Severe weather and our services
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- 3. You are here: Be prepared
3. Be prepared
Guidance for during cold weather
- Get ready for winter (Met office) has lots of advice on keeping warm, supporting your community, travelling and home protection.
- Winter weather: UK government response (Gov.uk) - bringing together winter preparedness material (floods and extreme weather, power outage) and news in one place on Gov.uk.
Your health
Healthy Surrey - information and advice for keeping well in severe weather, particularly for elderly people, pregnant women, those with long term health conditions and other vulnerable people.
Neighbours
Consider checking on people who might need a hand. If there is an emergency, always dial 999. However, if it is not an emergency you may want to contact your GP, a local pharmacy or the NHS 111 free-to-call medical helpline.
Related websites
Surrey County Council:
- Surrey County Council website - for library and adult services latest
- School closures (Surrey County Council website).
- Surrey Prepared (Surrey County Council website) - information to help you, your community and our county be ready and resilient to emergencies
Power cuts
- Safety (UK Power Networks website) - what to do in the event of a power cut. Dial 105 for free to get directly through to your local network.
Other:
- Voluntary action Reigate and Banstead - for information about voluntary organisations that may be able to offer support please see Voluntary Action Reigate & Banstead
- Surrey Police website