Step 1
Assess local risks
Consider the emergencies that may affect the area and the people or places that could be vulnerable.
Keep local plans, contacts, documents and practical guidance in one maintained place.
Guidance, made practical
Ready Scotland sets the direction. Community Ready makes it local.
Turn local risk, resources, response arrangements and communication routes into an information system people can actually use.
Community emergency planning
From guidance to a living local system.
Ready Scotland’s community planning material encourages communities to understand risk, identify resources, agree their response and keep the plan current.
Step 2
Identify local assets
Understand the skills, equipment, buildings, people and communication routes already available.
Map community-defined assets and invite resident suggestions through a moderated workflow.
Step 3
Plan how to respond
Agree how the community will communicate, support emergency responders and help people safely.
Publish alerts, emergency pages, support routes and trusted updates from the Community Portal.
Step 4
Practise and review
Share, exercise and revisit the plan as risks, resources and people change.
Give named local teams clear permissions and update the app and website from one source.
Community Ready is an independent product from Ionmhas Limited. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or operated by the Scottish Government, UK Government, Ready Scotland or GOV.UK Prepare.
Resilient access
Critical local information can stay available offline.
Residents can retain downloaded emergency pages and map information on their phone.
Connection state
Switch offline to see what remains available.
Home
Available
News
Available
Events
Available
Map
Available
Emergency
Available
Local assets
Know what is available and where.
Fictional community map
Try the same filters a resident would use.
Lochside path
Urgent updates
One alert across community channels.
One alert, three outputs
Active alert · Public website
Community hall open
Warm space and phone charging available until 20:00.
Resident app
Community hall open
Warm space and phone charging available until 20:00.
COMMUNITY READY · NOW
Community hall open
Notification enabled for this alert.
Community Ready supports local communication and preparedness. It does not replace emergency services. In an emergency, call 999 and follow official instructions.
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