Preparedness & Action

Resilience is something you can do.

Practical, calm steps you can take in your own home and your own street. Not alarmist. Not abstract. The small things that compound into national capacity.

Prototype resilience intelligence using seeded and public-source sample data. Not an official risk assessment.

Flood preparedness

Calm, practical steps before, during, and after surface water events.

  • Know your nearest higher ground and two ways to reach it on foot.
  • Keep a sealed bag with passports, medication, charger, torch, and a printed contact list.
  • Photograph rooms and valuables every winter — for insurance and memory.
  • Sign up to your local authority's text alerts and the Met Éireann warning service.
  • If water enters, switch electricity at the consumer unit before wading inside.

Storm preparedness

Reducing harm from high winds and Atlantic systems.

  • Walk your perimeter once each autumn — slates, gutters, gates, trees overhead.
  • Anchor or store anything that could become airborne: bins, trampolines, lightweight furniture.
  • Charge devices and fill the kettle before a Status Orange or Red warning lands.
  • Keep car fuel above quarter tank from October to March.

Coastal & erosion

For households within 500m of coastline or estuary.

  • Place a fixed marker on your property's dune or cliff edge each spring and photograph annually.
  • Report new cracks, slumps, or undercutting on coastal paths to your council and to Resilience Ireland.
  • Check council coastal erosion management plans for your townland — they exist and are public.

Support & grants

Where to look for real money and real help.

  • OPW Minor Flood Mitigation Works Scheme — apply through your local authority.
  • SEAI grants for warmer, drier, more resilient homes — seai.ie.
  • Community Climate Action Programme — funding for local resilience projects.
  • Citizens Information — flooding and insurance rights.