How to prepare for an emergency
If an emergency did happen in your area, how would you manage? What about your relatives, friends, neighbours or colleagues – do you know anyone who might need some extra help or support?
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Be informed about hazards
Click on the following link and you will find links to information and advice for different hazards and emergencies – these could be natural, human-induced, or both – Be informed about hazards – Prepare
Protect UK
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Call 999 if you or someone else is in immediate danger
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Here are a few simple things you could do now to prepare for emergencies
- Find out if you are eligible to sign up to your gas, electricity and water supplier’s Priority Service Registers, so they know that you need additional support, including when there is an interruption to your supply. Ask anyone you provide care for if they are registered.
- Set a reminder in your phone or make a note on your calendar to check your smoke alarms at least once a month. You can involve children in the monthly test too.
- Write down important phone numbers on paper such as the number to report a power cut (105) and the numbers of anyone you might want to contact in an emergency. Use our downloadable and printable household emergency plan to record this information in one document.
- Talk to your children about emergencies – teach them how and when to call 999 and what they should do if there’s an emergency, such as a fire at home.
- Check your long term flood risk and sign up for flood and weather warnings.