2020-10-21 Final Order - Approval Conditions and Approved Plans - P&E Appeal No 61 of 2018 - RAL17-0504

CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY                                        1

1        INTRODUCTION                                    6
1.1      Background                                      6
1.2      Site Details and Characteristics                6
1.2.1    Site Overview and Details                       6
1.2.2    Site Topography                                 6
1.2.3    Site Layout                                     7
1.3      Flood Sources                                   8

2        FORECASTS AND WARNINGS                         10
2.1      Overview                                       10
2.2      Rainfall Gauges                                10
2.3      Noosa River Flood Warnings                     11
2.4      Site flood monitoring system                   12

3        FLOOD EMERGENCY RESPONSE                       13
3.1      General                                        13
3.2      Risk Management Philosophy for the Site        13
3.3      Local Disaster Management Plan                 13
3.4      Responsibilities                               14
3.5      Conditions of Development                      14
3.5.1    Community Management Statement                 14
3.5.2    Floor above Probable Maximum Flood (PMF)       15
3.5.3    Flood Height Gauge                             15
3.5.4    Flood Height Siren                             15
3.6      Emergency Response Strategies                  16
3.6.1    Overview                                       16
3.6.2    Shelter In Place                               16

4        MANAGEMENT ACTIONS                             17
4.1      Before a Flood Event                           17
4.2      When a Flood is Likely                         17
4.3      During a Flood – Shelter in Place              17
4.4      During a Flood – Self Evacuation               18

5        CONCLUSION                                     19
Flood Source                                            21
Flood Levels at the Site                                22
Flood Depth and Hazard                                  23
Historic Flooding                                       24
Rates of Rise                                           26
Flood Duration                                          27
Evacuation Risks                                        27




Flood Emergency Management Plan | 27 February 2020
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