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Make a flood plan

Start preparing today before a flood happens.

If you live in a flood risk area do what you can now to prepare for a flood. Don’t wait until it happens, you may not have time.

 The following actions will help you to be prepared.

  • Check your insurance cover - ensure it covers flood damage.
  • Know how to turn off your gas, electricity and water mains supplies.
  • Prepare a flood kit of essential items such as a torch and wind up radio.
  • Agree where you will go and how to contact each other.
  • Think about what you can move to a safe place now (for example photo albums, family videos and treasured mementos/possessions).
  • Think about what you would want to move to safety during a flood (for example pets, cars and furniture).
  • Create a list of important contact numbers including Floodline 0845 988 1188.

Your personal flood plan

Community flood plan

Working together as a community or group will help you respond quickly and efficiently when flooding occurs.

This guide is for anyone involved in supporting communities, community organisations and groups to improve their ability to plan for a flood.

This could be:

  • people active in the local community
  • leaders of community groups
  • schools, hospitals or residential care homes.

As well as any other interested members of the community.

This guide outlines things to consider and practical steps that you can take to inspire and involve residents and local communities and groups to work together to improve how you and they deal with a flood.