Behavioral precaution
In order to be able to react to an impending flood in a timely and appropriate manner, adapted behavioral precautions are an important prerequisite. For comprehensive behavioral precautions, actions should be taken in the period from the time the flood hazard becomes known to the critical, damage-producing water level.
Flood protection and water resource management
Risk management and climate risks
Educational measures
Behavioural and precautionary information for flooding is provided here both textually and pictorially in Persian. These are freely available and created specifically for capacity building training for households.
Institution: D2K
Lanuage: Persian
Type of material: Training material, information material
Target audience: General public
Suitability evaluation:
Safe exposure to floods
Information materials for behavioural preparedness for flooding have been developed by the Red Crescent Public Education Department. These focus on measures for specific local challenges and household preparedness.
Institution: Red Crescent
Language: Farsi
Type of material: Information material
Target audience: General public
Suitability evaluation:
Master of Disaster
Master of Disaster is a free classroom program designed to help young people learn about emergency preparedness. The program teaches youth in grades 4 to 8 about hazards — like floods — and shows them how to get prepared.
Institution: British Columbia
Language: English
Type of material: Training material
Target audience: Students
Suitability evaluation:
Flash Flood Safety Tips
Flash floods can happen. A comprehensive poster is provided here with safety tips before, during and after the flood by the Restoration Management Company. This infographic is easy to understand and culture-independent.
Institution: Restoration Management Company
Language: English
Type of material: Information material
Target audience: General public
Suitability evaluation:
Safety during floods
The WHO provides safety tips in form of infographics for i.e. floods, mainly urban floods. Precaution tips from before, during and after flooding are included. Furthermore information on the preparation on disaster evacuation kits are given.
Institution: WHO
Language: English
Type of material: Information material
Target audience: General public
Suitability evaluation:
Safety tips: flash flood
The resources provided on this page deal with safety tips before, during and after flash floods and can be used for awareness campaigns. After adapting local information, these resources can also be used for other countries.
Institution: US AID and WMO-FFGS
Language: English
Type of material: Information material, training material
Target audience: General public
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