Additional resources
Here are a range of online and downloadable resources that give additional information produced by third parties around flooding. These give a range of information about what you should do if you’re planning for a flood; how you can ensure you stay safe during a flood; how you can clean up your property following a flood; and finally, how you can protect your home or business. Please note, some of these resources may be linked to other sites.
These resources are divided into four main topic areas:
Planning for a flood
Staying safe in a flood
Recovering from a flood
How to protect your property
Planning for a flood
Staying safe in a flood
Recovering from a flood
Flood clean up guidance (BIFM)
How to clean up your home safely (PHE)
Understanding basic flood recovery procedures (BDMA)
Guidance on recovery from flooding: Essential information for frontline responders (PHE)
A business guide to flood resilience
Floodrepairable.wordpress.com (Flood repairable project)
How to protect your property
Flood protection and your property – A guide to protecting your home (PCA)
Improving the flood performance of new buildings: Flood resilient construction (CLG & EA)
Property level flood resilience – Local authority guidance (BERG BITC)
Cost estimation for household flood resistance and resilience measures – summary of evidence (EA)
Best practice in property level protection systems – Advice for local authorities (Davies et al.)
A future flood resilient built environment (BRE)
Six steps to property level flood resilience: Guidance for property owners (SMARTeST project)
Standards for the repair of buildings following flooding (CIRIA)