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Family emergency plan builder

Work out, write down and print your household's plan: where you meet, who collects whom, how you keep in touch when phones are down, and the numbers you need. Then print it and a wallet card for everyone. It is saved only in this browser on this device; nothing you type is sent to us.

From the guide UK Crisis Survival: the family communication plan →

Private by design. Your plan is stored in this browser only (not on our server), and anyone who uses this device can open it. Don't add passwords, PINs or bank details. Use "Save a copy" to move it to another device, and keep the printed copy with your grab bag.

🏠 Your household

👪 People

Everyone in the household. Medical notes print on their own wallet card: medicines, allergies, conditions, blood group if known.

📍 Where we meet

If you're apart when something happens and can't reach each other.

A friend's house, a church, a school
A relative's house in another town

☎️ Contacts

Start with one out-of-area contact: a relative far away whom everyone calls or texts. Long-distance links often work when local ones are jammed. Add neighbours, family, the GP and anyone else you'd need.

🎒 Who collects whom

Children from school or nursery, older relatives, pets. Schools hold children until collected: make sure they have your list of who may collect yours.

📻 Keeping in touch

Texts get through when calls fail. Fixed check-in times mean silence at other times isn't alarming.

If you leave home: a dated note, out of view from the street, saying where you've gone.

🔧 Around the house

🚪 Stay or go

Decide now, calmly, what would make you leave, so you don't have to argue about it in a crisis.

📞 Numbers

These are printed on the plan and cards. Add your local ones below.

Emergency999 / 112
NHS non-emergency111
Police non-emergency101
Power cut105
Gas emergency (GB)0800 111 999
Gas emergency (N. Ireland)0800 002 001
Floodline0345 988 1188

Tips

  • Practise it once: walk to the nearby meeting point, and try the walkie-talkies from there.
  • Give a printed copy to your out-of-area contact, and to whoever might collect your children.
  • Few people remember phone numbers any more: everyone carries the wallet card.
  • Review it every 6 months (when the clocks change), with the batteries and the food stash.
Household stash calculatorWhat to store, scaled to your household. The grab bagOne per person, ready by the door. Save for offlineKeep the guides on every family phone.