Repairing your flooded home.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency

American Red Cross

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dwellings--Maintenance and repair.

Dwellings.

Buildings--Repair and reconstruction.

Buildings.

Flood damage.

Genre:

Government publications -- United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 49 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

[Frederick, Md.] : Federal Emergency Management Agency : American Red Cross, 2010.

Summary:

From page iii: This book gives step-by-step advice you can use to clean up, rebuild, and get help after a flood. Before you start, read the flood safety precautions on the inside front cover of this document and review the nine steps that are summarized in the Table of Contents. Your home and its contents may look beyond hope, but many of your belongings can be restored. If you do things right, your flooded home can be cleaned up, dried out, rebuilt, and reoccupied sooner than you think. While you are doing the job ahead, you should remember these three important points: 1: Play it safe. The dangers are not over when the water goes down. Read the flood safety precautions on the inside front cover of this document. Your home's foundation may have been weakened, the electrical system may have shorted out, and floodwaters may have left behind things that could make you sick. Many flooded items, such as wallboard and mattresses, will hold mud and contamination forever. When in doubt, throw it out. Don't risk injury or infection. 2: Ask for help. Many people can do a lot of the cleanup and repairs discussed in this book. But if you have technical questions or do not feel comfortable doing something, get professional help. If there is a federal disaster declaration, a telephone "hotline" will often be publicized to provide information about public, private, and voluntary agency programs to help you recover from the flood. Government disaster programs are there to help you, the taxpayer. You're paying for them; check them out. 3: Floodproof. It is very likely that your home will be flooded again someday. Floodproofing means using materials and practices that will prevent or minimize flood damage in the future. Many floodproofing techniques are inexpensive or can be easily incorporated into your rebuilding program. You can save a lot of money by floodproofing as you repair and rebuild (see Step 8). You should also prepare for the next flood by buying flood insurance and preparing a flood response plan

Contents:

Flood Safety Precautions

Step 1: Take care of yourself first

Step 2: Give your home first aid

Step 3: Get organized

Step 4: Dry out your home

Step 5: Restore your utilities

Step 6: Cleanup

Step 7: Check on financial assistance

Step 8: Rebuild your floodproof

Step 9: Prepare for the next flood

Index

Important phone numbers.

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.

Other Format:

Print version: Repairing your flooded home

Online version: Repairing your flooded home.

OCLC:

694575789

Access Restriction:

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