Flood Plan Checklist

• Keep a list of useful numbers to hand eg: your local council, the emergency services, your insurance company and Floodline - 0845 988 1188
• Have a few sandbags or floorboards prepared to block doorways and airbricks.
• Make up a Flood Kit, including a torch, batteries, candles and matches, blankets, waterproof clothing, wellingtons, a portable radio, first aid kit, rubber gloves and key personal documents. Keep it upstairs, if possible.
• Talk about possible flooding with your family or those you live with. Consider writing a Flood Plan, and store these notes with your Flood Kit.
• Make sure you know where to turn off your gas and electricity.
• What about your pets? Where will you move them to if a flood is on the way?
• Think about your car. Where could you move it to in the event of a Flood Warning?
• Get into the habit of storing valuable or sentimental personal belongings upstairs or in a high place downstairs.
• Think about medication. In the event of a flood, you'll still need to take it.