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Community
of practice on
property flood
resilience (PFR)

How can the community of practice help?

Property flood
resilience

Property Flood Resilience (PFR) is an important part of managing flood risk it includes measures that improve flood resilience at the building scale, helping reduce the damage and disruption caused by flooding.

Before
a flood

People being prepared for potential flooding is an important element of being flood resilient as it supports approaches to use PFR measures. It’s about understanding the risk of flooding, now and for the future.

Following
a flood

Recovering from a flood can be a challenging journey, often filled with stress and disruption. In certain instances, the road to returning home has extended to as long as two years for some individuals facing these extreme circumstances.

Flood
resistance

Physical measures (barriers, covers etc) that aim to

  • Limit floodwater entering a building
  • Reduce damage and
    disruption

What is PFR?

Property flood
resilience

Property Flood Resilience (PFR) is an important part of managing flood risk.

There are different PFR approaches and measures which can either provide.

Flood
recoverability

Measures to adapt the internal property that aim to

  • Limit the damage caused if water does enter a building
  • Speed up recovery and reoccupation

Flood
preparedness

An approach that aims to

  • Improve the understanding of flood risk

  • Plan for possible flooding

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