First Aid & Safety Tips : How to Protect Yourself During an Earthquake

You know a natural disaster can be a prettyscary event when they occur.

Hi, I'm Captain Joe Bruni, and what I want to talk about anddiscuss is what actions can be taken when a earthquake happens to strike as a naturaldisaster.

If you're inside of a building, find a sturdy area, like under a table, orsomething sturdy to get over your head, like a doorway.

Get in the opening, duck and coverand cover your head and neck with your arms.

By placing your hands and arms up over thehead.

If you are in a high rise building move towards an interior wall and duck and covertaking the same type of measure of placing the hands and arms up over the head.

If youare in and open area, stay in an open area moving away from trees, signs, power linesor anything in the open area that could come down or collapse or fall when an earthquakestrikes.

If you're inside of a building, stay away from shelving or any type of stock ormaterial that's located or mounted near a wall that can topple and fall over.

Do nottry to run for the door to get outside for an open area.

It may take too much time andyou may not make it before a collapse occurs.

Duck and cover in a secure as area as possible.

Preferably in a doorway where there's cover.

And cover the head and the neck with the armsand the hands.

If you are driving in a vehicle along side the road, pull over and stay inyour vehicle away from power lines and signs as possible until the shaking subsides.

Staysafe.

I'm Captain Joe Bruni and we'll see you next time.

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First Aid & Safety Tips : How to Protect Yourself During an Earthquake