The California Department of Water Resources (DWR), Division of Flood Operations has been tasked to prevent, reduce, and mitigate the risk of damages associated with flooding. DWR is the lead state agency responsible for responding to flooding.
Working together, State, federal, and local agencies manage California’s Flood Control System of reservoirs, levees, weirs, bypasses, and debris retention basins.
This statewide system is managed with support from technologies such as weather and hydrologic forecasting, coordination of reservoir releases, a network of rain and stream gages, and snow pack monitoring. The information gathered is extremely important to emergency responders and the public.
The ‘Flood Fighting Methods’ outlined in this booklet have proven effective during many years of use by DWR, United States Army Corps of Engineers, and local agencies on flood-related emergencies. This handbook is published by the DWR State-Federal Flood Operations Center and is designed to be used with the Flood Fighting Methods class.
For all flood training information, emergencies, questions, or for additional information, please contact:
State-Federal Flood Operations Center
(916) 574-2619
