This plan covers preparedness measures, the conduct of response operations and the coordination of immediate recovery measures from flooding within the Brewarrina Shire Council area. It covers operations for all levels of flooding within the council area. This plan is issued under the authority of the State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989 and the State Emergency Service Act 1989. The Far West SES Division Controller and the Brewarrina Shire Local Emergency Management Committee have accepted it. The area covered by the plan is the Brewarrina Shire Council area, which includes the town of Brewarrina and the villages of Goodooga, Weilmoringle, New Angledool and Gongolgon. It also caters for the rural properties in the Brewarrina Shire.