Keep the useful parts when the internet does not.

Situation triage, protective action and cascading-service failures.

Readiness horizons built around ordinary households rather than panic buying.

Storage, outages, food safety, no-grid cooking and supply-chain substitution.

Battery priorities, heating loss, hot-weather continuity and household energy failure.

SMS, radio, PMR446, Sanctuary Nearby, message envelopes and rumour control.

Emergency response, CPR/AED signposting, burns, medicines and powered/refrigerated care.

Plans for people whose needs change what a generic checklist can safely assume.

Before/during/after actions and the mistakes most likely to create a second emergency.

UK shelter-first radiation guidance and conservative hazardous-air response.

Offline maps, vehicles, stranding, scams and payment/network failure.

Waste, toilets, tools, food skills, local capacity and welfare checks.

Wikipedia, human history, science, medicine, education, language, repair and cultural archives.

The first actions, official warning channels and what to prioritise during the first few hours of disruption.

• Check immediate danger
• Follow official instructions
• Account for household members
• Protect water, medication and communications
• Do not travel without a reason

Contacts, meeting points, medication, pets, children, support needs and practical household information.

• Household members
• Emergency contacts
• Out-of-area contact
• Meeting points
• Medication and medical devices
• Pets
• Important documents

Stored water, priority use, outage planning and what to do if mains water is interrupted or declared unsafe.

• Store bottled water
• Prioritise drinking, food preparation and essential hygiene
• Plan extra needs for babies, pets and medical devices
• Follow supplier boil/do-not-use notices
• Use Priority Services if eligible

Low-cook food planning, fridge/freezer safety, household stock rotation and stretching what you already have.

• Keep simple ready-to-eat food
• Keep fridge/freezer doors closed
• Use food safety time limits
• Rotate stock
• Include baby and pet needs
• Avoid relying on one cooking method

Safe lighting, battery planning, device priorities and what fails when the electricity goes off.

• Use torches rather than candles
• Keep power banks charged
• Protect medical-device backup
• Write down 105
• Keep a battery or wind-up radio
• Know your load block letter

A layered communications plan for mobile, radio, paper contacts, offline maps and future Sanctuary Nearby tools.

• Keep paper contacts
• Choose household meeting points
• Use official radio/news sources
• Save offline maps
• Try 999/112 for life-threatening emergencies
• PMR446 only within lawful limits
• Future Sanctuary Nearby remains research, not emergency-service replacement

Emergency numbers, basic first-response reminders, medication planning and links to verified NHS guidance.

• 999 for life-threatening emergencies
• 111 when unsure and not life-threatening
• Keep medication list and several days of essential medication where possible
• Recovery position for unconscious breathing casualty
• Use current NHS CPR and choking guidance
• Do not improvise treatment beyond your competence

Hand hygiene, waste, toilet disruption and keeping food-preparation areas safer when water is limited.

• Reserve safe water for essential uses
• Keep hand sanitiser and wipes
• Separate contaminated items
• Do not use flood water for drinking or food preparation
• Follow water-company and council advice

How to organise one safer, warmer or cooler part of the home when services or conditions outside are poor.

• Choose an interior safe area appropriate to the hazard
• Keep essential supplies together
• Control heat loss or overheating
• Maintain ventilation unless official advice says close it
• Keep radio, torch, water and medication close

A practical leave-home checklist for official evacuation, fire, flooding or an unsafe property.

• Follow official routes and instructions
• Take medication and key documents if safe
• Take phone, charger, water and basic clothing
• Plan for children and pets
• Tell an out-of-area contact
• Do not self-evacuate into a radiological plume unless advised

Warnings, utilities, moving people and possessions, contaminated water and safe return.

• Move people, pets and valuables to safety
• Turn off utilities only if safe
• Never walk or drive through flood water
• Follow Floodline, council and emergency-service advice
• Treat flood water as contaminated
• Document damage before clean-up

Prepare the home, avoid unnecessary travel and use official impact-based weather warnings.

• Read the warning details, not just the colour
• Secure loose outdoor items
• Charge devices
• Prepare for power and transport disruption
• Avoid exposed travel when conditions are dangerous
• Check vulnerable neighbours when safe

Reduce overheating, protect higher-risk people and recognise when heat illness needs urgent help.

• Keep yourself and the home cooler
• Hydrate regularly
• Reduce strenuous activity in peak heat
• Check children, older people and vulnerable neighbours
• Know signs of heat exhaustion and heatstroke
• Seek urgent help for severe symptoms

Warm-room planning, layers, heating resilience and protecting people at greater risk from cold.

• Keep warm and dry
• Layer clothing and bedding
• Prioritise one heated living area if necessary
• Check vulnerable people
• Prepare for frozen pipes and transport disruption
• Never use unsafe improvised indoor combustion for heat

Immediate escape comes first in a building fire; smoke or poor-air situations require current official local advice.

• Leave immediately for a building fire and call 999
• Do not delay escape to collect a grab bag
• Use official local advice for outdoor smoke
• Keep indoor air cleaner when advised
• Have an alternative location for vulnerable household members

Official UK shelter-first guidance for radiation emergencies plus a simple major-incident information routine.

• Go in, stay in, tune in
• Close doors and windows and follow local instructions
• Do not evacuate unless advised
• Take stable iodine only if authorities specifically advise it
• Follow food and water restrictions if issued
• Use official updates for changes

Keep basic household operations possible when apps, mobile data, card payments or online services are unavailable.

• Keep essential numbers on paper
• Keep modest lawful payment alternatives
• Do not trust forwarded rumours
• Use official radio and authority channels
• Save important documents and maps offline
• Do not enter credentials into unsolicited emergency links

Route planning, vehicle emergency kit and safer decisions when roads, public transport or fuel are disrupted.

• Check weather and operator updates
• Keep fuel/charge sufficient
• Carry water, food, warm/waterproof clothing and a charger
• Never drive through flood water
• If stranded, avoid making the situation worse by unnecessary movement
• Tell someone your route

A low-tech continuity pack for identity, insurance, contacts, local maps and essential account information.

• Keep copies of important contacts and policy numbers
• Keep documents protected from water
• Download local maps in advance
• Do not store passwords in plain text
• Keep emergency cash proportionate and secure
• Record medical-device and medication details

The local layer: emergency health, council social-care duty, power, water and community check-in information.

• 999 for immediate danger
• 111 for urgent health advice when appropriate
• QE Gateshead A&E for serious emergencies
• 105 for power cuts
• Northumbrian Water outage contacts
• Gateshead Emergency Duty Team for eligible out-of-hours social-care emergencies
• Community support is supplementary, never a replacement for emergency services

UK Government Prepare campaign

UK Government Prepare campaign

UK Government Prepare campaign

UK Government Prepare campaign

UK Government Prepare campaign

GOV.UK / Environment Agency

GOV.UK / Environment Agency

UK Health Security Agency

UK Health Security Agency

UK Health Security Agency

NHS

NHS

NHS

NHS

Food Standards Agency

Met Office

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

Gateshead Council

Northumbrian Water