Case study Skibbereen Flood Committee, Ireland Sample Clauses

Case study Skibbereen Flood Committee, Ireland. The affected community discussed is Skibbereen, a small town in the county Cork in the south of Ireland. The town is located around the junction two rivers. Skibbereen suffered severe flooding in November and December 2009, in which 220 properties were flooded and 6.5 million Euro damage was caused. Prior to this, the most severe flood event affecting Skibbereen occurred in August 1986, as a result of Hurricane Charley. Other recorded flood events in 1969, 1974, 1975 and 1982 were less severe. Before 2009, no coordinated of integrated approach to flood prevention and disaster management existed. After the 2009 floods a local flood relief group, called Skibbereen Floods Committee (SKC) was founded, links to the National Flood Forum. Skibbereen was flooded again only recently on 25th October 2013. The notes below are taken during a workshop with representatives of the Skibberdeen Flood Committee held on 6 March 2014. The workshop was conducted by consortium partner Future Analytics Consulting. See separate “Summary report”. The main observations and lessons learnt from this case study are: The committee is led by a town engineer and consists of the Flood Committee, Coast Guard, Garda, Fire Brigade, Cork County Council, and is heavily mooted and promoted by the local Flood Volunteer Network. The affected community have had weekly meetings for last 2.5 years – and not a single weekly meeting has been missed, because of the commitment needed, even when risk of flooding is not significant. The community has setup a bottom-up flood defense and management initiative: community engagement and demand action. There are several lessons learned in regards to the organizational structure: • With the community there has been acknowledgement that the community need to take on more responsibility (and not asking “where are my sandbags” when they should be going out there and finding a solution). From their experience, the professional responders are more inclined to work with a PROACTIVE community. Learning by doing – plan for the future. • The affected community expressed a frustration with the traditional ‘silo mentality’. The in 2009 established integrated approach addresses this problem • The Skibbereen affected community strongly advocate the establishment of a structured local representation. Having a local response effort such as a local flood response committee make a big difference and “place some shape on local recovery”. Help people get assistance • The communit...
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