The fridge sheet

Numbers

Medicines in this house

The home kit: where it is

Planning for ______ days (see "What different governments advise" on the start-here page).

• Water, 3 L per person per day, plus pets, for the days above. Where: ____________
• Torches, lantern, batteries. Where: ____________
• Power bank, charged on the 1st of the month. Where: ____________
• Wind-up radio. Where: ____________
• No-cook food for the days above, dated. Where: ____________
• Camping stove, gas, CO alarm. Where: ____________
• First aid kit, thermometer, medicines. Where: ____________
• Blankets, hot water bottles, foil blankets. Where: ____________
• Cash, small notes and coins. Where: ____________
• Documents pouch. Where: ____________
• Cheque book, if the bank issues one (in the pouch, not with the cards)
• Printed bank statements in the pouch; last updated ____________
• Bucket toilet, bags, wipes, sanitiser. Where: ____________
• Grab bags by the door, one each.
• Pet kit and paperwork. Where: ____________

Free things, done

• Emergency Alerts on, ICE contacts set, on every phone
• Stopcock and fuse box found; oldest child shown
• Priority Services Register: who's registered ____________
• Flood risk checked for this postcode: ____________
• School has current numbers and a second collector
• Children know address, one mobile number, 999
• Pet microchip details updated

Parents

• Registered on the PSR via their electricity network
• Phone provider told they're vulnerable; battery backup fitted
• Telecare company told the landline is digital
• Key safe fitted; code given to GP, carer, neighbour: ____________
• Medicine sheet and Message in a Bottle in their fridge
• Their emergency box in the hall cupboard; checked ____________
• Neighbour who'll knock in an outage: ____________
• Oxygen / CPAP / stairlift: supplier's 24-hour line ____________

Six-month check dates: clocks forward ________ · clocks back ________

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