Flooding and Drainage

Please take a look at the Environment Agency flood map.

Please take a look at the Government's flood risk pages.

1. Check your insurance cover - confirm you are covered for flooding
2. Know how to turn off your gas, electricity and water mains supplies
3. Prepare a flood kit of essential items and documents. Always keep your flood kit handy
4. Know who to contact and how - agree where you will go in the event of flooding and how to contact each other. Check with your Council if pets are allowed at evacuation centres. Keep a list with all your important contacts to hand
5. Think about what you can move now - don't wait for a flood. Move items of personal value such as photo albums, family videos and treasured mementos to a safe place
6. Think about what you would want to move to safety during a flood - outdoor pets, cars, furniture, electrical equipment, garden pot plants and furniture

• Gather essential items together either upstairs or in a high place
• Fill jugs and saucepans with clean water
• Move your family and pets upstairs or to a high place with a way of escape
• Turn off gas, electricity and water supplies if safe to do so
• Do not touch sources of electricity when standing in floodwater
• Listen to local radio for updates or call Floodline - Tel: 0845-988-1188
• Floodwater can rise quickly. Stay calm and reassure those around you.
• Call 999 if you are in danger

Please note: Mid Sussex District Council is not responsible for supplying sandbags to the public.

In an emergency  you can:

1. Fill any plastic bags with any bulky material from the garden such as soil, sand or turf
2. Place the bags to form a barrier across door steps, ventilation bricks and across any other point that water may get inside the property

You can buy sandbags from local builder merchants throughout the district.

More information: Sandbags and how to use them

• National Flood Forum
• Blue Pages