Pathfinder: Property Flood Resilience
The Defra funded South West Property Flood Resilience (PFR) Pathfinder, was led by Cornwall Council and supported by JBA Consulting and Devon Communities Together. Working in partnership with the Environment Agency and Risk Management Authorities across the South West, this project aimed to support individuals, businesses and communities at flood risk. The Pathfinder project focussed around Property Flood Resilience, or PFR for short:
The South West PFR Pathfinder, which was one of three projects taking place across the UK, focussed on helping households and businesses understand their flood risk and the actions they can take to protect their properties from flooding.
In September 2020, we launched our BeFloodReady campaign. Our website www.befloodready.uk offered professional PFR advice and guidance, helping individuals, businesses and communities to BeFloodReady. We also supported the #30days30ways campaign, empowering actions towards individual and community emergency preparedness and resilience.
Activities included:
- Business workshops
- Demonstration Site: We worked with Heartlands, a visitor attraction and World Heritage Site in Redruth, to develop a PFR Demonstration Site; a place where ‘seeing is believing’ and groups can come and see PFR in action.
- PFR Workshops: In collaboration with Cornwall Community Flood Forum and Devon Community Resilience Forum, we planned PFR workshops where community groups came to find out more about PFR, taking key information back to their communities. Workshops for businesses at flood risk also took place.
- PFR Resources: We designed a PFR Information Booklet in collaboration with Communities Prepared. This resource was used within the workshops, on the tour and is available digitally on the BeFloodReady website.
- Surface water flood risk maps: We produced surface water flood maps for both Devon and Cornwall, showing the impacts of climate change.
- The FloodPod: We took our FloodPod on tour across the South West, visiting communities at flood risk and discussing all things PFR. Find out more here.
The importance of community planning video
Be Flood Ready - Missy's tale
Flooding often takes people by surprise. This Aardman Animations film, told from the perspective of Missy the cat, shows how flooding can quickly affect your home. Find out how you can make yourself flood ready - BeFloodReady | Property Flood Resilience (PFR) | Helping reduce flood risk
