If an emergency occurs, you will want to know how it affects you and what you should do.  General advice is given in the “Preparing for Emergencies” booklet and on the Preparing for an Emergency website.

General advice about what to do in an emergency

If you find yourself in the middle of an emergency, your common sense and instincts will usually tell you what to do. However, it is important to:

• Make sure 999 has been called if people are injured or if there is a threat to life
• Not put yourself or others in danger
• Follow the advice of the emergency services
• Try to remain calm and think before acting, and try to reassure others
• Check for injuries - remember to help yourself before attempting to help others

If you are not involved in the incident, but are close by or believe you may be in danger, in most cases the advice is:

• Go inside a safe building
• Stay inside until you are advised to do otherwise
• Tune in to local radio or TV for more information

Of course, there are always going to be particular occasions when you should not “go in” to a building, for example if there is a fire.

There is an agreement with radio and TV companies that if there is a major emergency they will interrupt programming to give public safety advice and information about the incident, so that when you tune in locally or nationally anywhere in the UK you’ll get the advice you need.

Local Radio Stations

• Splash FM  107.7 FM
• Spirit FM 96.6 & 102.3FM
• BBC Southern Counties Radio 95.3 FM

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