Ready Fife
We're here if you need advice or information on incidents in Fife. We can help you to prepare for them and respond to them in an organised way. Whether you live, work or are just visiting or passing through Fife, it's good to be prepared.
Why should I get ready, and what should I be ready for?
Don’t panic! Incidents don’t happen very often. It’s still a good idea to think about what you would do if one affects you, your family or your community. We advise that you make sure you are prepared for any kind of incident. It could be an emergency, such as an evacuation from your home, or something expected, such as severe weather.
These kinds of incidents can disrupt our daily lives. We can’t always stop them from happening, but we can plan ahead to lessen the impact.
The following pages outline simple steps you can take to prepare for any incident.
Don’t wait for the unexpected to happen – prepare now! Once you are prepared, encourage your friends and neighbours to be too. A few minutes thinking about it now could make a big difference in keeping you and your family safe.
Be ready in 3 Steps!
To get you started, think about the following questions:
- What would you do if you had to leave your home with little notice?
- What would you take, and where would you go?
- What if you couldn’t leave your home for several days? Do you have everything you need?
- What would you do if there was a power/water/gas outage?
Why not make up your own emergency kit? The following sections can help you be prepared in all areas of your life. It might give you some tips you haven't thought about:
- Ready at home
- Ready pets
- Ready for travelling
- Ready communities
- Ready Businesses and Voluntary Organisations
A good place to start is to connect with organisations that provide warnings and advice on social media. We recommend following:
- Police Scotland
- Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
- Fife Council
- NHS
- Met Office (for weather warnings)
- SEPA
- Scottish Water
- Scottish Power.
If you don’t use social media, you can stay in the know via your local news websites and radio station.
Make sure to keep up with the weather forecasts:
- Download the Met Office App
- Sign up for Met Office Weather alerts
- Make sure you actively keep up with weather forecasts and weather warnings
Not sure what a weather warning means? See the Met Office guide to weather warnings for an explanation of each type of weather warning.
Back To TopWhat to do in an incident
Stay calm and don’t panic! The chances of you and your family being caught up in an emergency or incident are small. But it's important to be ready, just in case it should ever happen.
Your common sense, combined with your natural instincts, will tell you what to do. Even so, the following actions should be your priorities:
Call 999 in the event of injuries or if a threat to life exists.
- Never put yourself or others in any danger
- Listen to the advice from the emergency services
- Try to stay calm and think before you act
- If you can, try to reassure others
- Remember to check yourself for injuries before attempting to help others
If an incident occurs and you need to stay in your home - Go in, stay in, tune in!
- Go inside a ‘safe’ building
- Stay inside until advised to do otherwise
- Tune in to local radio or television for more Information
Watch the Go in, Stay in, Tune in film below.
For more information, please contact the Emergency Resilience Team by emailing emergency.planning@fife.gov.uk
