Family emergency information guide
This guide will help you to:
- Plan to protect your family
- Prepare an emergency box
- Find further information
This guide will help you take some simple steps to reduce the impact of an emergency on your family.
It does not require any specialist knowledge, only a few minutes of your time.
Emergency planning is undertaken everyday by local authorities and emergency services within Walsall as part of the national resilience planning structure. Emergency planning is about reducing the likelihood and impact of an emergency in Walsall.
What are the hazards?
There are a number of hazards that have affected families in Walsall. They include:
- Fire
- Extreme Weather
- Flooding
- Utilities Failure
- Chemical Spill
- Transport Collision
How could this affect you?
Hazards may affect your family in a number of ways. The impact could be caused by any number of emergencies but create the same effects:
- Loss of electricity, telephone, water or gas
- Short term evacuation
- Temporary isolation
- Damage to building
- Injury or death of members of the family
Downloads
- Download and print emergency contact sheet and checklist (Word 41KB)
- Download and print emergency contact sheet and checklist (PDF 31KB)
This page was last updated on 24 November 2009