2. Preparedness
● Step 1: Secure it now!
● Step 2: Make a plan
● Reducing and/or eliminating
hazards throughout your
● Planning for an earthquake,
home, neighborhood, terrorist attack, or other
workplace and school can emergency is not much
greatly reduce your risk of different from planning for a
injury or death following the party or vacation. Make sure
next earthquake or other that your emergency plan
disaster. Conduct a "hazard includes evacuation and
hunt" to help identify and fix reunion plans; your out-of-
things such as unsecured state contact person's name
televisions, computers, and number; the location of
bookcases, furniture, your emergency supplies
unstrapped water heaters, and other pertinent
etc. Securing these items information. By planning
now will help to protect you now, you will be ready for
tomorrow. the next emergency.
3. Preparedness
● Step 3: Make disaster kits ● Step 4: Is your place safe?
● Everyone should have ● Most houses are not as safe
disaster supplies kits stored as they could be. Whether
in accessible locations at you are a homeowner or a
home, at work and in your renter, there are things that
vehicle. Having emergency you can do to improve the
supplies readily available structural integrity of your
can reduce the impact of an home. Some of the things
earthquake, a terrorist that you might consider
incident or other emergency checking include inadequate
on you and your family. foundations, unbraced
Your disaster supplies kits cripple walls, soft first stories,
should include food, water, unenforced masonry and
flashlights, portable radios, vulnerable pipes. Consult a
batteries, a first aid kit, contractor or engineer to help
cash, extra medications, a you identify your building's
whistle, fire extinguisher, weaknesses and begin to fix
etc. them now.
4. Preparedness
Step 5: DROP, COVER, and
HOLD ON!
Learn what to do during an
earthquake, whether you're at
home, at work, at school or just
out and about. Taking the proper
actions, such as "Drop, Cover,
and Hold On", can save lives
and reduce your risk of death or
injury. During earthquakes, drop
to the floor, take cover under a
sturdy desk or table, and hold on
to it firmly. Be prepared to move
with it until the shaking stops.
5. Step 6: Check it out!
Safety
Step 7: Communicate and
One of the first things you recover!
should do following a major Following a major disaster,
disaster is to check for injur- communication will be an
ies and damages that need important step in your re-
immediate attention. Make covery efforts. Turn on your
sure you are trained in first portable radio for information
aid and in damage assess- and safety advisories. If your
ment techniques. You home is damaged, contact
should be able to administer your insurance agent right
first aid and to identify haz- away to begin your claims
ards such as damaged gas, process. For most Presiden-
water, sewage and electrical tial declared disasters, re-
lines. Be prepared to report sources will also be avail-
damage to city or county able from federal, state, and
government. local government agencies.
6. Safety Kit
● Flashlight and extra
batteries
● Portable battery-
operated radio
● First aid kit
● Emergency food and
water
● Essential medicines
● Cash and credit cards
● Sturdy shoes and
exta clothes
7. Home and School Environment
● Stay away from ● Practice drills in
windows and hazards in schools in case of an
your home. actual earthquake
● Find a safe place in ● Create an emergency
your home and hide plan with the staff and
there with all the safety students to assure
equipment everyone is safe
