Risk and resilience resources

View resources to help you understand, prepare and plan for severe weather, flooding, fires, power cuts and other emergencies.

Individuals

• Individual preparedness guide (PDF 289KB)
• Emergency household plan template (PDF 406KB)
• Emergency household plan template (DOCX 329KB)
• How to be more resilient in 30 simple ways (PDF 212KB)
• Children's activity booklet - let's get ready for an emergency (PDF 2.85MB)
• Age Scotland booklet on building resilience (PDF 1.1MB)

Winter: 

• Are you Ready for Winter Advice Leaflet (PDF 1.85MB)
• Winter driving advice (PDF 1.8MB)
• Winter driving advice - accessible version (PDF 288KB)
• Winter defence: guide to home safety and storm preparedness (PDF 323KB)

Communities

Resilience framework and planning:

• Aberdeenshire Community Resilience Framework (PDF 6.77MB)
• Community Resilience plan and advice note (PDF 313KB)
• Community Resilience plan template (DOCX 343KB)

Operations:

• Setting up a resilience group advice note (PDF 234KB)
• Ideas for resilience activities (PDF 249KB)
• How to set up a community hub (PDF 1.2MB)
• Understanding the role of different support centres advice note (PDF 265KB)
• Volunteer preparedness for emergency response advice note (PDF 244KB)
• Ready Scotland: Help your community prepare for challenges 

Supporting advice:

• Funding advice note (PDF 645KB)
• Supporting vulnerable people in the community (PDF 622KB)
• Understanding the role of Councillors in an emergency - advice note (PDF 227KB)
• Telecoms resilience information (PDF 365KB)
• Generators advice note (PDF 260KB)

Flooding:

• Flooding roles and responsibilities (PDF 132KB)
• Scottish Flood Forum: what we can do for you as a community

Businesses

• Guidance for making a business continuity plan (PDF 283KB)
• Template - business continuity plan (PDF 533KB)
• Template - business continuity plan (DOCX 1.1MB)