Business FloodSafe

A toolkit for flood preparedness, response and recovery: Gissing, A., Molino, S. and Edwards, G. (2005) Presented at the 4h Victorian Flood Management Conference, Sepparton, Victoria, 11-14 October 2005

The New South Wales (NSW) State Emergency Service (SES) received a grant from the Natural Disaster Mitigation Program to prepare and pilot a toolkit to help businesses be better prepared for flooding. Wagga Wagga and Kempsey were chosen as the two pilot locations because they have business districts with similar flood risks but significantly different flood histories.

Before developing the toolkit, a baseline survey was undertaken of nearly 100 businesses in each location to get an appreciation of their awareness and preparedness for flooding. This paper discusses how that information was used to develop the toolkit and presents the toolkit components and the thinking behind each. It also summarises an evaluation of the effectiveness of the toolkit and its distribution.

The toolkit has been designed for easy adaption for use throughout Australia to help businesses better prepare for, respond to and recover from floods.

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