Develop a Household Emergency Plan

Over the years we have seen many emergency situations across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. These include gas explosions, severe weather and flooding.

We encourage residents to be prepared for such emergency situations in the future and develop your own Household Emergency Plan.

What is a Household Emergency Plan

A Household Emergency Plan helps you keep important information in one place. This includes:

• What to do during an emergency
• Who to contact
• Supplies you need to have

Emergency kit

In case you become trapped in your home and unable to get to shops, or experience long power outages or no water, it’s important to keep an emergency stock of essential supplies to see you through.

Incidents such as power outage or food shortage can happen at any time, so to be prepared for any unexpected situation you should ensure your emergency supplies match your needs and are enough for at least a few days.

Emergency supplies you should have to hand:

• bottled water
• non-perishable food (like tinned meat, fruits and vegetables)
• baby supplies (if needed)
• pet food (if needed)
• bin bags
• battery or wind-up radio
• battery or wind-up torch
• spare batteries
• portable power bank
• prescription medications
• first aid kit
• hygiene supplies (like hand sanitiser, wet wipes and toilet paper)
• cash

Further advice and information

The Government Prepare Campaign - advice for disabled persons and carers, alerts and warnings, transport disruption and delay risks in your local area and how to sign up to a Priority Services Register if you are eligible.