What you can do to prepare for an emergency
What you can do at Home
📰 Check that you have adequate household and contents insurance.
âš¡ Find out how and where to turn off power, gas and water supplies.
📦 Store important documents in a fire or waterproof container or safe deposit box.
📞 Keep a list of emergency phone numbers somewhere easy to find
✅ Decide how your family will share essential tasks, such as collecting children from school and checking on elderly neighbours.
What you can have ready in advance
Ensure you have enough food for the next 3 days ( this can be tinned or dried)
First aid kit
Medications, toiletry and sanitary supplies and a change of clothes
Anything additional that infants, the aged and people with disabilities may need, if appropriate
Bottled water
Pet food and water, if appropriate
Blankets
Money - cash and card
A mobile phone and charger ( and if possible a power bank)
Battery operated radio
An Emergency Grab Bag that can be put together quickly in the event of an evacuation (to include medications, additional clothes, items for infants/elderly, a torch, money
