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If you live in a seismic zone, you must
know how your house is built and if you are going to buy one, you have to make sure
its earthquake proof. If
it is not, you have to make the appropriate changes. |
AT HOME:
- You should have a battery radio, an electric torch and a first aid kit. Every
member of the family should know where this objects are kept. You should have some
batteries
- You should know the basic needs of first aid.
- You should know where the central switches for gas, water and electricity are. All the
members of the family must know how to switch them off.
- Dont keep heavy objects on tall shelves, fix both the furniture and the boilers
well to the walls. Keep the numbers for the ambulance, the doctors and the firemen next to
the telephone.
AT
SCHOOL:
- Teachers etc
should talk with students about the seismic safety in the classrooms.
- Make sure an emergency plan has been arranged.
AT WORK:
- Check that the office has arranged an emergency plan.
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