Public Health advice scripts

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I wasn't sure where to post this but it might be useful to read through. Not really bushcrafty although some of the advice could be applied.

It would be sensible to keep this thread for useful comments and info rather than getting side tracked. There's some details there that many may not have thought about, for example no mains drainage if there's no power, so do you have enough bags to bag and bin your households poo?

Public health advice from UK CMOs during a national power outage

Scripts containing public health advice from the UK's 4 Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) to be broadcast during a national power outage.

www.gov.uk

The 4 UK Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) as independent advisers provide public health advice in emergencies. To help preparations for the very unlikely event of a national power outage (a total power outage affecting the whole of Great Britain), they have developed scripts containing health advice that would be given to the public in this scenario.

In a national power outage, sharing accurate advice with the public would be challenging because phone, internet and television services would be disrupted. For this reason, these emergency communications would be limited to radio broadcasts.

We have published the scripts here in the interests of transparency. The following important health topics are covered:

• water and sanitation
• food and nutrition
• keeping warm or cool in extreme weather