In an effort to expand the city’s ability to respond to flood-related disasters, the Office of Emergency Management is training other agencies in the methods the office uses to deploy flood protection measures during a potential emergency.

During a demonstration and training Wednesday, officials inflated an orange tube by pumping it full of water, at which point the apparatus can be used go block flood waters.

The training is called a Tiger Dam, and it is one of the city’s go-to methods for preventing or mitigating flooding disasters.

With hurricane season less than a month away, city workers from multiple departments — including the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Transportation and the Economic Development Corporation — brushed up on their flood mitigation skills at the Brooklyn Army Terminal Thursday.

Personnel from those agencies could be tasked with deploying Tiger Dams during a flood-related disaster such as a hurricane in the future.

“This is part of the interim flood protection measures program, which was started in the aftermath of Sandy to try to provide temporary protection for critical facilities and some low lying neighborhoods,” said Suzan Rosen, who leads the Office of Emergency Management’s Mitigation Operations Program.

Rosen said the Tiger Dam can block tons of water from flooding city infrastructure and even flood-prone residential areas.

It is one of two primary tools the Interim Flood Protection Management program deploys during flooding events.

The training comes during Hurricane Preparedness Week.

Justin Diehl, who also works for the Department of Emergency Management, instructed city workers on the proper way to block water using panels called HydroDefense Flood Planks.

He said the system can also be helpful in disaster situations involving large volumes of water.

“We can put the posts on either side and then put the panels in between to block that entrance,” he said.

Diehl also said the planks can save emergency responders time in an emergency situation because it only takes five minutes to set up.

All of it to keep New Yorkers safe.  

“This is information to be able to let people know that the city is trying really hard to have their critical services when they need them,” Rosen said.

Normally, the Office of Emergency Management would be responsible for deploying flood protection systems such as the Tiger Dam.

The training DEP, DOT and Economic Development Corporation personnel received this week will allow those agencies to take over that responsibility and deploy flood protection measures in the future.