Advice and help

If you find yourself involved in a major incident, you will probably act on your instincts and use common sense. It is however, important to:

• make sure 999 has been called
• make sure you do not put yourself in danger
• try and remain calm
• check for injuries
• follow the advice of the emergency services

If an incident happens close to you, you should go in, stay in and tune in:

• go inside a safe building and stay there until you are advised to do otherwise

• tune into local TV or radio for situation updates

It would be helpful to familiarise yourself with basic first aid principles now. You can see more information at the British Red Cross website  or the NHS website .

Children at school

Naturally, if your children are at school and there is a major incident, you will want to collect them as soon as possible. However, it may not be safe to do this. Please tune into local radio information to hear about arrangements local schools have made. All schools have plans in place to respond to a major incident and this includes looking after children. You can see more information at https://teachers.net/ .

Advice on specific incidents:

• Flooding advice
• Severe weather advice
• Advice on chemical accidents, toxic fumes and smoke
• Evacuation advice
• Terrorist activities
• Community Risk Register (373 KB)