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Being informed about extreme weather and local emergencies gives you more time to prepare and respond. This will help to reduce the impact on you, your family, and your property.

UK Government Emergency Alerts

Emergency Alerts is a UK Government service. It can be used to warn you if there's danger to life nearby. Alerts can be sent by the Government, your local council, and other public organisations like the Police.

In an emergency, mobile phone masts in the surrounding area will broadcast an alert. Every compatible mobile phone or tablet in range of a mast will receive the alert.

Emergency alerts are free. You do not need to sign up for them or download an app.

Learn more about Emergency Alerts on GOV.UK

Radio stations

During an emergency, radio stations will broadcast important warnings and advice. This includes BBC Radio Norfolk, BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4.

Know how to tune into local radio stations, and write their frequencies down in your household emergency plan and community emergency plan.

List of FM and AM frequencies for BBC radio services.

Check the forecast and get weather warnings

Pay attention to weather forecasts and warnings, and make sure you understand what the forecast means.

Check the current forecast and weather warnings

If you have the Met Office weather app, you will get instant notification of UK weather warnings for your saved locations. You can also get Met Office weather warnings by email.

Sign up for flood warnings and know what they mean

The Environment Agency provides three types of flood warning:

Flood alert - flooding is possible
Flood warning - flooding is expected
Severe flood warning - flooding could be a risk to life and significant disruption to communities

Follow your local councils on social media

Your local councils will often post about live incidents affecting the public in your area - including advice on what to do in an emergency.

Visit your local council's website to find their social media accounts:

You can check which council area you live in on GOV.UK.

Use social media responsibly. Only share information about an emergency if it is from a reliable source. Misinformation can be extremely harmful.

Updates from Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service

Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service list incidents they've attended within the last 3 days on their live incident feed.

Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service life incident feed