Be prepared
No flood defence or flood management scheme can ever remove the risk of flooding completely and flooding can occur quickly and with limited warning. It’s therefore important for residents and businesses to prepare for flooding in advance of an event reduce the damage and disruption flooding can cause.
Two important things residents and business owners in areas of flood risk can do in advance to help prepare are:
- Preparing a flood plan.
- Environment Agency guides are available online for personal, business or community flood plans by following the links below:
- BeFloodReady also have a template to help you create a flood plan for your home, available to download from their website at: Creating a personal flood plan - BeFloodReady.
- An Environment Agency guide to protecting your property is available online at Prepare for flooding: Protect your property - GOV.UK.