Core guides
- No power
- No clean water
- No food resupply
- No communications
- No medical help
- No money or payments
- Stay indoors
- Leave quickly
- Personal security
- Bad air
Scenarios
High likelihood
- Family separated The emergency starts while you are at work, school or apart. Stay or go
- Flooding River, surface water or coastal flooding, often with little warning. Stay or go
- Long power cut Hours to days without electricity, possibly across the whole region. Stay
- Severe storm Damaging winds, falling trees and debris, often with power cuts. Stay
Medium likelihood
- Chemical fire or toxic release A cloud of smoke or chemicals from an industrial site or accident. Stay
- Civil unrest and riots Riots, looting or violent disorder in your area. Stay or go
- Cyberattack on banks or utilities Payments, banking, hospitals or utilities knocked out by hackers. Stay
- Empty shops Supply chain breakdown, panic buying or rationing. Stay
- Fuel shortage Petrol and diesel scarce, queues and empty pumps. Stay
- Heatwave and drought Extreme heat, hosepipe bans and water restrictions. Stay
- Heavy snow and freeze Snowed in, icy roads, frozen pipes and the danger of cold. Stay
- House or van fire Fire at home or in the van. Go
- Identity theft or account takeover Someone gets into your accounts or uses your details. Stay
- Moorland wildfire Fire on the moors with smoke drifting over towns. Stay or go
- Ordered to evacuate Police or council tell you to leave, possibly with minutes of notice. Go
- Pandemic A serious infectious disease spreading widely. Stay
- Phones and internet down No mobile signal, no internet, possibly no landline. Stay
- Stranded in the van Breakdown, snow or a closed road leaves you stuck somewhere remote. Stay
- Water supply failure Taps dry, or water unsafe because of contamination. Stay
Low likelihood
- Authoritarian government Loss of civil liberties, surveillance, curfews or restrictions on travel. Stay or go
- Nuclear site accident A radiation release from Heysham, Sellafield or another nuclear site. Stay
- Terror attack A weapons or vehicle attack, or explosion, in a public place. Go
Very low likelihood
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