SOP for Flood Forecasting & Early Warning - UNESCO Islamabad

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V ) Liaison with PTC’s Coordination officer provide 24 hours maintenance services for the teleprinters, Internet & the office and residential telephones of all the flood related functionaries. Vi ) Conduct a familiarization training of the senior cadre and junior cadre government , functionaries actively involved in the process of flood mitigation. Senior cadre training may be limited to one day only and must include such functionaries as the Relief Commissioner, Director General ( Relief) , Chief Engineer, Hydrology WAPDA, Chief Engineer FFC , Chief Engineer, Hydrology and drainage PIDA, Director Flood PIDA , Director PDMA. Training for the junior cadrs may extend to a period of one week for the persons from various provincial and federal departments actually posted on flood duties. 3.2.1 Functions during the Flood Season Chief Met, FFD is personally responsible for the issuance of timely and reliable flood forecast/warning to afford pre-flood imitation measures to reduce damage to the life and property due to floods. He is required to remain in touch with his office even outside the working hours to maintain a close watch on the flood generating weather situations. In case situation for Category-II or category-III floods develop he is to give advance verbal briefings to R.C. Punjab, Chairman FFC, DG Engineers ( Army), DG Met, Chairman NDMA and Member (water) WAPDA. Such briefings should be over and above the written qualitative forecasts issued when the approaching monsoon low/ depressions draws closer. In order to avoid undue public panic, flood forecasts to the public should be given, only when the possibility of floods has positively developed, in which case suitably tailored flood forecast must be provided to the press and the electronic media in time. The benefit of the improved flood forecasting system must reach the public by way of more reliable and more advance flood information to them. It is also important that the necessary trust be c:\documents and settings\administrator\desktop\cd material nust\international training workshop\session 5\2_sop pmd_51 pages.doc
placed in the forecasts issued by Chief Met FFD and under no circumstances the forecast issued by him allowed to be amended without his consent. This is because the flood forecasting is the sole prerogative of the Chief Met FFD and no one else in the present setup has the necessary technical means or the know-how to make any change. Under a serious pre-flood situation Chief Meteorologist FFD may invite director Floods of irrigation Department, Chief Engineer (H & WM) of WPADA and necessary flood related actions. Additionally, daily press briefings may be commenced in consultation with the Relief Commissioner Punjab. In case of category-III flood situation a forecast of PMF in respect of Mangla / Tarbela be issued in yes/ no terms and Member (water) WAPDA be personally informed of it by Chief Meteorologist, FFD Lahore. 3.3 Stakeholders 3.3.1 Provincial Irrigation and Drainage Authority (PIDA) PIDA plays a front line role in the process of flood forecasting as well as flood mitigation. Major flood related functions include. I ) Ii ) Iii ) Iv ) Flow measurements at the specific sites at rivers , canals and nullahs Planning , design construction and maintenance of flood protection works. Maintenance of data communication network to provide the river flow data to FFD. Supervision of the flood warning center ( on behalf of Relief Commissioner ) to ensure timely dissemination of the flood forecasts / warning. Vi ) Occasional updating of the divisional flood fighting plans and execution of such plans during flood emergency. Vii ) Implementation of the divisional flood fighting plan and ezxecution of such plans during flood emergency. 3.3.2 National Disaster Management Authority ( NDMA) c:\documents and settings\administrator\desktop\cd material nust\international training workshop\session 5\2_sop pmd_51 pages.doc
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