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Guide to
Major Emergencies
for Homes and Businesses in Bexley
What is a Major Emergency?
It is an incident of a scale that requires special measures to be implemented
to deal with it. Examples include:
- Serious incidents affecting our transport infrastructure, (rail and aircraft
crashes);
- Extreme weather, (damaging storms, heavy snow, heat wave, flooding);
- Large industrial accidents (fuel and other hazardous chemical spillages
or fires);
- Terrorist incidents
Preparing for major emergencies in Bexley
The best preparation for these events are those that you do for yourself
such as preparing an emergency kit that includes:
- Copies of your home insurance documents (make sure that you are adequately
insured)
- A torch with spare batteries( Make sure the batteries are not past their
shelf life date)
- A windup or battery radio;
- Warm, waterproof clothing and blankets;
- A first aid kit and prescription medicine;
- Bottled water and non perishable food;
- Baby food and care items
At the time of an emergency:
- If the danger is outside – Go In, Stay In, Tune in. Close
all windows and doors and stay inside until you are told the emergency
is over.
- If the danger is inside – Go Out, Stay Out, Call the Emergency
Services Out. Don’t go back into the building. If someone is
missing, tell the emergency services when they arrive.
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