Flash Flood Risk Management â A Training of Trainers ... - ReliefWeb
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<strong>Flash</strong> <strong>Flood</strong> <strong>Risk</strong> <strong>Management</strong>: A <strong>Training</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Trainers</strong> Manual<br />
regarding the allocation <strong>of</strong> shelter or the distribution <strong>of</strong> relief items. The secretary <strong>of</strong> the CFFRMC is<br />
responsible for logging appeals and researching the validity <strong>of</strong> grievances.<br />
Session 7<br />
RM 7.5: Role <strong>of</strong> government in community flash flood risk management<br />
The government can be involved in different phases <strong>of</strong> community flash flood risk management; some<br />
examples are given below (Table 4).<br />
Government involvement in the CFFRMC is essential (although government is involved to a varying extent<br />
across the HKH region), as the government has superior financial resources, institutional mechanisms, and<br />
technical capacity. Government involvement can help to improve community preparedness and participation.<br />
It can also help to secure the legal status <strong>of</strong> the CFFRMC.<br />
Table 4: Possible areas <strong>of</strong> government involvement in CFFRM<br />
Pre-flash flood preparedness During flash flood After flash flood<br />
Facilitate a meeting involving the CFFRMC, local<br />
government, and local NGOs before the monsoon to<br />
review the preceding year’s successes and failures in<br />
flash flood management and to update the arrangements<br />
Provide funds for capacity building <strong>of</strong> the CFFRMC,<br />
awareness-raising campaigns, construction <strong>of</strong> mitigation<br />
structures, and construction <strong>of</strong> safe havens on uplands<br />
Facilitate the strengthening <strong>of</strong> the functioning <strong>of</strong> the<br />
control room<br />
Assist in collecting grain and fuel to use during a crisis<br />
Provide technical assistance during construction <strong>of</strong><br />
structures for mitigation and capacity building and<br />
awareness-raising campaigns<br />
Mobilise qualified search and<br />
rescue teams such as army or<br />
police according to the severity <strong>of</strong><br />
the disaster<br />
Allocate health personnel and<br />
medicine<br />
Assist in proving basic necessities<br />
such as safe drinking water, food,<br />
and shelter<br />
Allocate security services to save<br />
property spared by the flash flood<br />
Contribute to the<br />
distribution <strong>of</strong><br />
relief items<br />
Assist in<br />
rehabilitation<br />
processes<br />
Make<br />
arrangements for<br />
financial support<br />
to the community<br />
Source: Shrestha et al. (2008)<br />
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