With the first anniversary of the Christmas 2015 floods approaching, the Know Your Flood Risk campaign has launched a new guide that provides much-needed hands-on guidance on the practical steps you can take to make your home resilient to flooding.
The guide is designed to make people more aware of flood risk and gives advice on how to prepare and take practical steps to reduce the impact that flooding can have on their lives.
It contains details of how homeowners can implement measures to flood-proof their property as well as interviews with flood victims and what they have done to prepare for flooding.
In addition, there is helpful guidance on all the UK’s risk management authorities to explain ‘who does what’ in the event of a flood, plus useful overviews regarding the insurance scheme Flood Re and the range of property-level products that are today available to homeowners.
Mary Dhonau, chief executive of the Know Your Flood Risk Campaign, said: “Having been flooded myself on many occasions I know just how appalling flooding is and the hardest part is the recovery. With people spending an average of nine months out of their homes after a flood occurring, I’ve made it my personal mission to help people reduce this time and by taking the steps included in the guide, recovery time can be dramatically reduced.”
You download a free copy of the new edition of the Homeowners’ Guide to Flood Resilience here.
