The Kapar sub-district faces flood risk from both its western and eastern borders: potential river flooding when there is high sea level and large-scale flash flooding when there is stormwater runoff from its urban neighbours.  Given the frequency of the flooding incidents, it was necessary for the communities to have a proper evacuation procedure in place.  This exercise was conducted in conjunction with the government response drill, so this event was more of a evacuation route familiarization exercise rather than a community evacuation drill. 

The Drill was a two-day event to have communities (1) become familiarized with community evacuation drill procedures and (2) find out whether the flood sirens can be heard within the community area. Although Kapar and the surrounding area is prone to coastal, river, and flash flooding, there have never been any drills or DRR activities conducted in the past. Hence, there was a need to carry out the community evacuation drill in the project area.