Flood app for North Rhine-Westphalia
Activate your own precautions against heavy rain and flooding
The Ministry of Home Affairs, Communities, Building and Digitalisation (MHKBD) and the Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Transport (MUNV) are working together with Emschergenossenschaft and Lippeverband (EGLV) to strengthen heavy rainfall and flood protection in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). The ‘Flood Check App’ is to be rolled out throughout NRW. In future, all citizens will be able to use this app to determine how safe their home is from flooding, heavy rain or high water.
The HKC was commissioned to further develop the app for citizens in NRW together with the MHKBD, MUNV and EGLV. The aim is to develop an app that raises awareness of precautionary measures to protect against flooding, expands knowledge and supports citizens' self-efficacy through self-preparedness.
Contents of the interactive Internet platform:
- Information on flooding hazards and precautionary measures (property protection and behaviour)
- Automated information on the flood risk of a house due to heavy rain and flooding (from the heavy rain and flood hazard maps with the respective scenarios) by entering the address
- Interactive questionnaire on the vulnerability of a house
- Assessment of the risk of flooding for a house
- Recommendations for personal precautions with regard to property protection measures and behaviour
The platform enables citizens to become aware of the risks of flooding through information and, ultimately, to take action. The layout and language used on the website should be easy for citizens to understand. The HKC network's expertise in science and practice will be utilised during implementation.
