Read more about how to stay safe in an earthquake. Find out if the places you live, work, or play, are in a tsunami evacuation zone and work out the best routes to get far enough inland, uphill or if you don't have time to evacuate to the fifth floor or higher.
Read about how to stay safe during a tsunami. In an emergency, such as an earthquake, you might not be able to use your phone to call or access the internet. Make an emergency plan for what to do and where to go if you can't communicate. Read about what to include in your household emergency plan.
A grab bag or getaway kit is a small backpack of essential items to grab if you have to quickly evacuate your home or workplace with little or no warning.
It's especially important if you will have to walk a long way to get home during an emergency. Read about emergency grab bags. There are ways to make your property more resilient to earthquakes. If you are unable to do this yourself, get someone to help you. Read our checklist as a starter to make your home safer in an earthquake.
We recommend storing enough emergency water for everyone in your household for at least seven days. You may need to store more if you have unwell people or small children in your family. Don't forget your pets. Find out about storing emergency water. After a large earthquake - don't flush! After a disaster, you may not be able to use your normal toilet if waste pipes are broken or damaged. Read about how to make an emergency toilet at home.
Meet your neighbours. Research shows that communities that recovery best from disasters are those that have good social networks. Introduce yourself to your neighbours and swap contact details in case of emergency. Read about connecting with your neighbours before an emergency. Your house is already full of emergency items disguised as everyday things! By making sure you and your household are able to look after yourself for the first 7 days, you'll be helping emergency services focus their limited resources on the people who need it most.
If it smells of chlorine. You can use it. If it does not smell of chlorine, add 16 more drop of chlorine bleach per gallon of water or 8 drops per 2-liter bottle of water , let stand 30 minutes, and smell it again. If it smells of chlorine, you can use it.
If it does not smell of chlorine, discard it and find another source of water. Discard any food that is not in a waterproof container if there is any chance it may have come in contact with flood water. Food containers that are not waterproof include those with screw-caps, snap lids, pull tops, and crimped caps. They cannot be cleaned and sanitized effectively.
Inspect canned foods; discard any food in damaged cans. Discard wooden cutting boards, plastic utensils, baby bottle nipples, and pacifiers that may have come in contact with flood waters. There is no way to clean them safely. Thoroughly wash metal pans, ceramic dishes, utensils including can openers with soap and water hot water if available.
Rinse and sanitize them by boiling in clean water or immersing them for 15 minutes in a solution of 1 tablespoon of unscented, liquid chlorine bleach per gallon of drinking water. Thoroughly wash countertops with soap and water hot water if available.
Rinse and then sanitize them by applying a solution of 1 tablespoon of unscented, liquid chlorine bleach per gallon of drinking water. Allow it to air-dry. Note: If your entire refrigerator or freezer was in flood waters — even partially — it is unsafe to use and must be discarded. Check the temperature inside of your refrigerator and freezer.
Check frozen food for ice crystals. A full freezer will hold a safe temperature for approximately 48 hours 24 hours if it is half full and the door remains closed.
Food may be safely refrozen if. Disaster planning. As a part of preparing for the next earthquake, do a what if? You can find detailed maps with zoom in capability of potential road closures, risk of liquefaction and flooding, such as this map of potential Bay Area road closures after a San Andreas fault 7.
Helping Children Cope With Disaster. Babysitter Consent and Contact Form. Fast, easy, cheap earthquake preparedness. Ten days after the [] Northridge quake there were 12, homes without a fresh water supply. Keep at least a three-day supply of water for each person in your household. The Red Cross recommends 1 gallon of water per person per day. That means you need 14 gallons of water per person. One of the big questions we received was: How do you store all this water?
The answer is simple and a little complicated — wherever you can. Buying that much water 56 gallons for a four-person household gets expensive.
It's possible to save money by storing tap water. But you need to be careful. In fact, a strong quake near one of Canada's major urban areas would likely be the most destructive natural disaster this country could experience.
Everyone has a responsibility to protect their homes and their families. Since no one can predict with certainty when an earthquake will happen, it is important to get prepared in advance. This involves three basic steps:.
Planning for an earthquake will also help prepare you for many other types of emergencies. After reading this guide, keep it in a handy spot, such as in your emergency kit. To get prepared for an earthquake, you should know the risks specific to your community and your region to help you better prepare. Go through your home, imagining what could happen to each part of it, if shaken by a violent earthquake. Check off the items that you have completed in this list. Wherever you are when an earthquake starts, take cover immediately.
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