Floodplain Management promotes and ensures sound land use development in floodplain areas to promote the public's health and safety, minimize loss of life and property, and reduce economic losses caused by flood damages.
Floodplains are important as they allow floodwaters to spread out and temporarily store excess water. They often also contain wetlands and other important ecological areas. Floodplain management is a community-based effort to reduce the risk of flooding and become a more resilient community.
The Engineering department is at 505 S. Commerce Ave. in the old county annex building in downtown Sebring and consists of the following divisions:
- Engineering Operations
- GIS - Addressing
- Traffic Operations
- Stormwater
- Surveying