In the United Kingdom
Plan around your home, nation and local services.
Use UK emergency numbers, nation-specific flood services, weather warnings, utility contacts and an accessible household plan.
Start your UK planPrepare early. Respond calmly.
Be ready for disruption before it reaches your door.
A practical UK plan for power cuts, floods, severe weather, shortages, evacuation, public emergencies and crises abroad.
No panic buying. No expensive kit list. Start with what you have.
Emergency happening now?Call 999 or 112 if there is immediate danger. Follow genuine alerts and emergency services.Immediate actions
Choose the right starting point
Where are you preparing?
Living or travelling abroad
Prepare to help yourself through a crisis overseas.
British consular support is valuable but limited and discretionary. Keep a departure plan, documents, insurance, funds and country advice.
Open the overseas planOne plan, many emergencies
Prepare for the disruption, not the headline.
Most emergencies affect the same essentials: information, power, water, food, warmth, medicines, money, travel and contact with other people.
Power cutsPower cuts: a UK household planFloodingFlood preparation across the four UK nationsFood supplyFood-supply disruption: build a modest bufferConflict-related disruptionNational security and conflict-related disruptionAccess and additional needsDisabled people, carers and additional needsBritish nationals abroadUnderstand crisis planning and the limits of consular help.
Services differ by nation
Use the warning service for where you are.
Flood, health and utility services are not identical across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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