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Interagency Support

WFOs coordinate hydrologic forecast and warning activities with local, state, and regional cooperators and share other information per established agreements.

WFOs maintain working relationships with partners responsible for the management of stream gaging stations such as district offices of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Strengthen relationships between agencies by:

• Maintaining procedures for transferring information between agencies, including real-time streamflow measurements and other data, during significant flood events
• Posting WFO phone numbers in stream gage shelters
• Meeting periodically to keep informed on the activities of each agency and collaborate on hydrologic fieldwork (e.g., surveying high water marks, establishing staff gages)

In addition to establishing gages, remain informed on possible gage closures. These actions must be coordinated with your servicing RFCs and Regional Headquarters to avoid affecting other existing agreements or hydrologic data requirements.

Other examples of interagency support are the National Water Center, the National Hydrologic Warning Council (NHWC), Association of State Floodplain Managers, International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), and Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) teams.

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