Evacuation advice

If the emergency services and/or your local authority representatives ask you to evacuate your home or business, you must:

• Respond to instructions
• Remain calm and leave as quickly as possible
• Gather family and pets together
• Use transport made available to you
• Take with you:
  • your "emergency pack".
  • a change of warm clothing and blankets
  • toiletries and everyday medicines
  • if appropriate, baby clothing, nappies and associated toiletries
  • special foods
  • important documents, immediate valuables and important telephone numbers of friends and relatives
  • baskets or cages and leads for pets
  • personal items such as glasses, mobile telephone, keys, cash/credit cards.
• Make sure fires are out and that gas, electricity and water are turned off. Allow adequate ventilation before turning them back on
• Secure your property
• Report to your allocated emergency reception rest centre
• If you decide to stay with relatives of friends, please tell the police or local authority officer so that no one spends time searching for you.