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Safety Recommendations After an Earthquake


Safety recommendations after an earthquake at home

If you are in the house after the earthquake and you need help it is possible that relief and rescue workers may not be able to reach your area immediately, as a result, you can protect your own and your relative’s life with observing some recommendations.

The operations that should not to be done:

  • Don’t turn on electric key, and if you smell gas, don’t use match and lighter and uncovered-flame systems.

  • Don’t touch fallen electrical wire or the objects that are in touching with them.

  • Use telephone at necessary time. Prevent eating uncovered-foodstuffs near broken windows.

  • Don’t cook at house and use coal’s brazier outside building.

  • Don’t go out for surveying, keep open the street for traverse of transport services.

  • Don’t move injured people, otherwise their situation is dangerous.

The operations that should be done:

  • Make yourself ready for aftershocks.

  • Control injured for first-aid.

  • Control firing’s dangers If you smell gas close gas at main switches.

  • Control the electrical supplies and building’s wiring affairs and turn off electrical fuse.

  • Control the water’s pipes, if they were broken or water leaks, close water at main switches.

  • Control sewage’s pipes, if they were broken, don’t use lavatory’s water.

  • Control building based on destruction, if it seems dangerous, leave there.

  • Don’t use elevator If it is possible.

  • Wear safe shoe and clothes after an intensive earthquake.

  • Glass’s pieces may be thrown around .

  • Use portable and automobile radio for receiving the latest information.

  • Open the closed doors, open the cabinets cautiously and be careful of falling of the objects.

  • Reply positively to request of police and fire station, the Red Crescent and also the rest of organs.

  • You should have sincere cooperation with rescue workers.

  • Be confident from the healthy of your family and help them in necessary time with observing safety points.

Safety recommendations after an earthquake in official buildings

After earthquake’s occurring, if you are in department with remembrance of some safety directions and with their help, you can try to save your own and your cooperators life.

  • When you smell gas, prevent touching electrical keys or turning on electrical and gas systems, because it may produce a spark and its gas inflames the broken pipes.

  • Inform fire station officials by breaking a glass on alarm bell during firing.

  • Use telephone if necessary.

  • Don`t smoke.

  • Get away from the unstable regions of building that have descend and also get away from dangerous and insecure places.

  • Use radio for gaining the latest and emergency information.

  • Because of probable next shaking, stay in your safe place and don’t try to exit from the place some moments after main shaking

Safety recommendation after an earthquake at schools

With previous recommendations, you learn how to make schools resistant based on safety points? Now, you will learn about your duty for helping your own and others after an earthquake?

  • When you smell gas, prevent touching electrical keys or turning on electrical and gas systems, because it may produce a spark and its gas inflames the broken pipes.

  • Inform fire station officials by breaking a glass on alarm bell during firing.

  • Use telephone if necessary

  • Get away from the unstable regions of building that have descend and also get away from dangerous and insecure places.

  • Use radio for gaining the latest and emergency information.

  • Because of probable next shaking, stay in your safe place and don’t try to exit from that place some moments after main shaking.