Emergency Shut-Off Locations Sheet
Make sure anyone in the household can turn off the water, gas or electricity quickly, including people who did not move in with the property.
PR-10 2 pages
Safety checks · SC-03
Emergency Contact Sheet
A free printable emergency contact sheet — medical, utility, property and next-of-kin numbers on one page, designed to be pinned up and read in a hurry.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Put the numbers somebody needs in one place, so a house-sitter, a babysitter, a visiting relative or a tenant is not searching for them at the worst moment.
Who it is for
Households, holiday lets, rented property, clubs and anywhere someone unfamiliar with the place might be alone in it.
How to use it
- Fill in every line, including the emergency services number — it differs by country.
- Print it and put it where it can be read without being looked for: inside a cupboard door, on the fridge, by the consumer unit.
- Fill in the shut-off sheet as well and keep the two together.
- Check it whenever a number changes, and date it.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: The numbers somebody needs when something has gone wrong and you are not there. Fill it in, print it, and put it where it can be read without looking for it.
Fill in every line, including the obvious ones. Every field is blank, including the emergency services number, because it differs by country. Fill it in for where this sheet will hang. A number you have to look up is not an emergency number.
This property
Write-on lines: Address · What3words or nearest landmark · Emergency services number here · Non-emergency police
Medical
Write-on lines: Doctor · Number · Out of hours · Nearest hospital with an emergency department · Number · Dentist · Pharmacy
Utilities
Write-on lines: Gas emergency · Electricity emergency · Water emergency · Heating engineer · Plumber · Electrician
Property
Write-on lines: Landlord or agent · Number · Out of hours · Insurer · Policy number · Claims line
Page 2
Write-on lines: Alarm company · Account or passcode held by
People
Write-on lines: Next of kin · Relationship · Number · Second contact · Relationship · Number · Trusted neighbour · Number · Holds a key · Pets in the house · Who will take them
Shut-offs are on their own sheet. Where the water, gas and electricity turn off is a separate sheet, because it needs space to describe a route rather than a number. Fill that one in as well and keep them together.
Questions
Why is the emergency number blank?
Because it differs by country, and a sheet that prints the wrong one is worse than a sheet that prints none. Fill it in for wherever this sheet will hang.
Should personal details go on a sheet on the wall?
That is your judgement. In a private home it is usually the point. In a let property or shared building, consider what a stranger reading it would learn, and keep next-of-kin detail somewhere less public.
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