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WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IF YOU ARE TOLD TO
"SHELTER IN PLACE"
- Stay Calm.
- Take your family and pets inside your
home and remain there.
- Turn on your television and radio and
listen for Emergency Alert System (EAS) information, instructions, and
updates.
- Close and lock all windows and doors
in your home.
- Turn off all air conditioners, fans,
vents and heating systems, etc. that draw in outside air.
- Close the fireplace damper.
- Use the phone only for emergency
calls.
- Go to the highest room above ground
(not the basement) with the fewest windows and doors.
- Take your
Home Emergency Supply Kit
with you to this room.
- If necessary, place damp towels in
the cracks under the doors. Tape around doors, windows, and exhaust fans or
vents. Use plastic to cover windows, outlets and heat registers.
- If necessary, children at affected
schools will be sheltered there. Parents should not go to the schools unless
advised to do so.
- Stay in this room and listen to your
radio or television until local authorities tell you that all is safe or you
are told to evacuate.
- When the local authorities announce
the end of the emergency, ventilate your home by opening doors and windows
and go outside.
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IF YOU ARE TOLD TO
"PREPARE TO EVACUATE"
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DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS STAGE!
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Stay tuned to your local
radio and television for further instructions to prepare to evacuate.
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Prepare your home for a
three-day absence. Turn off small appliances, faucets and lights and turn
down your furnace, if it is on. Be sure all air conditioners and fans are
off. Lock windows and doors.
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Check your "Emergency
Supply Kit" making sure everything needed is there, and keep it close at
hand.
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IF YOU
ARE TOLD TO "EVACUATE"
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An evacuation will be
ordered if the community is threatened and there is time to safely evacuate
in an orderly manner.
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Local officials will
specify which areas of the community must evacuate and when they should
actually leave.
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If the evacuation order
applies to you , leave your area when instructed. Local officials
will inform and direct you as to which route to follow to the designated
safe shelter location identified for your use. Use one car per family. Close
all car windows and vents. Listen to your radio for traffic information.
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When evacuating, take
only necessities. Pets will not be allowed in shelters, provide adequate
food and water for them.
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You may return to your
home as soon as the emergency is declared over and it is safe to return.
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If the emergency involved
an airborne hazardous material, open windows and doors when you return and
stay outside until the building is well ventilated.
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