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<br />Repairing Your Flooded Home
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<br />Contents
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<br />Step r. Take Care ofYourseifFirst...................................................................1
<br />Protect yourself and your family from the stress, fatigue, and health
<br />hazards that follow a flood.
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<br />Step 2. Give Your Home First Aid ....................................................................4
<br />Once it is safe to go back in, take steps to protect your home and its
<br />contents from further damage.
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<br />Step 3. Get Organized..,.......,..,..,.....,..,.............................,...........,..,..,.,..,.....11
<br />Some things are not worth repairing. Other things may be too com-
<br />plicated or expensive to do by yourself. Make the most of your time
<br />and money-develop a recovery plan.
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<br />Step 4. Dry Out Your Home............................................................................15
<br />Floodwaters damage your home and the things in it. They also leave
<br />mud and unknown contaminants, and they promote the growth of
<br />mildew. You need to dry out your home to reduce these hazards and
<br />the damage they cause.
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<br />Step S. Restore the Utilities,..,..,..,..,........................,..,....,..,..,..............,.,.......21
<br />The rest of your work will be much easier if you have heat, electricity,
<br />clean water, and sewage disposal.
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<br />Step 6. Clean Up ........................,........,....,..,..,..............................,..,....,..,..,.. 25
<br />The walls, floors, closets, shelves, contents-every flooded part of
<br />your home-should be thoroughly washed and disinfected.
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<br />Step 7. Check on Financial Assistance....:....,..,...........................,.................30
<br />Insurance, government disaster programs, volunteer organizations,
<br />and businesses can help you recover from a flood.
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<br />Step 8. Rebuild and Floodproof...........,..........,......................,..,....................35
<br />Rebuild correctly and make improvements that will protect your
<br />home from damage by the next flood.
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<br />Step 9. Preparefor the Next Flood.................................................................44
<br />Protect yourself from the next flood with flood insurance, a flood
<br />response plan, and community flood protection programs. This step
<br />also includes sources of additional information.
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<br />'mporta,nt Phone Number...............................................lnside. Back Cover
<br />Safety PrecautIon. ........................,....,..,..,..,.., ........................, ..Back Cover
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