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Preparation can save lives, prevent injury and reduce losses when people know how to respond in an emergency.

Ensure your and your family's survival

While organisations can help in an emergency, individuals are ultimately responsible for protecting themselves and their property from the effects of disasters. In the event of a disaster, you should plan to be self-sufficient until help can reach you.

There are practical steps you can undertake to prepare for, and manage, the effects of disasters in your home. Use the checklists below to help prepare yourself and your family.

• Home preparedness checklist (PDF, 1.1 mb) (opens in a new window) - Use this checklist to ensure that you have covered all the preparations you need to make to survive an emergency.
• Evacuation reminder checklist (PDF, 22 kb) (opens in a new window) - Use this list to prepare for an emergency and as a reminder during one.
• Do your own hazard check (PDF, 351 kb) (opens in a new window) - This basic checklist will help you identify threats to your home, workplace etc.

Emergency Plan Templates

Use these templates to create your Emergency Management Plan

• Emergency Plan Template for CD Posts Schools (Word document 496Kb, new window) - Use this template to create your Emergency Plan if your school is a CD Post
  
• Emergency Plan Template for non-CD Posts Schools (Word document 290Kb, new window) - Use this template to create your Emergency Plan if your school is not a CD Post
• Emergency Plan Template for other Centres and Organisations (Word document 249Kb, new window) - Use this template to create your Emergency Plan