NOW
Make sure you are adequately insured
IN AN EMERGENCY
Follow the advice you are given by the Emergency Services
You may be told to:
Stay indoors and close doors, windows, kitchen fans, etc
Listen to local radio for further information
Keep telephone calls to a minimum to avoid overloading the system
Evacuate (see below)
EVACUATION
If you are advised to evacuate:
- Respond to instructions from the Emergency Services
- Use whatever transport is made available
- Report to any named location where further advice will be available
- Get together family and pets
- Make sure you have warm clothing
- Get together any special food for babies and medicines in use
- Make sure fires, cookers, televisions, etc are turned off
You may have recently received the Government's 'Preparing for Emergencies' handbook but if you haven't, or would pefer to refer to their website, click the 'Preparing for Emergencies' link on the right of this page.
You can download the booklet in PDF format here: