Water
Emergency water purification: boiling, filters and tablets
How to make doubtful water safer to drink in an emergency. When to boil, what filters and tablets can and cannot do, and when not to drink water at all.
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Guides
Plain-English guides to getting your household ready for emergencies, from your first steps to longer-term resilience.
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Home
Essential documents to keep ready
Which documents to gather, how to store and copy them safely, and how to keep them ready if you need to leave home in a hurry.
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Food
How much food should you store for an emergency?
How to plan an emergency food store that suits your household, from a 3-day starter to a few weeks. What to buy, how much, and how to rotate it.
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Water
How much water should you store?
How much drinking and household water to keep for an emergency, how to store it safely, and when to replace it. With litres, UK gallons and US gallons.
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Emergency kits
How to build a 72-hour emergency bag
What to pack in a grab bag for leaving home quickly, how to keep it light, and how to adapt it for children, older relatives and pets.
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Family
How to make a family emergency plan
A step-by-step way to agree what your household will do in an emergency, from meeting places and contacts to who collects whom. Takes about an hour.
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Power cuts
Preparing for a power cut
How to get ready for a power cut in the UK, what to do when the lights go out, how to keep food and people safe, and when to call 105.
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Getting started
Prepping for beginners: the first 10 things to do
A calm, practical starting point for UK households. Ten simple steps that make the biggest difference if the power, water or shops are out for a few days.
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