FIRE
· Pull the fire alarm if available, and call 911.
· Notify and evacuate others to a safe distance outside of the home or building.
· Follow the normal fire drill exit route. Take an alternate route if normal route is too dangerous. Elevators should not be used in a fire evacuation.
· No one should re-enter the building(s) until declared safe by fire personnel.
· Provide and display a fire evacuation map for family or employees.
· Make plans to secure your property and home.
· Gather and protect important documents such as insurance policies.
· Listen to the radio or TV for updated weather information.
· Have a 5-7 day disaster supply kit (including water, food, medication) available.
· Prepare to evacuate when directed to by local authorities or when you feel you are in danger.
· If you feel the ground shake and are along the coastline, immediately evacuate inland to higher ground.
· When you hear the sirens, turn on your radio or TV.
· Listen to Civil Defense official announcements and instructions and move to higher ground if you are in the tsunami evacuation zone.
· Listen to the radio or television for information. Be aware of streams, drainage channels, roads, and other areas known to flood suddenly.
· Flash flooding can occur quickly and without warning. Be prepared to evacuate and move immediately to higher ground. Do not wait for instructions to move.
· Secure your home and elevate essential items.
WHEN YOUR AREA RECEIVES A HURRICANE WARNING:
· Keep calm until the emergency has ended.
· Plan your time before the storm arrives and avoid the last-minute hurry which
might leave you unprepared or marooned.
· If you are driving and have no warning, drive perpendicular to its path and try to outrun it.
· Leave low-lying areas that may be swept by high tides or storm waves.
· Moor your boat securely before the storm arrives, or evacuate it to a designated
safe area. When your boat is moored, leave it, and don't return once the wind and
waves are up.
· Board up windows or protect them with storm shutters or tape. Danger to small
windows is mainly from wind-driven debris. Larger windows may be broken by wind
pressure.
· Secure outdoor objects that might be uprooted or blown away. Garbage cans,
garden tools, toys, signs, porch furniture, and a number of other harmless items
become missiles of destruction in hurricane winds. Anchor them or store them inside
before the storm strikes.
· Store drinking water in clean bathtubs, jugs, bottles, and cooking utensils: your
town's water supply may be contaminated by flooding or damaged by hurricane floods.
· Keep your car fueled. Service stations may be inoperable for several days after
the storm strikes, due to flooding or interrupted electrical power.
· Stay at home if it is sturdy and on high ground. If it is not, move to a designated
shelter and stay there until the storm is over.
· Remain indoors during the hurricane. Travel is extremely dangerous when winds and tides are whipping through your area.
· Monitor the storm's position though weather reports and advisories.
· Beware of the eye of the hurricane. If the calm storm center passes directly
overhead, there will be a lull in the wind lasting from a few minutes to a half an hour or more. Stay in a safe place unless emergency repairs are absolutely necessary. But remember, at the other side of the eye, the winds rise very rapidly to hurricane force, and come from the opposite direction.
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