Saving lives through Awareness...Education and Better Planning. FloodReady is a program designed by the National Weather Service, in Calera, to help better prepare communities for flash floods and long term river flooding. After the severe flooding in May of 2003, the National Weather Service recognized the need to provide additional assistance to area cities and counties who have special flooding interests. Interested parties need only to apply in order to get started in the program. In order for an applicant to achieve FloodReady recognition, it must satisfy all the criteria established by the FloodReady committee members. The committee performs a valuable role in providing assistance and feedback to the applicants and consists of the following organizations:
- National Weather Service, Calera
- Alabama Power
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- U.S.G.S.
- Alabama Dept of Transportation
- Alabama State EMA
- National Weather Service Southeast River Forecast Center
|