Numbers

Emergency

• Police, fire, ambulance, coastguard 999
• Emergency (works on any network) 112
• NHS 111 (urgent, not life-threatening) 111

Utilities

• Power cut (any area) 105
• Gas emergency / smell gas 0800 111 999
• Floodline (Environment Agency) 0345 988 1188

Police and fraud

• Police non-emergency 101
• Your bank, safely (most UK banks) 159
• Action Fraud 0300 123 2040

Support

• Samaritans (24 hours, free) 116 123

Local radio for emergency news

• BBC Radio Manchester 95.1 FM
• BBC Radio Merseyside 95.8 FM
• BBC Radio Lancashire 95.5 / 103.9 FM
• BBC Radio Cumbria 95.6 FM

Frequencies vary by location. Tune your own radio to them now, before you need them.

Your contacts

Add family, school, your GP and an out-of-area contact in My kit and they appear here. Keep them on paper as well.