Get Ready For Winter

The information below is aimed at helping you prepare for winter and to know where to turn for the latest information.

Important telephone numbers

Emergency Services 999

Police non-emergency 101

NHS24 111

Power Cuts 105

Gas Emergency 0800 111 999

Floodline/Flood Agency 0345 988 1188

Aberdeen City Council’s Get Ready for Winter webpage includes information and advice on the below topics. To find out more please click on the relevant link.

Follow @AberdeenCC and like their pages to keep up to date wherever you are.

How to prepare for bad weather – this leaflet contains essential information and key contacts and is available to download. If you don’t want to download the leaflet, simply open it and take a note of key telephone numbers and keep them in a safe place so you’ve got them to hand when you need them.

How to Prepare for Bad Weather Leaflet

NHS Grampian - when you are ill or injured know who to turn to.

In Grampian there are a range of services available to help you get the right medical assistance when you are ill or injured. Going directly to the person with the appropriate skills is important. This can help you to a speedier recovery and makes sure NHS services are run efficiently.

To find out more on the range of services available and how to access them visit NHS - Grampian (know-who-to-turn-to.com)

NHS Inform - Self-Help Guides and Symptom Checker

www.nhsinform.scot provides a wide range of health information and self-care advice, including ways to treat common health problems at home.

Follow @NHSGrampian and like their pages to keep up to date wherever you are.

Aberdeenshire Council’s Winter webpage includes information and advice on:

How the council plans and monitors its winter plan

Follow @Aberdeenshire on social media and like their pages to keep up to date wherever you are.

The Met Office

For details of the latest weather forecasts, weather warnings and advice.

Met Office weather forecast

Follow @metoffice on social media and like their pages to keep up to date wherever you are.

Ready Scotland

Ready Scotland’s aim is to make Scotland more resilient in emergencies. It has tips on the small steps you can take to prepare your home, your family, and your business for the unexpected.

And when emergencies do occur, it has advice on how you can best respond, keep yourself safe and help others in your community. For more information visit Ready Scotland Follow @ReadyScotland on social media and like their pages to keep up to date wherever you are.

Ready Scotland – severe weather

Scotland is no stranger to severe weather, which can disrupt our lives in all sorts of ways. By knowing what to do you can help to keep yourself, your family, and your neighbours safe and well. For more information click on Ready Scotland – severe weather Ready Scotland regularly publishes alerts on both Twitter and Facebook. Follow @ReadyScotland and like their pages to keep up to date wherever you are.

Police Scotland

Information and advice on winter road safety for pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers.

https://www.scotland.police.uk/advice-and-information/road-safety/winter-road-safety/

Follow @PoliceScotland and like their pages to keep up to date. Locally on Twitter follow:

North East Scotland Police - @NorthEPolice
Aberdeen City Police - @AberdeenCPolice
Aberdeenshire North Police - @ShireNPolice
Aberdeenshire Central Police - @ShireCPolice

GetAbout in the City and the Shire

Being bright at night is more than a reflective stripe on a jacket. It’s a switched-on attitude to ensure we keep ourselves and others safe on the roads.

When it is dark visibility is poor and there are steps, we can all take to make sure we see others and others can see us too.

For winter road safety tips visit: https://www.getabout.org.uk/getabout-aberdeen-city-and-shire-by/winter-road-safety/

Emergency Home Plan – for details on how to create an emergency home plan, please click on link below. https://www.aberdeencityhscp.scot/our-news/be-prepared---emergency-home-plan/