Sandbags

Once delivered, sandbags are the responsibility of the householder and you will need to make arrangement for their disposal following the incident.

If you live in known flood areas or have previously been flooded you should adopt a self help approach to protect your property. This can be done by fitting items such as flood gates, non return valves, air brick covers, toilet bungs etc. Information and advice about these products, how to obtain and fit them can be obtained from the National Flood Forum's Blue Pages (opens new window).

Information and advice can also be found at the Environment Agency (opens new window).

The National Flood Forum (opens new window) website also holds lots of advice and information about flooding.

If your parish is in a known flood area your parish council will have been encouraged to develop a flood plan and recruit flood wardens.

The plan should detail how your community will react in a flood situation and what advice and assistance is available locally. Contact your parish to find out more or to get involved in reducing the impact of flooding to yourself and your community.

In some localities where there is a known flood risk the town and parish council may hold a limited supply of gel sacs for distribution in times of emergency. Gel sacs are available to parish councils and may be issued at the discretion of the parish council.