Emergency Planning resources
To help you get started, use these free guides and templates:
- Business Continuity Management Toolkit on GOV.UK – Official advice and guidance to protect your business.
- Kent Prepared Business Continuity – Preparing Your Business – A free, toolkit to help you write your own plan.
Useful contacts and links
- Gas Leak (National Grid): Call 0800 111 999 immediately if you smell gas (free 24-hour service).
- Power cut: Call 105 to report a power cut (free call; you will be put straight through to your local electricity network operator).
- Floodline: Call 0345 988 1188 for flooding advice (free 24-hour service).
- Immediate danger: Always call 999 if there is an immediate risk to life or property.
- UK Power Networks – For tracking power cuts and electrical safety advice.
- Southern Water – What Happens When There is an Incident – Support when there are water incidents.
- Priority Services Register – a free UK wide service which provides extra advice and support, including when there’s an interruption to your electricity, gas or water supply.
- Kent Police – For non-urgent reporting, safety updates, and advice.
- Kent Fire and Rescue Service – Local safety guidance and incident updates.
- The Met Office – For national severe weather warnings and forecasts.
- Highways England – Traffic Information – Live traffic updates and road safety information.
- Kent Highways Winter Service – Information on gritting routes, salt bins, and winter driving.
- Environment Agency – Government warnings and environmental protection advice.
- Kent Prepared – Direct advice on how to prepare for emergencies across Kent.
- Kent County Council Emergency Planning – County-wide safety plans and official updates.
- Business Continuity Institute – Professional guidance on keeping your business running during a crisis.