Emergency plan · UK
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Who calls who, where do you meet up, and where's the stopcock? Fill it in here and print it. Put it on the fridge and keep a copy in your emergency kit.
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Our household
Household members
Emergency numbers
The emergency number is already filled in. Add the other numbers yourself.
Who calls who
List them in the order you would call them.
Contact outside the area
If something happens here, we all check in with…
Meeting points
1. Right outside the home (in a fire)
2. In the neighbourhood, if we can't get home
3. Outside the area, if the neighbourhood is evacuated
Shut-offs and keys
Evacuation
What we do when…
Fixed text: these steps go into your PDF as they are.
Storm
- Power: Charge your phone and power banks and get a torch ready.
- Reaching each other: Call the people under “Who calls who” and check that everyone is OK.
- Water: Keep bottled water for 3 days: 3 litres per person per day for drinking, and more for cooking and washing.
High water and flooding
- Meeting point: Agree that everyone goes to your meeting point if you can't reach each other.
- Water: Keep bottled water for 3 days: 3 litres per person per day for drinking, and more for cooking and washing.
- Power: Charge your phone and power banks and get a torch ready.
Power cut
- Power: Charge your phone and power banks and get a torch ready.
- Food: Eat what's in the fridge first; keep the freezer closed. Make sure you have long-life food you can eat without power.
- Water: Keep bottled water for 3 days: 3 litres per person per day for drinking, and more for cooking and washing.
Heat
- Water: Keep bottled water for 3 days: 3 litres per person per day for drinking, and more for cooking and washing.
- Medicines: Put the medicines you need every day together, so you can take them quickly.
- Reaching each other: Call the people under “Who calls who” and check that everyone is OK.
Cold, snow and ice
- Staying warm: Get blankets and warm clothes ready in case the heating fails.
- Power: Charge your phone and power banks and get a torch ready.
- Food: Make sure you have long-life food you can eat without power.
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Source
This plan is based on the Be Ready advice from the UK Government's GOV.UK campaign: agree a meeting point, write down important phone numbers on paper, and know how to turn off your gas, electricity and water. PrepperApp is not a government service.
Checked on 4 November 2026.
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