Frequently Asked Questions
What emergency supplies do I need?
- Fire extinguisher
- Adequate supplies of medications that you or family members are taking.
- Crescent and pipe wrenches to turn off gas and water supplies.
- First-aid kit and handbook.
- Flashlights with extra bulbs and batteries.
- Portable radio with extra batteries.
- Water for each family member for at least 3 days (allow at least 1 gallon per person per day) and purification tablets or chlorine bleach to purify drinking water from other sources.
- Canned and package foods, enough for several days and MECHANICAL can opener. Extra food for pets if necessary.
- Camp stove or barbecue to cook on outdoors (store fuel out of the reach of children).
- Waterproof, heavy-duty plastic bags for waste disposal. More ...
How can I plan ahead for an Earth Quake?
- Make sure each member of your family knows what to do no matter where they are when EQs occur:
* Establish a meeting place where you can all reunite afterward.
* Find out about EQ plans developed by children's school or day care.
* Remember transportation may be disrupted, keep some emergency supplies--food, liquids, and comfortable shoes, for example--at work. - Know where you gas, electric and water main shutoffs are and how to turn them off if there is a leak or electrical short. Make sure older members of the family can shut off utilities.
- Locate your nearest fire and police stations and emergency medical facility.
- Talk to your neighbors--how could they help you, or you them after an EQ.
- Take Red Cross First Aid and CPR Training Course. More ...
What should I do during an EQ?
- First do the Drop, Cover, Hold for the initial 1-2 minutes. After that leave the building and assemble in the pre-identified safe place outside.
- Do not use matches, lighters, camp stoves or barbecues, electrical equipment, appliances until you are sure there are no gas leaks. They may create a spark that could ignite leaking gas and cause an explosion and fire.
- Do not use your telephone, except for a medical or fire emergency. You could tie up the lines needed for emergency response. If the phone doesn't work send someone for help. More ...
