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Advice for Emergencies

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Flood

Environment Agency
UK Resilience
Preparing for Emergencies - Severe weather, flooding and drought

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Fire

Preparing for Emergencies - Fire Safety

Communities and Local Goverment Fire Safety web pages
This site contains leaflets which can be downloaded and kept for future information.

Fire Safety Code
The Fire Safety Code: “Get Smart!  Get Equipped!  Get Out!”  Helpful advice on fire prevention in the home.

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue

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Health

Flu: Questions and Answers
Bird Flu - What are the risks?
Health Protection Agency
NHS Direct

Department of Health Emergency Planning Links
Including good practice, key documents, and where to go for emergency information.

USA Centre for Disease Control
An American web site containing useful practical information on a range of health and safety issues.

Human Health information on the UK Resilience web site.

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Transport

Preparing for Emergencies - Transport Accidents

Transport Accidents
Information from the UK Reslience site.

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Severe Weather

Severe Weather information on the UK Resilience web site.

Preparing for Emergencies - Severe weather, flooding and drought

Heatwave advice
You can download this Department of Health guide to looking after yourself and others during hot weather.

What to do in a heatwave
Department of Health advice.

The Met Office website has advice on what to do in advance of and during severe weather:
Severe Weather Advice – Keeping you safe
Severe Gales
Heavy Rain
Heavy Snow and Icy Roads
Thunderstorms and Lightning
Heat and Sun
Dense Fog

BBC Weather

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Chemical/Nuclear

Chemical/Nuclear/Biological/Radiological (CBRN) incidents

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Police Casualty Bureau

The following links provide information on the Nottinghamshire Police Casualty Bureau, its purpose, contact details and how to report someone missing.

Police Casualty Bureau Information (adobe)
Police Casualty Bureau Information (word)

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Pets

RSPCA
Federal Emergency Management Agency USA (FEMA)
This website contains information about dealing with pets, livestock and wildlife before, during and after emergencies.
The Humane Society of the United States
Pet Planet

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What you can do

The following advice can be found on the Preparing for Emergencies website.

What you can do
General advice
Coping with specific emergencies
Basic first aid
Preparing for an emergency
Helping to prevent terrorist attack
Preparing for Emergencies booklet

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Your Information

You might find it useful to complete these details and keep them somewhere safe.  You should be able to find all these numbers in your local telephone directory. You might also want to add in contact numbers for your close relatives.

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