Help your community
Preparing a flood plan
Getting involved in writing a community plan, and helping to implement it during a flood, will help save lives and minimise the damage and distress flooding can cause.
A community flood plan sets out:
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The locations at risk of flooding in your community
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Actions to be taken before, during and after a flood
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Contact details of volunteers/ flood wardens and the cascade of information during a flood
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What your local triggers to activate your plan are
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Important telephone numbers
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Available resources
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Arrangements with the authorities
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Vulnerable residents/properties.
It’s also important to understand the role that each responding organisation plays during a flood and therefore who you need to make contact with before, during and after.
As part of your plan you may wish to identify certain skills or equipment that residents have that may be of use to your community.
Or you may wish to identify a group of volunteers that can help communicate between the flood plan coordinators and local residents. The link below leads to a letter template that can be adapted to suit your needs.
Flood plan resources
Developing your flood plan
Download a community flood plan template
Developing your community flood plan
Guidance can be downloaded
Testing your flood plan - coastal flooding scenario
Guidance can be downloaded
Testing your flood plan - river flooding scenario
Guidance can be downloaded