At Ready Scotland we believe it’s helpful to think carefully and plan what you would do in an emergency before it happens.
Print this page or download the PDF to create your emergency plan, with key details and contacts in one safe place.
Make sure that you include a copy of your household emergency plan along with your home emergency kit.
Home Emergency Plan
If it is not safe to go out, then:
- Go indoors and close all the windows and doors
- Stay indoors
- Stay up to date using radio, TV or online
If there is no power, you can use a battery or wind-up radio to get news updates by searching for stations that are still broadcasting. You should do this using FM and digital modes. You could also use a car radio, although you should consider that in severe weather conditions it may be safer to stay indoors.
In the event of a national emergency, it is advisable to listen to BBC broadcasts on national and local FM radio.
Meeting places
If you have to leave home, have an agreed meeting place in advance and consider a local community hub if there is one.
Family meeting place:
Community hub:
Take your emergency items in a waterproof bag.
Important numbers
- Emergency services: 999
- Non-emergency: 101
- NHS24: 111
- Loss of power: 105
- Gas emergencies: 0800 111 999
- Scottish Water: 0800 077 8778
- SEPA's Floodline service: 0345 988 1188
YOUR important numbers
For example, childcare, doctors, insurance, vets etc:
Once you know you and your family are safe, check on your neighbours and people who are at risk and living close by.