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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Fast-moving mud and debris flow is approaching or passing your area.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Rumbling during rain, muddy river rising fast, or hillside scar above.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Bridge shaking or water turning thick and brown upstream.
Scene hazards: Burial, Bridge washout, Boulder impact, Flooding
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Leave canyon, gully, or dry wash immediately when rain is heavy uphill.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Move up slope — not downstream ahead of flow.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Warn campers and drivers in channel paths.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Stay on high ground until rain stops and authorities inspect.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112 from high ground with description of flow path.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Report vehicles or structures in channel when flow started.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Anyone caught needs immediate extraction — suffocation occurs within minutes.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Areas below burn scars flood and debris-flow more intensely.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT camp in dry stream beds even when sky is clear upstream.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT drive through moving mud on roads.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Dry stream beds are safe campsites during clear weather
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Storms miles upstream can send debris flows through dry channels with no local rain.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Campers buried by surprise midnight debris flow.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Debris flows are liquid-like mixtures of mud, rock, and water moving 30+ km/h.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — They follow stream channels and spread onto floodplains without warning.