As the February 28 anniversary creeps closer, the memories of that Sunday night one year ago, the following Monday and the aftermath will be relived by so many in our community.

Lismore City Council is putting on a number of events to commemorate the date in March so we can continue to heal twelve months on.

Business Lismore wants to check in with the business community to make sure they are flood-ready in case we experience another flood during our wettest times of the year in February and March.

Business Lismore is holding three workshops around flood-safe planning and preparedness for business that will be led by Ed Bennett from the SES.

"These sessions will be invaluable in reviewing your flood plans and flood preparedness. Ed is a local guru when it comes to floods and we are most grateful that he will be running these sessions for the business community," the brochure says.

Paul Murphy from AdvicePlus Financial Solutions joined the Business Lismore board last December and was the instigator of the workshops.

"I was motivated to get it started after I met Ed at the Business Expo in the Strand Arcade last year. We got chatting about the flood and I realised that this guy knew a hell of a lot so I told him that if I got on the board we wanted to hold workshops that increase business people’s awareness that this could happen again and we have to be prepared."

"After the 2017 flood, we were issued booklets to help business plan and build a Flood Plan but 2022 changed every existing flood plan. We want Ed to share his local knowledge of the SES and how that can formulate people's flood plans. It will be more local and not Sydney-based," Paul said.

"People can become complacent as time goes by. It happened after the levee wall was built, people thought it wouldn't flood in the CBD anymore. It did and it will again."

"Ed will have a presentation and then take questions. It's important that people turn out."

The three sessions are listed below with the first being this Thursday, February 9.

Flood Preparedness with the SES is on:

• Thursday, 9 February at Sassy Bean Café at HomeCo Shopping Complex. Time – 7.00 for 7.15am start to 8.00am – Breakfast can be purchased at the venue – approx. cost $20.00 including tea/coffee. Reserve your place.
• Tuesday, 14 February at SES HQ, Brunswick Street, Lismore. Time 5.30pm for 5.45pm start to 6.30pm. Reserve your place.
• Saturday, 18 February at SES HQ, Brunswick Street, Lismore. Time 10.30am for 10.45am start to 11.30am. Reserve your place.