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Emergency Planning - How to help yourself and others

Large scale emergency incidents will inevitably occur from time to time and they can have a huge effect on people's lives.

However, by planning ahead it is possible to reduce the chances of one happening, and also lessen the impact it may have.

By looking at these pages you can get advice about how best to deal with an emergency and also get information about the different agencies involved in planning for and responding to an incident.

• Major incidents and emergencies

  Examples of what a major incident or emergency can be

• How to be prepared

  What to do to be ready for an emergency

• 'Go In, Stay In, Tune In'

  How to get information and advice in an emergency, including details of local radio stations

• Useful contact details

  How to contact agencies involved in emergency planning

• 'How to help yourself and others' Zcards

  Information cards containing advice on being prepared for an emergency

• Heatwave guidance

• Bengali Zcard : 1.69MB

  Emergency information in Bengali

• Chinese Zcard : 1.29MB

  Emergency information in Chinese

• English Zcard : 798KB

  Emergency information in English

• Italian Zcard : 791KB

  Emergency information in Italian

• Punjabi Zcard : 1.42MB

  Emergency information in Punjabi

• Turkish Zcard : 1.31MB

  Emergency information in Turkish

• Urdu Zcard : 1.38MB

  Emergency information in Urdu

• Preparing for emergency : 650KB

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The Government has also issued advice on steps people can take to help themselves and their family in the event of an emergency. This came in the form of a booklet that was delivered to every home in the UK, and through the ‘Preparing for Emergencies' website. This can be visited by clicking on the link on the right hand side of this page.


For more information or advice e.mail emergency.planning@hertscc.gov.uk


These pages were last reviewed on 15 March 2007.