1. Presentation to Wimmera CMA & VICSES Using new technologies to help build community flood resilience
Neil Dufty

2. need for disaster learning
Molino Stewart

3. ECE=disaster learning
Engagement
Communications
Education
Molino Stewart

4. disaster resilience Individuals & Communities Emergency Management
External influences
Climate change
Political unrest
Economies
Population
Hazard
Goals
Safety
Protection of property
‘Bounce back’
‘Bounce forward’
Individuals & Communities
Emergency Management
Disaster Risk Reduction
Molino Stewart

5. Opportunities for ECE Social research Social capital Capacity building
Other mitigation
Risk awareness
Preparedness
Warning
Response
Recovery
Post-event evaluation
Molino Stewart

6. ‘New’ technologies Internet sites Smartphones Social media GIS
SMS messages
Molino Stewart

7. Flood Explorer
Molino Stewart

8. Flood Check Property Reports
Molino Stewart

9. Website - Moreton Bay
Flood Check Property Reports can be freely downloaded from:
Flood Explorer can be viewed at:
Molino Stewart

10. Smartphone app
Molino Stewart

11. Colour coded warnings relating to flood levels for each gauge:
Light blue - below minor flood level
Green - between minor and moderate flood levels
Yellow - between moderate and major flood levels
Red - above the major flood level
FloodReadyQ Smartphone App

12. Green tick - no flood warnings (water level below minor flood level)
Next to the gauge an icon is shown at all times to help illustrate the current state of the readings:
Green tick - no flood warnings (water level below minor flood level)
Yellow alert – flood levels between minor and major flood level are forecast
Red danger - flood levels above major flood level are forecast.
FloodReadyQ Smartphone App

13. Benefits Potential Benefits of the App include:
Increased flood warning lead time
Greater consistency of flood warning message
Increased effectiveness of community response to warnings
Improved business and community resilience
Reduced flood damages and loss of life
Improved community mental and physical health
Molino Stewart

14. Other examples Crowdsourcing Community wikis Facebook sites
Oral histories e.g. Youtube
Social media mapping
Communities of Practice e.g. #smem
Community maps e.g. Google Earth
Molino Stewart

15. Mixes - 1 Crowdsourcing using social media to make flood maps
Molino Stewart

16. Mixes - 2
Oral histories of flooding conveyed to the community using Youtube Example: Hunter River 1955 flood
Molino Stewart

17. A warning
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18. Thank you
Questions?
Molino Stewart