Introduction
When Quakes Shake
Your Home
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QUAKE SAFE TIPS
BEFORE
- Teach everyone over 10 years
old how to turn off utilities.
- Learn first aid
- Designate contact person
living at least 300 miles away.
- Develop exit plan, including
meeting place outside house. Plan how family members away
from home will contact each other.
- Coordinate with neighbors.
- Make plans for disabled.
DURING: IF
YOU ARE INSIDE
- Stay inside
- Cover head
- Stay away from windows and
glass.
- Stay calm.
- Stay out of elevators and
stairways.
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE:
- Stay away from tall buildings
- Move to an open area
- Avoid falling debris by
standing in strong doorway
AFTER:
- Put on heavy-soled shoes, work
gloves.
- Check for injured, trapped
people
- Pay special attention to your
water heater and furnace and turn off your gas supply if
there is a leak.
- Also check for water leaks,
broken wiring and sewage lines
- Avoid downed power line
- Be careful abut opening
cupboards and closets.
- Stay off telephone.
- Don't drink tap water.
- Check on your neighbors.
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