After an emergency
Once the emergency has been dealt with by the emergency services, the recovery of you, your community and businesses start.
Actions to consider
Once you have arrived home:
- check your house on returning home, the same as you would when you return home from holiday
- contact your insurance company
- contact the relevant water, gas, electricity or telephone company
- speak to your neighbours
Please be aware that many staff, including your local council and relevant companies, may be involved in dealing with the emergency and therefore services may not continue to be provided as normal during and immediately after an incident
Available support
You will not be on your own, support will be available. This can be accessed through your local authority, humanitarian assistance and charitable organisations. Keep listening to your radio to hear more about the available support.
See Links for
Humanitarian assistance (see link)
Following a major emergency, those affected, whether they have been directly involved, are friends and family of those involved, or have been affected in any way, often need assistance to get back to normality. This may take the form as a centre, or helpline or webservice.
