Ready for Winter?

Published: 8 December 2015

Emergencies can happen at any time during the winter months. With a few small steps you can prepare yourself for the unexpected things that can cause disruption to our daily lives.

Emergencies can happen at any time during the winter months and the flooding this week in Scotland and North-West England has underlined the fact. With a few small steps you can prepare yourself for the unexpected things that can cause disruption to our daily lives.

The Scottish Government's Ready for Winter campaign asks: "Are you prepared for the kinds of things that can happen because of an emergency?"‌

  • Ready for Winter campaign brandingPower cuts, or disruption to fuel supplies
  • Loss of telephone communications or impact to online services
  • Flooding, at home, or at your place of business
  • Becoming stranded or severely delayed while on a journey in the car
  • Evacuation from your home or business, either by yourself or by the authorities, or being unable to get into your home or premises
  • Being confined to the indoors, at home, or somewhere else
  • Unplanned separation of family members

Visit Ready for Winter to see how you can get ready to face those winter emergencies.


First published: 8 December 2015