Well prepared: what this Ready Check result means
Your home is in good shape. A few gaps are left, and it's worth writing your plan down so everyone knows it.
Five jobs to start with
Picked from the check's questions for this result. Each one is free and links to the official advice.
If anyone at home needs extra help (medical equipment, young children, older age), have you joined the Priority Services Register?
Check who qualifies and sign up with your energy supplier and water company.
Free: Read how
Official advice: The Priority Services Register, GOV.UK Be Ready: Power cuts, GOV.UK Be Ready: Water supply interruptions or outages
Have you swapped numbers with a neighbour, and do you know who nearby might need a check-in?
Swap numbers with one neighbour this week.
Free: Read how
Official advice: GOV.UK Be Ready: Power cuts
Have you checked your flood risk and signed up for free flood warnings, if your area can get them?
Check your postcode and sign up for free flood warnings on GOV.UK.
Free: Read how
Official advice: GOV.UK Be Ready: Flooding, GOV.UK: Get flood warnings
Do you have a working smoke alarm on every floor, tested in the last month?
Press the test button on every alarm today.
Free: Read how
Official advice: GOV.UK Be Ready: Fires in the home
Do you know what to do if an air attack alert comes while you're outside?
Read our missile alert steps (1 minute).
Free: Read how
Official advice: GOV.UK: Emergency Alerts, Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency (MCF): In case of crisis or war (PDF, June 2026)
If that area is your weakest
Only if you want a ready-made version. Everything above is free.
- Extra help and neighbours: Family Starter (£9.99). The Plan Pack with the Pet Emergency Plan and the kids' pack (£12.97 bought separately).
- Your plan: Household Emergency Plan Pack (£6.99). Turns meeting points, shut-offs and contacts into one finished plan for the fridge.
Free: the Alert Action Card
The first six steps for a nuclear or radiation alert, a missile or air attack alert, no water from the tap and a power cut, on one page for the fridge, plus a phone version you can open offline. Every step checked against GOV.UK, UKHSA and Be Ready on 3 November 2026. No sign-up needed.
Print card (A4 PDF, light) Phone version (PDF)
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