Shahram enayati - MSc. Student in disaster management division, University of Tehran
ahmad nohegar - Professor of Range and Watershed Department, University of Tehran, Iran
saeed givehchi - Ph.D, Faculty of environment, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran,

This study is an attempt to design a warning system at the preparing phase of the operation in flood instances in Masooleh. In so doing, a questionnaire of 39 items was devised by using various sources such as reports, books and technical Iranian and non-Iranian papers filled in by 25 experts from the province and the given area. The reliability confirmed with Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.739. The analysis were conducted following by t-test and SPSS software; in addition, the response level along with the necessary measures were drawn upon the data. The most important component of preparation in case of warning flood was defined in Masooleh town. Then, the best location for building a temporary settlement were found via TOPOSIS decision modeling..

flood, preparing, Flood warning system, warning