Before a Flood

Community response

Community Flood Plans

In addition to having a personal flood plan ready in case of emergency, developing a community flood plan can have a huge impact on increasing the flood resilience of the community as a whole. This will help you and everyone at risk respond quickly when flooding happens. It can help you decide what practical actions to take before, during and after a flood, helping reduce the community wide damage flooding can cause.

Don’t wait until it happens, you may not have time.

Flood Groups

In addition to having a personal flood plan ready in case of an emergency, creating a community flood plan can help to increase flood resilience throughout a neighbourhood, village or street.

A community flood plan will help you and everyone at risk respond quickly if flooding occurs. It can help you decide what practical actions to take before, during and after a flood, helping to reduce the disruption and damage flooding can cause.

Don’t wait until it happens, you may not have time.

Local Resilience Forums (LRFs)

Local resilience forums (LRFs) plan and prepare for localised incidents and emergencies. LRFs are multi-agency partnerships made up of representatives from local public services, including the emergency services, local authorities, the NHS, the Environment Agency and others. These agencies are known as Category 1 Responders. LRFs are supported by organisations, known as Category 2 responders, such as the Highways Agency and public utility companies.

LRFs also work with other partners in the military and voluntary sectors who provide a valuable contribution to LRF work in emergency preparedness. They work to identify potential risks and produce emergency plans to either prevent or mitigate the impact of any incident on their local communities.

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