 | Repairing Your Flooded Home (American Red Cross - FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency, 1992, 56 p.) |
 |  | About This Book |
| | Following A Flood |
| | Acknowledgements |
|  | 1 STEP : Take Care of Yourself First |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Care for Yourself |
| | Care for your children. |
| | Stay healthy |
| | 2 STEP : Give Your Home First Aid |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Make Sure It Is Safe to Go Back |
| | Things You will Need When It Is Safe to Return Home |
| | Check Your Home Before You Go |
| | Turn off the electricity |
| | Turn off the gas |
| | Go Inside carefully |
| | Rescue the Most Valuable Items |
| | Protect Your Home From Further Damage |
| | Drain Your Basement Carefully |
| | Hose the House and Its Contents |
| | 3 STEP : Get Organized |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Call Your Insurance Agent |
| | Start listing the damage |
| | Check for Structural Damage |
| | Ask the Big Question |
| | Plan Your Recovery |
| | 4 STEP : Dry Out Your Home |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Lower the Humidity |
| | Sort Contents and Discard Debris |
| | How Floodwaters Affect Your Home |
| | Drain the Ceilings and Walls |
| | Dry the ceilings and walls |
| | Dry the floor |
| | 5 STEP : Restore the Utilities |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Gas and oil systems |
| | Electrical System |
| | Water supply |
| | Sewage disposal |
| | 6 STEP : Clean Up |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Clean up supplies |
| | Cleaning tips |
| | Further Information |
| | 7 STEP : Check on Financial Assistance |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Voluntary Agencies |
| | Businesses |
| | Flood Insurance Claims |
| | Disaster assistance |
| | 8 STEP : Rebuild and Floodproof |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Floodproofing |
| | Five Types of Floodproofing |
| | Building permit |
| | Rebuilding tips |
| | Contractors |
| | 9 STEP : Prepare for the Next Flood |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Flood Insurance |
| | Flood Response Plan |
| | If You Are Asked To Evacuate |
| | Community activities |
| | Sources of information |
About This Book
This information is published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the American Red Cross to help flooded property owners. It is designed to be easily copied. Permission to reproduce all or any section of this material is hereby granted and encouraged.
Copies of this book are available from your local Red Cross chapter or by writing:
FEMA
P. O. Box 2012
Jessup, MD
20794-2012
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