posted Jun 18, 2013, 5:34 AM by Andrew Chadick
Natural Disaster Mitigation
Earthquake Disaster Mitigation - a Strategy
Before the Earthquake |
During the Earthquake |
After the Earthquake |
- Check for hazards in the home/work place
- Identify safe places in each room
- Locate safe places outdoors
- Ensure all family members and co-workers know how to respond after an earthquake
- Teach your adults/parents/staff/children when and how to call 9-1-1
- Have disaster supplies on hand and broken up in different places in the building, in case an area has a collapse
- Develop an emergency communications plan in case of separation during an earthquake
- Ask an out-of-state business, relative or friend to serve as the remote contact as local lines may be down
- Use Text Messaging to communicate, as in a disaster, Cell Tower Calls may be blocked
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- If indoors: Take cover under a piece of heavy furniture or against an inside wall and stay inside, keep away from glass
- If outdoors: Move into the open, away from buildings, street lights, and utility wires and remain there until shaking stops
- If in a moving vehicle: Stop quickly, stay in vehicle, move to a
clear area away from buildings, bridges, or utility wires
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- Be prepared for after shocks
- Help injured or trapped persons and give first aid where appropriate
- Listen to a battery operated radio for emergency information
- Stay out of damaged buildings and return home only when authorities say it is safe to do so
- Server Room Accessible? Servers down? Do you have an offsite backup? Online Backup? Do you have Virtual Copies of those Servers handy (Hyper-V or vmware)? What about remote email backup (Google Apps or Office 365 as a Failover)?
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