City officials said Oct. 28 that a heavy, short‑duration rain event prompted an immediate, coordinated response across multiple departments and that a recently deployed GIS field app materially improved the speed and quality of damage assessments.

Fire Chief Lamb described crews and department directors working before dawn to survey damage and to compile a situation report. He said the city’s GIS staff used a field application to map flooded streets, closed roads and locations needing attention, and that those live feeds were incorporated into damage‑assessment reports submitted to Brevard County Emergency Management before 4 p.m. that afternoon.

The city manager and department heads confirmed other elements of the rapid response: public‑works crews cleared drains, utilities staff checked critical infrastructure and records and police dispatch tracked citizen calls. Chief Lamb said the city produced damage assessment information quickly enough to advise county and state partners and to prioritize local resources.

Officials cautioned that the amount of rain in a short period exceeded typical drainage design capacity; several council members and staff discussed the possibility of localized retention measures on vacant city parcels to help manage future intense events.

City staff said they will continue to refine the GIS mapping tools, share the dashboard with council and coordinate with county partners when larger storm impacts occur.