Helpful Links and Resources
Two easy tips to mitigate the damage from heavy rains:
1) Clean out your gutters - this will help water flow away from your house
2) Store valuables on a top floor - not in the basement
How to Prevent Your Home from Flooding (before and after the water has started pouring in)
Flood Mitigation/Safety Literature for Educating Communities
https://www.fema.gov/blog/2012-03-14/things-you-can-do-mitigate-against-flooding
- Short blog post that mentions a couple good ideas to mitigate damages if your home is in a high flood risk area
https://www.floodsmart.gov/flood/first-prepare-for-flooding
- Steps on how to prepare for flooding
--------Flood Insurance
- Brochure on why people need flood insurance
- Flood insurance fact sheet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AfTKFXOIQo
- Flood insurance video (FEMA)
https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/videos/165832
- Video on flood insurance coverage
https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/videos/165839
- Video on how to buy flood insurance
https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/videos/165856
- “Why should I rethink insurance”
-------- Disaster Response/Mitigation
https://www.ready.gov/make-a-plan
- Website that has information on how to make a disaster communication plan
https://www.ready.gov/build-a-kit
- Tips for building a disaster kit
https://www.nap.edu/read/18309/chapter/8
- Implementing flood risk prevention strategies
https://www.nh.gov/osi/planning/programs/fmp/mitigate-resiliency.htm
- New Hampshire’s website page on flood mitigation and resiliency. There are a lot of links on this site.
- Disaster mitigation ideas; flood starts on page 21 of 88
https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publications/p0/p00631.pdf
- DHS Flood Toolkit
https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2014-07/documents/flood-resilience-checklist.pdf
- Flood Resilience Checklist (for community leader/government use)
https://www.fema.gov/what-mitigation
- FEMA Mitigation site
-------- Buyouts
https://www.fema.gov/news-release/2018/11/13/fact-sheet-acquisition-property-after-flood-event
- FEMA buyout fact sheet
https://mema.maryland.gov/Documents/Buyout%20FAQ.pdf
- FEMA buyout FAQ’s
Possible Flood Grant Opportunities for Communities
https://dnr.wi.gov/aid/munfloodcontrol.html
- DNR Mitigation grant
https://eda.gov/disaster-recovery/supplemental/2019/
- EDA Funding for disaster Recovery