OFFICIAL CONDITIONS— LOADING SOURCE ROUTES
Preparing the current source view. You can still open the official services directly if this page cannot update.
UK PREPAREDNESS // DECISION GATEWAYWHAT DO YOU
WHAT DO YOU
NEED TO KNOW?
Know what's happening. Know what to do. Start with My Area for local official routes, then use GPN guides and tools for the next practical step.
MY AREA // LOCAL BRIEF
See what matters where you live.
Use one postcode check to bring together supported local warning data, council and resilience routes, neighbourhood policing, Neighbourhood Watch and an offline area brief.
OPEN MY AREA →Privacy-light by design: no continuous location tracking, no account and no saved full postcode.
999 / 112 IMMEDIATE DANGER //105 POWER CUTS GB //OFFICIAL SOURCE FIRST //PLAN FIRST EQUIPMENT SECOND
CURRENT OFFICIAL CONDITIONS // TRUST FIRST
WHAT THE SOURCES CAN AND CANNOT TELL YOU.
Each card separates source availability from hazard status and shows the maintained official route. A failed check is an unknown state, never an all-clear.
I NEED HELP WITH… // HUMAN LANGUAGE
DESCRIBE THE PROBLEM.
Search by what is happening — not by the website's internal categories. Results prioritise immediate action, official routes, practical guides and tools.
SECONDARY CONTEXT // SOURCE-ATTRIBUTED
ADD CONTEXT AFTER THE OFFICIAL CHECK.
Headlines and system-wide signals can add context, but they are not the authority for a life-safety decision. Use the official-condition cards and original public services above for action.
CONNECTINGFETCHING SOURCES
GB GRID FREQUENCYConnecting
ENGLAND FLOODConnecting
UK WEATHERConnecting
FRESH NEWSConnecting
Connecting to live sources...
CURRENT CONTEXT, NOT AN EMERGENCY ALERTING SERVICE // During an incident, follow emergency services, government, your utility provider and other responsible authorities.
LIVE EARTH // VISUAL DESK
A WORLD VIEW WITHOUT THE NOISE.
Recent M2.5+ earthquakes and reported volcanic activity from official scientific feeds. The full interface separates wider hazards and higher-precision UCDP Candidate event records into dedicated views.
M4.5+ EARTHQUAKEVOLCANO
GLOBAL SIGNAL MAP // AUTO REFRESH
SEE WHAT'S MOVING.
The home layer stays intentionally restrained. Open the full map for GDACS hazards, higher-precision UCDP Candidate event records and NOAA space-weather status without crowding this overview.
0M4.5+ IN FEED
0OPEN VOLCANO EVENTS
FAILURE MAP // 01
HARDEN THE SYSTEMS THAT FAIL FAST.
Preparedness is a stack, not a shopping spree. Start with storage, low-energy communication, light and warmth; add generation and redundancy after the basics are covered.
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H2O
Water
Store drinking water first; filtration and treatment are backup layers.
↗DC
Power
Protect small, high-value loads before trying to power appliances.
↗PV
Solar
Generation only helps when panel voltage, connectors and storage match.
↗LX
Light
Hands-free, low-output lighting gives more useful runtime than maximum lumens.
↗RF
Comms
Keep a receive path, local voice option and paper contacts.
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Medical
Own basic supplies, know where they are, and learn first aid.
↗°C
Warmth
Insulate people and one occupied room before chasing powered heat.
↗TIN
Food
Keep food that works cold; any combustion cooking stays outdoors.
↗FIX
Repair
Simple tools, tape, fasteners and dry storage solve many small failures.
↗SAN
Hygiene
Plan for water-off sanitation as well as surface and hand cleaning.
FIELD GUIDES // EVIDENCE DESK
KNOW WHAT TO DO BEFORE YOU BUY MORE.
Practical UK guides written from public, verifiable sources, now including a concise Fieldcraft Essentials series for priorities, shelter, navigation, rescue and sanitation.
START HERE // HOUSEHOLD CORE↗
The UK 72-Hour Emergency Kit
A practical home kit for the first few days of a power cut, water outage or severe-weather disruption. Built from UK Government preparedness guidance rather than a product checklist.
WATER // STORAGE FIRST↗How Much Water Should a UK Household Store?
Work out a realistic household water reserve, understand what stored water is for, and know where filtration fits without treating it as a substitute for storage.
POWER CUT // FIRST ACTIONS↗What to Do During a UK Power Cut
The useful first actions, the numbers worth writing down, what can stop working with the electricity, and how to prepare before the lights go out.
WINTER // PASSIVE WARMTH↗Keeping Warm During a Winter Power Cut
A low-tech plan for keeping people warm when the heating stops. The emphasis is layers, one occupied room, draught reduction and safe heating practice.
FOOD // COLD CHAIN↗Food Safety During a Power Cut
How long a fridge or freezer may stay cold, what to eat first, and why keeping the doors shut is the most useful first step.
CO SAFETY // OUTDOORS MEANS OUTDOORS↗Emergency Cooking and Carbon Monoxide Safety
A clear rule for outage cooking: no-cook food first, outdoor combustion second. Understand why camping stoves, barbecues and generators do not belong indoors.
OFFLINE RESILIENCE LIBRARY
OPEN LIBRARY →Download practical knowledge before you need it.
Keep the core emergency cache compact, then deliberately add power, local-network, first-aid/water or recovery reference packs.
USEFUL WITHOUT BUYING ANYTHING
TOOLS THAT EARN A BOOKMARK.
Calculate household needs, keep an offline plan, and find practical local support when money, food or housing is under pressure.
72H / LOCAL
Household readiness checklist
Tick off core preparations. Progress is saved locally in your browser and can be printed or copied.
H2O / CALCULATORWater reserve calculator
Estimate minimum drinking-water and more comfortable household volumes by people and days.
DC / CALCULATORBattery & solar calculator
Estimate runtime from watt-hours and approximate solar energy harvest without product marketing maths.
HELP / LOCALLocal support finder
Find trusted routes to food banks, free meals, affordable food, warm spaces, homelessness help and crisis support.
BUSINESS RESILIENCE // SMALL ORGANISATIONS
CHECK YOUR BUSINESS →Keep trading when normal stops.
Run a ten-minute resilience check, define your minimum viable operation and build a local one-page continuity plan for power, communications, cyber or premises disruption.
KIT // SEPARATE BUYING DESK
EQUIPMENT HAS ITS OWN PAGE.
Home, Guides and Systems stay focused on information and action. When you actually need equipment, the KIT page contains the 60-item catalogue, readiness tiers, saved loadout and clearly marked Amazon UK affiliate links.
PLAYBOOKS // 04
BUY LESS. PLAN MORE.
The system pages turn official guidance into practical sequences: what to do first, what matters next, and what not to do when infrastructure is down.
ENERGY / SIGNAL DESK↗
Read the system
Gas, wind, imports, generation and grid margin. What matters, what does not, and what a household can do.
↗PLAYBOOK 01WATER OUTAGE
Storage, drinking-water priorities, filtration limits and a household redundancy plan.
↗PLAYBOOK 02POWER STACK
From phone bank to LiFePO4 station to solar, with load-first buying logic.
↗PLAYBOOK 03WINTER BLACKOUT
Light, information, passive warmth, food and carbon-monoxide safety.
↗PLAYBOOK 04COMMS DOWN
DAB/FM, paper contacts, PMR446 and a household check-in protocol.
↗PLAYBOOK 05FIRST AID
Organise supplies, skills and personal medical information without pretending a kit replaces care.
↗PLAYBOOK 06FOOD / COOKING
No-cook first; outdoor combustion second. Heat retention stretches every boil.
NON-NEGOTIABLES // 05
THE KIT MUST NOT CREATE THE EMERGENCY.
A useful preparedness site should tell people what not to do as clearly as what to buy.
CO / COMBUSTION
Camping stoves and barbecues stay outdoors.
The NHS warns that using camping stoves or barbecues indoors or in tents can cause carbon-monoxide build-up.
WATER
Storage beats improvisation.
UK preparedness guidance recommends keeping bottled water and notes that collected rainwater should not be assumed safe to drink.
MEDICAL
Skills and personal plans matter.
Keep medication information and device instructions on paper; get professional advice for medical dependencies and urgent symptoms.