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29 THINGS TO HELP YOU SURVIVE AN EARTHQUAKE
If we don't prepare, as individuals and as a community, a quake may cause greater personal damage than necessary. Each item listed below won't stop an earthquake, but it may help you survive in a better way.
4 BASICS TO DO DURING AN EARTHQUAKE
1. STAY CALM.
2. Inside: Stand in a doorway, or crouch under a desk or table, away from windows or glass dividers.
3. Outside: Stand away from building, trees, telephone and electric lines.
4. On the road: Drive away from underpasses and overpasses; stop in a safe are; stay in the vehicle.
6 BASICS TO DO AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE
1. Check for injuries-provide first aid.
2. Check for safety-check for gas, water, sewage breaks; check for downed electric lines and shorts; turn off appropriate utilities; check for building damage and potential safety problems during after-shocks, such as cracks around chimney and foundation.
3. Clean up dangerous spills.
4. Wear shoes.
5. Turn on radio and listen for instructions from public safety agencies.
6. Use the telephone only for emergency use.
16 SURVIVAL ITEMS TO KEEP ON HAND IN PREPARATION FOR AN EARTHQUAKE OR OTHER DISASTER
1. Portable radio with extra batteries.
2. Flashlight with extra batteries.
3. First-aid kit-including specific medicines needed for member of your household.
4. First-aid book.
5. Fire extinguisher.
6. Adjustable wrench for turning off gas and water.
7. Smoke detector, properly installed.
8. Portable fire-escape ladder for homes/apartments with multiple floors.
9. Bottle water-sufficient for the number of members in your household-not in glass bottles.
10. Canned and dried foods sufficient for a week for each member of your household. Note: Both water and food should be rotated into normal meals of household so as to keep freshness. Canned goods have a normal shelf-life of one year for maximum freshness.
11. Non-electric can opener.
12. Portable stove, such as butane or charcoal. Note: Use of such stoves should not take place until it is determined that there is no gas leak in the area. Charcoal should be burned only outdoors; use of charcoal indoors will lead to carbon-monoxide poisoning.
13. Blankets and sleeping bags.
14. Matches.
15. Telephone numbers of police, fire and doctor.
16. Sanitation kit.
3 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
1. How to turn off gas, water, and electricity.
2. First aid.
3. Plan for reuniting your family.
THE BEST SURVIVAL IS A PREPARED SURVIVAL
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