ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO FLOOD PLANNING & PREPARATION

SWIM is a web-based system which allows members of the public, flood wardens and flood risk management authorities to enter details about property flooding in one place.

FloodFlash provides event-based flood insurance, offering a bespoke service which pays a fixed sum as soon as flood water reaches a pre-agreed depth.

what3words is a really simple way to talk about location. 3 word addresses are easy to say and share, and are as accurate as GPS coordinates. People use what3words to find their tents at festivals, navigate to B&Bs, and to direct emergency services to the right place.

The Simex Series is the UK’s largest annual international disaster response exercise. It is an operational (live controlled) field exercise designed to establish a learning environment for players to exercise disaster event response plans, policies and procedures.

The National Risk Register 2017 explains the risks of major emergencies that could affect the UK in the next five years and provides resilience advice and guidance.

The Schools community resilience project (SCRP) has been developed in partnership with local emergency services. The aim is to prepare students with an awareness of emergency planning so that they are more self-resilient within our community. The project has been devised as a pull of the shelf resource, which can be used when it suits you. It is full of resources, lesson plans, homework suggestions, research links, video clips, hoax 999 calls, games etc.

Our role is to make sure that the environment and human health are protected, to ensure that Scotland’s natural resources and services are used as sustainably as possible and contribute to sustainable economic growth.

Our aim is to reduce the impacts of flooding on individuals and communities, through providing immediate support and by establishing a network of community resilience groups in flood risk areas to equip communities to cope with the impacts and threat of flooding.