Post the Floods of February 2022 ֠what can we learn??? Why did we hold this event?? The recent February 2022 floods in Queensland and NSW extended over a wide number of communities and the range of impacts are different to past events. So what does that tell us??? Yes Ӯo two floods are the same Ԡ֠is one important comment, but as professionals ֠in all sorts of roles ֠the aim of this debrief workshop was to share our collective observations and insights from this recent event. What was on Offer? The afternoon event was based on a mix of: feedback from participants on the recent events presentationҳ on impacts from 4 contrasting perspectives small group activity of measures to achieve flood resilience panel discussion on future steps forward group brainstorming on foundational , medium and long term needs Succeeding with Flood Resilience is a long game This success is embedded with an authentic need to be reflect, listen and learn. Last year we did a reflection of what we have learnt over the last 10 years, and is a complimentary insight to this event andis worth reading here. Who joined us for the event? The event on Tuesday 3 May 2022 attracted a healthy diversity of 40 colleagues, namely colleagues from: Local Government ֠Ipswich City Council and Moreton Bay Regional Council State Government ֠ Dept of Energy and Public Works and Qld Reconstruction Authority Consultants ֠Aurecon, Darwinina Consulting, E2Designlab, GHD, HydroRock, Mott Macdonald and Water Technology Insurance ֠Auto&General Academics and Students ֠Griffith University and QUT NRM Group ֠Healthy Land and Water Water Utility ֠Urban Utilities Within the group, the frequency of skills to deal with various aspects of flood risk reduction are depicted in the diagram below. View from the group on what they thought was surprising about this recent February 2022 flood event This word-cloud, from a Mentineter survey with the group, gives you a feel for aspects of the type of event, warning and communication with the community and impact. Initial view of what was good and what was missing The group was engaged to do an initial reflection on two aspects of this February event: What do you understand was in place to help deal with the event and its impacts? -A collation of the responsesare listed here What do you think was a gap in terms of the effort to respond to the event both during and prior to the vent unfolding? A collation of the responseare listed here Guest Presentations Presentation on communication and messaging Emma OҎeill ֠Manager Environment & Planning, Aurecon. Emma explores the various public messages and communication that unfolded during and before the event A copy of her presentation talkis here. Presentation on the nature and extent of the impacts