Emergency by British Red Cross 4+
British Red Cross
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
Real-time, personalised alerts and advice to help you combat severe weather and other UK emergencies.
ALERTS
Get tailored push notifications delivered straight to your pocket. Add the places and people you care about to get severe weather warnings from the Met Office, flood warnings from the Environment Agency (England only), UK Threat Level updates, and alerts from the British Red Cross.
ADVICE
Stay safe by checking what to do before, during and after emergencies such as fire, flooding and power outages.
TOOLKIT
Check your current location, use a flash light and alarm, and an easy way to tell people you're safe.
This new, free app from British Red Cross makes sure you’ll always be ready for emergencies, and will know exactly what to do if the worst happens.
What’s New
Version 1.9.0
We're always making improvements to the Emergency app. In this release we've fixed some bugs and completed general maintenance.
Ratings and Reviews
Excellent App
The first place I head to when adverse weather conditions are raised is to Emergency! Now a First Aid App has been developed which I am sure will be very helpful, even if never used a great benefit to have the information with you at all times.
Great Idea but doesn’t always work
It’s a great idea and in principle very handy. I like the way you can monitor multiple locations at once if you have friends or loved ones living away from you; and the quick link to message them to warn them or check they’re okay is helpful.
The only issue is the notifications don’t always come through; despite having all notification settings in the app and on my device turned on.
Unless you’re in the habit of regularly checking the app, which to be honest is a bit depressing (who wants to live life constantly thinking; “I’d better check if there’s any bad weather warnings”?), you’re going to miss the alerts.
At time of writing the app also needs updating to include the UK’s new Extreme Heat warnings.
No alerts
I’m uninstalling this. My last alert was in Feb 2022. It hasn’t been set up to send any alerts concerning the heatwave which is disappointing. Also I increased the radius of the search area to 20 miles but it doesn’t save it and reverts back to 1 mile. I tried to add flood alerts but couldn’t successfully do it. The static info is useful but you can get that off the web. It’s a shame, it could be really good.
App Privacy
The developer, British Red Cross, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- Contacts
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- British Red Cross Society
- Size
- 33.5 MB
- Category
- Weather
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Copyright British Red Cross 2020
- Price
- Free