Preparing for an emergency

Preparing for an emergency

Emergencies can occur from time to time, and they can have a huge effect on people's lives.  However, by planning ahead it is possible to lessen the impact it may have.

These can be caused by severe weather or other natural hazards, by deliberate actions, or as a result of accidents or infrastructure failure. They can be events that happen quickly and are over in a few hours, or they can develop and continue over the course of several days, months, or sometimes even longer.

On this page you can find a few simple and effective steps that you should consider taking to prepare for emergencies and the disruption they cause.

Many of these activities can be helpful across a range of different types of emergency. You might not be able to undertake all of these. There are lots of suggestions here that won’t cost anything and just take a few minutes to do.

Additional information and advice is available through Hertfordshire Resilience or UK Government.