Flood Event Model

Winner of the STFC/ODI Open Data Prize 2014

chris.Cooper@kn-i.com

How did we get here?

The Project - WUDoWUD

Weather U Do or Whether U dont

Different Fire Service Events are

concentrated in different areas

Open Data Providers

What is a flood event?

Areas of focus

Where can I place my emergency resources to better effect during extreme weather?

Paramedics
Signage
Sandbags
Fire and Rescue
Respite Centres

Flood Events by Time of Day

Geology of Hampshire

The red crosses indicate

boreholes with available
data

Surface Water

Spot Heights

Flood Extents

Road/Rail Interactions

Road/River Interactions

First Pass at a Predictive Model

White represents areas with a

high probability of flooding
Green represents areas with a
low probability of flooding
Red crosses indicate known flood
callout locations (positive
targets)
Blue crosses indicate non-flooded
locations (negative targets)

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Visualisation
The model has been deployed on the
STFCs 40 foot 3d screen which enables
you to zoom into the areas of interest.
An application is currently in
development which will allow people to
visualise the data using real-time
forecasts from the Met Office and from

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What next?
Resilience Direct have agreed to help KnowNow identify a path for inclusion into this domain
Ongoing support from Hampshire County Council to develop the new proactive process as a result of
new Flood Event Model triggers.
Collaborating with Network Rail to better understand if we can predict flood events associated with the
rail infrastructure.
Working with a large multi-national taking FEM outside the UK - investigating a Brushfires use case.
Adoption of Time Machine to access historic events
Scale up - providing more predictions by using more data sets
river silting
new-build sites
river abstraction
Scale out - by adopting model for other UK regions

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Flood Event Model

Winner of the STFC/ODI Open Data Prize 2014

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