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Infoterra launches first comprehensive Flood Risk Model of Great Britain to include Surface Water Fl |
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Written by Vector1Media
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PR - Infoterra
Ltd, a leader in the provision of geospatial products and services, has
launched the first comprehensive flood risk model of Great Britain to
incorporate all the major causes of flooding, significantly assisting
in the assessment of risk at a property level. The Pitt Review, which
considers the lessons to be learnt from the Summer 2007 floods, clearly
recommended the development and use of a new generation of tools for
predicting and modelling flooding.
This new Flood Risk Model meets that
recommendation by going beyond traditional river and coastal flood
risks to include the risks from surface water flooding, dam breaks and
groundwater. In addition, the model takes into account single and
multiple events. This improved information will be particularly
valuable for decision support across a range of key markets, as well as
providing essential data for emergency planners and responders.
JBA
Consulting, one of the leading specialists in flood risk and
environmental management, partnered with Infoterra Ltd to develop this
unique flood risk assessment model. This product combines Infoterra's
highly accurate geospatial height data with JBA's flood modelling
expertise to provide a new level of intelligence to flood risk
predictions.
It is estimated by the Association of British
Insurers (ABI), that the cost of claims for damages caused by the UK's
Summer 2007 floods alone will be over £3 billion. For insurance
companies particularly, this comprehensive model will enable them to be
far more accurate in flood risk management, going beyond traditional
postcode assessment to focus on the risks faced by individual
properties. This tool will also help insurers calculate gradation of
risk, providing them with accurate accumulation of risk a complete
geographical perspective of flood exposure across their entire book as
well as highlighting safer geographical areas.
Surface
water floods were responsible for a large percentage of property
damaged during the Summer 2007 floods. The majority of this risk simply
has not been highlighted by traditional flood models," commented Dr
Andy Wells, Sales Director for Infoterra Ltd. "Sir Michael Pitt called
for new modeling techniques in his December 2007 review of the lessons
to be learnt from the 2007 floods. We have responded promptly in
offering a model that considers the single or combined impact of flood
risks, following our successful co-operation with JBA Consulting. We
can now deliver new levels of risk data right down to individual
property level - providing a valuable step forward," he continued.
"By
combining Infoterra's highly accurate lidar height data with our latest
three-dimensional modelling techniques, we've been able to provide the
intelligence that clearly indicates those areas and properties that are
vulnerable to surface water flooding," added Jill Boulton, Technical
Director at JBA Consulting. "By including data on surface water floods,
groundwater and even dam breaks, we believe that this model provides
exactly the kind of new risk assessment levels that The Pitt Review
considers to be essential going forward."
Infoterra offers this
Flood Risk Model as an online risk assessment service and is backed by
the power and flexibility of the company's major £2 million geospatial
data hosting infrastructure. This online service enables Infoterra to
provide organisations with very simple operational answers to key
questions such as:
* 'Is this property at risk from flooding?'
* 'What is my organisation's total exposure to flood risks?'
* 'What's the likely impact of multi-source flooding on a given area?'
* 'How can we support the emergency services planning and management during a severe flood event?'
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