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Earthquakes safety

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Modified: 21 April 2018, 11:27 AM   User: Savvas Christos Pavlidis  → SP

What to do Before the Earthquake?

• Plan ahead how you will be saved. • Do not think, that it will not happen with you. • Do not delay preparation.

  • Be careful.
  • Put the most necessary things near the bed.
  • After the earthquake, prepare a catastrophe to make life easier.• Make a plan how to communicate with relatives in other cities.• At home and at work, hold a flashlight, a lamp, a fire tube, a first aid kit.

WHAT TO DO DURING THE EARTHQUAKE?

Do it:

• Stay calm or relax.

  • Warn the people around you. (But do not scream, because the panic will begin.

• Do not go anywhere until the earthquake is over.

• Take the position of the fetus.

(Fetal position: head, neck and internal organs to protect and to observe the dangers that may come from above lying on the side of the knee to the abdomen is the position of protection.)

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• Don't panic. Don't freeze.

• Do not jump from the windows.

• Do not frighten other children.

• Do not run or try to stay under any transition.

• Do not use the ladder.

• Do not use elevators.

• Do not use electric buttons, lighter, candle, matches.

• Do not go to balconies.

If you are in places where the human communities are located, do not panic by engaging in instinctive behavior.

WHAT TO DO AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE?

•Calm down - do not panic. Do not put yourself and your family at risk.

• Check your own status. Checked if you have any damage.

• Check your loved ones.

  • Evacuate the building with care and attention.