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Fairfax County Beginning Preparedness Campaign Ahead of Flood Awareness Week

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Fairfax County, Va. – As Fairfax County’s climate changes, becoming warmer, wetter and weirder, it is imperative for residents to prepare and adjust. With Flood Awareness Week kicking off this coming weekend, running from March 10 -16, now is a good time to find out what you need to do to protect your property, your loved ones and yourself.

Key messages during Flood Awareness Week are:

  • Know your risk, prepare an emergency kit, and formulate a plan in the event of an emergency.
  • Find out if you live in a flood plain or other flood prone area using the county Flood Risk Awareness Tool, and prepare accordingly, including purchasing flood insurance.
  • Do not drive through flooded roads. Turn Around Don’t Drown
  • Subscribe to Fairfax Alerts for information before, during and after flooding and other emergency events https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/alerts
  • Those in low-lying, flood prone areas such as Belle View, New Alexandria and Huntington also should subscribe to Riverwatch Alerts and other custom alerts in the My Subscriptions tab on their Fairfax Alerts account.
2024 flood awareness week webinar

 

On Wednesday, March 6 at 7 p.m. during the Department of Emergency Management and Safety (DEMS) monthly webinar, the Department of Public Works and Environmental Services and DEMS will discuss Flood Resiliency in Fairfax County.

To access the webinar on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNFHPClCXXM
To view via the DPWES Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/925561395531852/

The County has implemented the Resilient Fairfax Plan to boost our resilience through climate-ready communities, resilient infrastructure and buildings, adaptive environments, and integrated action planning. For key metrics on how the climate is changing locally, check out the Resilience Metrics Dashboard. For a map of projected coastal flooding and other hazard layers, please see the Resilient Fairfax Interactive Map Viewer. For more resources and detailed technical reports, please see the Resilient Fairfax webpage. For all of the County’s climate plans, including the Operational Energy Strategy, please see Climate Plans, Policies, and Initiatives.

For more information on flood preparedness, floodplains, special flood hazard areas and other information, visit Flood Information.

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