SES is working with local community at high risk of flooding to develop Community Protection Flood Plans and guides. This helps local community resilience in the face of flooding events. Find out more about the Storm and Flood Ready Program.
Available local community flood guides
- Railton
- Geeveston
- St Marys
- Orford
- South Hobart
- Hobart CBD and surrounds
- New Town – Lenah Valley
- Moonah – Derwent Park
- Glenorchy city and suburb
- Gunns Plains and surrounds
- West Ulverstone – Lower Leven
- Don River
- Forth
General flood preparedness guidance
- Be ready for storms and floods visual guide (Printable version)
- Home Emergency Plan
- Primary Industry Flood Readiness Toolkit
- Business Tasmania resources on risk management, emergency preparedness and recovery
Upcoming local community flood guides
SES is working or plans to work with the following communities on community protection planning. These communities all have a history of damaging riverine flooding. A state level flood risk assessment is underway. This will inform future community protection planning.
- Deloraine
- Meander township and surrounds
- Longford
- Launceston levee protected areas – Inveresk, Invermay, Newstead
- Huonville and Ranelagh
- Upper Huon River communities
- Mountain River communities
- Franklin and surrounds
- Cygnet and surrounds
- Dover and the far South
- Wivenhoe
- Smithton and surrounds
- Westbury/ Quamby Brook
- Bracknell
- Campbell Town
- Ross
- Avoca/ Fingal
- Mole Creek and surrounds
- Wynyard and surrounds
- Branxholm and Derby
- Dynnyrne – Sandy Bay Rivulet
- New Norfolk and other Derwent Valley communities
- Kingston Beach
- Triabunna
- Swansea
- Cranbrook, Swanwick and surrounds
- Gawler
- East Ulverstone and surrounds
- Penguin and surrounds
For known flood prone communities without community protection plans, there are links to local council flooding information as an interim measure to find out more about flooding in your local area.
View easy read resource – Be ready for storms and floods.