Flood Support and Resources
Increased flood risk is an expected climate impact for Ayrshire. The resources and links below are designed to help you prepare for flood and know who to contact and what to do if you are flooded.
SEPA (The Scottish Environment Protection Agency) has extensive Flood Resources on their website. You can:
Check live flood updates and up to 3 days of flood forecasts.
Sign up for Floodline flood messages to be notified when the area you live, work or travel through is at risk of flooding.
Call Floodline for live flooding information and advice on how to prepare for, or cope with, the impacts of flooding 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Learn steps you can take to be prepared for flooding and what to do when it happens.
Understand your responsibilities as an individual for flood risk.
Scottish Water’s flooding page has details for reporting flooding; a good explainer on the different agencies responsible for dealing with different aspects of flooding in Scotland; and also lots of help and advice, including specific information on staying safe and more if a sewer floods.
The Scottish Flood Forum is an independent organisation which supports individuals and communities at risk from flooding. Their website has clear and easy to follow guides and advice if you’re looking to prepare for a flood, if your property is about to flood or just flooded, and flood recovery. Their site offers excellent practical advice when you need it quickly.
Flood Re is a joint initiative between the Government and insurers. Its aim is to make the flood cover part of household insurance policies more affordable.
Other useful resources on early flood preparedness include:
Hazard and Hope Flood Fundamentals Video Series – Hazard and Hope’s ‘Our Flood Resilient Home’ video series tells the stories of different ways in which people have adapted their homes to be more flood resilient.
Low Tech Flood Resilience – Flood Mary’s low tech flood resilience suggestions, a list of inexpensive practical steps that can be taken will give more time to move your belongings and may reduce the impact a flood will have.
Emergency Checklist – A guide and checklist to creating a home emergency kit and plan, from Ready Scot, for all sorts of emergency situations not just flooding.
Keeping your pets safe during a flood – a guide from Blue Cross
Each local authority in Ayrshire has information available about flood preparedness, flood work they are undertaking, and what residents need to know if event of a flood affecting them in their local area:
North Ayrshire Council – Flooding
North Ayrshire – Reporting flooding and emergency contacts
Ayrshire Roads Alliance provide flood prevention information, flood alerts and flood warnings to the residents of East and South Ayrshire. Their website also has key contact numbers for emergency flooding support, 24 hours a day.
East Ayrshire Council – Flooding
South Ayrshire Council – Flooding
In an emergency when life is at risk – contact the Emergency Services on 999