoting use of a common language and coordinated, nationally agreed principles.