The Emergency Evacuation Challenge

Every year, floods, fires and gas leaks force UK households out of their homes, often with only minutes’ warning. How would you cope if it happened to you tonight? Take the challenge and find out.

The Emergency Evacuation Challenge

How well would you do if you had to leave home in a hurry?

Takes about 10 minutes. Just you, your memory and a keyboard.

⚠️ Emergency

You’ve just been told you have to evacuate your home.

⚠️ Emergency

The reason isn’t important now.

All you know is you have to leave now and go to a safe place that’s been set up locally: .

⚠️ Leave now

You don’t need to know any more than that. Grab what you need. NOW.

5:00

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Let’s see what you grabbed

Here’s your list:

Now work through the questions below. Anything we spotted in your list is already ticked. Tick anything else you included that we missed.

✋ Be honest. Only tick what you actually wrote down, not what you’d have remembered later. Nobody sees your score but you.

That was 5 minutes of just thinking.

In a real evacuation you’d also be finding it all, packing it, and getting the kids and pets out the door.

This is why you’d benefit from having a grab bag packed and ready to leave with.

📋 Clarissa

I’ve Made A Checklist

Here’s my checklist of what to put in it. Tick it off as you go, and you’ll never have to do this from memory again.

Download: Grab Bag Checklist →
Read our grab bag guide

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