Crisis scenarios: what to do, step by step
Simple instructions for the most common emergencies: power cut, flood, fire, air raid, earthquake and more. Each one also opens in the free SurvivalZone.app, which works without internet.
- ⚡ Power cut – Blackout, darkness · ⏱ 2 min read
- 🥶 Cold, no heating – No heating, freezing · ⏱ 2 min read
- 🚱 No water or unsafe tap water – Taps not working · ⏱ 2 min read
- 🌊 Flood, water coming in – Flooding, heavy rain · ⏱ 2 min read
- 🎒 Evacuation in 10 minutes – You must leave home · ⏱ 2 min read
- 🔥 Fire in the building – Smoke, flames · ⏱ 2 min read
- 🌡️ Heatwave – Hot, no air-conditioning · ⏱ 2 min read
- ⛈️ Storm, strong wind – High winds, lightning, hail · ⏱ 3 min read
- 🚀 Air attack: missiles, drones, bombs – Air-raid alarm, explosions · ⏱ 2 min read
- 📢 Sirens, alarm, air contamination – Official warning · ⏱ 2 min read
- 📵 No signal, no internet – You cannot get through · ⏱ 1 min read
- ❤️ Someone is unconscious – First aid · ⏱ 2 min read
- 🌍 Earthquake – The ground is shaking · ⏱ 3 min read
- ⛵ Storm at sea, no internet – On a boat or ship · ⏱ 3 min read
- 🚗 Road accident – Crash, injured people · ⏱ 2 min read
- ☠️ Carbon monoxide or gas leak – Headache, smell of gas · ⏱ 2 min read
- ❄️ Stuck in a car in a snowstorm – Snowdrift, blizzard · ⏱ 3 min read
- 🌩️ Thunderstorm outdoors – Mountains, fields, water · ⏱ 3 min read
- 🫀 Heart attack or stroke – Chest pain, drooping face · ⏱ 2 min read
- 🏊 Someone is drowning – Lake, river, sea · ⏱ 2 min read
- 🌲 Forest or grass fire – Smoke in the woods · ⏱ 2 min read
- 💳 Cards and cash machines not working – Payment or bank outage · ⏱ 2 min read
- 🦠 Epidemic, pandemic, dangerous disease – Virus, infectious disease, quarantine · ⏱ 2 min read
- 🧒 A child is missing – Lost or not back home · ⏱ 2 min read
- 🫁 Choking – Someone is choking and cannot breathe · ⏱ 3 min read
- 🩸 Severe bleeding – Blood is spurting or will not stop · ⏱ 2 min read
- 🔥 Burns and scalds – Hot water, fire, chemicals or electricity · ⏱ 2 min read
- 😷 Smog and poor air quality – High levels of particles in the air · ⏱ 2 min read
- 🐻 Bear on the trail – Meeting a bear in the mountains or forest · ⏱ 2 min read
- 🐗 Wild boar encounter – A wild boar in the forest, street or garden · ⏱ 2 min read
- 🏢 Fire at work: evacuation – Fire alarm in an office, school or plant · ⏱ 2 min read
- 🌪️ Tornado – A tornado or extremely strong wind · ⏱ 2 min read
- 🌧️ Flash flooding – Torrential rain, flooded streets and basements · ⏱ 2 min read
- ☣️ Chemical incident – A chemical leak, chemical fire or attack · ⏱ 2 min read
- 🏠 Quarantine at home – Isolating a sick person or the whole family · ⏱ 2 min read
- 🛡️ Cyberattack – Scam texts, hacked accounts, power and services down · ⏱ 4 min read
- 🔌 No power in your home – Tripped switch, RCD, sparks · ⏱ 3 min read
- 💨 You smell gas – Gas smell in your home or stairwell · ⏱ 2 min read
- 😵💫 Someone faints – Feeling faint, passing out briefly · ⏱ 3 min read
- 🏫 Alarm or evacuation at your child's school – What the school does, what you and your child do · ⏱ 3 min read
- 🏜️ Drought and water restrictions – Water limits, heat, fire risk · ⏱ 2 min read
- 🌋 Volcanic eruption and ashfall – Travel, cancelled flights, volcanic ash · ⏱ 2 min read
- 🛴 E-scooter accident – Fall, head injury, collision · ⏱ 2 min read
- 🛑 Attacker at school or in a building – Knife attack: run, hide, call 112 · ⏱ 3 min read
- 🔔 An alarm goes off: home, flats, work – Smoke alarm, CO alarm, fire alarm · ⏱ 3 min read
- ☢️ Nuclear attack and radioactive contamination – Power plant accident, attack, fallout · ⏱ 2 min read
- 🧫 Suspicious package, powder, biological threat – Letter with powder, strange parcel · ⏱ 2 min read
- 💣 Bomb threat, suspicious item, explosion – Bomb threat, evacuation, attack · ⏱ 2 min read
- 💰 Robbery: shop, bank, street – Someone threatens you and demands money · ⏱ 2 min read
- 💚 Suicidal thoughts: how to help yourself or someone else – Mental health crisis, helplines · ⏱ 2 min read
- 🌲 Lost in the forest: how to survive – Getting lost, night, cold, signals for rescuers · ⏱ 3 min read
- ✈️ Diverted or cancelled flight, closed airport – Drones, bomb threat, landing elsewhere · ⏱ 3 min read
- 🚨 Shooting or terrorist attack in a public place – Street, mall, concert, train: run, hide, tell · ⏱ 4 min read
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General guidance only; it does not replace the emergency services. If a life is in danger, call 112.
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