Action Plan for Earthquake Safety Tips for preparing for Earthquake (10 tips)

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1 Action Plan for Earthquake Safety Tips for preparing for Earthquake (10 tips) 1. Safety of your body is the first priority. Life is the most important thing. Drop and cover yourself immediately when there is earthquake, hold your body tight and protect yourself safely. 1. Turn off electrical products quickly. Stay calm and make sure you turn off all the electrical products and gas stove that were being used. 1. Open the door and secure the exit. The door may not be able to open after being distorted so please open it and secure emergency exit fast. 1. Extinguish the fire at early stage. Shout It s fire! loudly, get the help from surrounding and use the fire extinguisher to put out fire immediately. 1. Act calmly. Do not be startled and run out of the building, but try to stay inside until the earthquake is over, and please beware of window glass, signboards or anything that might be falling when you escape outside. 1. Check appropriate location of shelter beforehand. Do not escape to a narrow street or nearby wall, and be careful of walls, gate posts, vending machines, etc. as they are easy to fall down. 1. Beware of the landslide and tsunami. If you experience earthquake in the mountain area or seaside, please escape to flatland where there is no risk of landslide, or any hilltop or mountain distant from seaside quickly. 1. Escape on foot with minimum load. Escape to the designated location by walking and try to carry the load as less as possible to keep your both hands free for use. 1. Rescue and help each other. Make sure the safety of your family and neighbour first and then rescue and save the elders, disabled people, children, since there will be heavy casualties. 1. Do not be misled by false rumors. Get information through radio, TV, administrative agencies to take proper action, and don t be misled by false rumors.

2 10 Safety Tips when there is an earthquake If you feel an earthquake when you are home Safety of yourself and family are priority. The longest it will be shaken is approximately one to two minutes. Firstly go under a solid table that has low center, and grab the legs and protect your body. When there is no table around, cover your head with cushion or any soft mats. Please beware of getting hurt by any furniture falling or dropping over you. Put off fire quickly and calmly when fire breaks out. - Sometimes you cannot wait for the fire engine to come when there is an earthquake. So the effort of putting out fire by everyone is important to minimize the damage. Please keep the habit of turning off the light and gas even it is just a small earthquake. - It is very important to help for each other such as family and neighbour to stop the fire from getting bigger. There is three chances to put out fire when there is earthquake.

3 1. First chance Before it starts to shake heavily or when there is a small shake, shout out "It s earthquake. Put off fire! loudly when you feel tiny shaking and turn off microwave or heater that s being used. 1. Second chance When the big shaking stops. When the big shaking is going on it is dangerous when you are trying to turn off the heater or gas stove since the kettle can be fall down due to the shake. When the big shaking stops, again shout out Put off the fire! and turn off fire. 1. Third chance After the ignition, even if fire breaks out it can still be extinguished within 1~2 minutes. Please keep the fire extinguisher or fire extinguishing bowl near the place so you can easily put off fire as fast as possible. Recently most of the building has built in shock-resistant so the risk of the building collapse is small. Do not be flustered and run out of building when there is earthquake, please beware of the falling of window glasses, roof tiles, and signboard.

4 Do not get near the block walls or signboards that are not fixed on the ground because it may be falling down. Open the door and secure the exit. There will be some cases when the door cannot be opened and get stuck in the room for those apartment with reinforced concrete structure. Please open the door and secure the emergency exit. Please prepare for the safety method to prevent from getting stuck in the situation. People want to lean on something when the ground is shaking and they could not stand still. Normally the gate post or wall nearby will be the target. But actually those that look strong at first sight are very dangerous. There were many casualties because of block wall or gate posts falling during the earthquake in past. Do not get near to block walls or gate posts.

5 <Guidelines for Earthquake> Earthquake safety tips Clean out all things that can fall from ceiling or higher place, and do not put any breakable or heavy thing at the bedside. Please know the safety tips for the emergency. Learn the way to cut off gas, electrical products and water supply beforehand. Be familiar with the gathering place that has decided beforehand and meet at the place if get separated during emergency. Know the location of vacant lot, school, park or any place nearby house beforehand to escape. Know the position and instruction of the medicine equipment groceries that will be used during emergency, decide the role of the family members and let them know about the do s and dont s beforehand. Before earthquake happenes Clean up the furniture that can cause dangerous situations during earthquake. Check the electric wiring, gas etc and fix the insecure part. Anchor the electric heater, gas equipment etc firmly. Do not put the big and heavy things on the shelf, and press the shelf on the wall firmly. Keep the easily breaking glassware in the cabinet that can be locked. Please ask for help from the specialist when there is sign of the collapse of the

6 building such as the cracking sound, shake etc or that can suggest that building is cracking. Check the condition of the foundation and ground of the house. Know the location and handling-method of the blocking device of electricity gas water supply. Practice the earthquake safety drills with family. Get to know secure spots such as the space under the table in the room, small space between the bearing wall beforehand. Check the dangerous location in every room(around the window, bookshelf etc furniture that easily to fall down) and do not stay at those locations during earthquake. When earthquake takes place, all family members should be escaped to safe place. Prepare the emergency supplies and know the shelters around the house(vacant lot, school, park) beforehand. Decide the place to meet with family after the earthquake beforehand and prepare the medium of communication that can inform your close friends that stay at other places about your safety after the earthquake. During the earthquake Because most of injuries are caused by the falling objects when accessing the building during earthquake, please make sure to maintain the order and stay at designated area when it is shaking. Avoid the damaged things that fall easily inside the building and escape to bathroom(bathtub) or under a solid table. Be aware of the pieces of broken glass when evacuating. Because there are some cases that the door cannot be opened and get caught inside the room, so please make sure to open the door quickly. If there is serious shake on the street, lower down your body and stay put in that

7 position until the shake stops. Stay away from buildings, street lamp and wire. If you are inside a multi-story building, please hide under a solid table. Since the falling objects(pieces of broken glass, signboard etc) from the main street(building) are most dangerous, protect your head with the thing that you re holding first and escape into a large building or any wide area that are far away from buildings. Since there is possibility to get injured when many people escape from the same place to the exit, please use the helmet, backpack, cushion etc to protect your head, and stay away from the things that would fall down easily and wait patiently until the shake is stopped, then keep escaping. For those who did not manage to escape, please stay together in a safe place inside the building and remember blackout, fire alarm, sprinkler etc can be worked. For those who are driving, try to avoid buildings, trees, under electric wires on overpass, the cars surrounding that has break down etc and stop your car. Look at the damage of road or bridge and escape from your car calmly. Please do not use the elevator when there is earthquake or fire. If you are inside the elevator during the earthquake, press the buttons of all the levels and escape quickly when the elevator is stopped. If you get stuck in elevator, use mobile phone and report to 119 or call management office through intercom to request for help, and wait patiently for rescue to come. Get the latest earthquake status from homepage of the weather centre( or listen to the broadcast and carefully examine the circumstances.

8 Is the earthquake stopped? Although the aftershock is weaker than the earthquake, you still need to prepare well for it because it can bring fatal damage to the building that has become vulnerable due to earthquake. Check the injured person and request for help. If the place that the patient s in is safe then you must keep them there, but if the patient needs to be moved, check for airway first, fasten the head and injured part, then move to a safer place. Do not give water to the injured person that lost consciousness. Please do the CPR(artificial respiration) quickly and carefully if the injured person has no breathing or heart beating, or both are stopped. Cover the patient with a blanket and keep the body temperature but make sure it does not go up too high. If there is blackout, use flashlight and if you re going to use fire(candle, match, lighter), check if there s possibility of leaked gas explosion first then use it. Please wear sturdy shoes to avoid stepping on pieces of broken glasses. If you have doubts about safety of home, get confirmation from professional before entering the home. Stay far away when checking the building(chimney, wall, etc) for the first time since there is possibility to collapse. If there are many spilled medicine, bleach, oil to clear up or stuffy inside the building and you don t know any way to handle cleaning up of it or what kind of substance it is, just leave it there and evacuate. Check the damaged condition of main pipe line such as electric wire, gas pipe, water pipe etc and home appliances. If there is smell of gas or sound of gas leaking, open the window, and lock the main valve if possible. If there is gas leaking, lock the gas valve, report to the related authority[gas company of the area or LPG supplying company, Korea Gas Safety Corporation( ), 119] quickly and get the help from professional and then start using it again. Switch off the circuit breaker if the electricity is abnormal. Lock the valves that enter the house if there is damage on water pipe.

9 Do not use the flush toilet before checking the condition of the sewage pipe line. Please open the door carefully since things can be pour out from the cabinet. Please abstain from using the phone except when someone s life is in danger. Beware of any emergency news. Try not to go outside if possible but if you must go out, beware of damages (fallen electric wire, building elevation bridge road etc that has the risk of collapse.) Stay away from damaged areas before getting the help from fireman, policeman and rescue worker. For the residents who live nearby the beach, please prepare in case of tsunami. Check-up list after the earthquake Beware of aftershock. Check for any injured person and give first aid. Take a peace of mind together with the neighbours. Be careful of the pieces of broken glass and the building that is in danger of collapsing. Check for any fire and gas exposure. Check water supply, sewerage and electrical safety. Check earthquake status from the disaster broadcast through television or radio.

10 Evacuation method by Location 1 High-rise buildings or skyscrapers with aseismic design Curl up under or beside to a sofa or any other large and strong structural object : There is more possibility of a survival space available under or beside a strong structural objects. Do not use stairs : When an earthquake happens, outside stairs may shake differently from main building frame and when this is going on, stais and building frame can collide and collapse resulting in injury of a person who was on the stairs. Stair is a part that can be most severly impacted from a building. Even if it is not immediately collapsed, it can start falling under the weight of people. If possible, please evacuate outside the building and if inside the building, please go toward outer wall : There is more possibility of the clearway being blocked by debris the more you go into the building. It is likely that there may be some survival space that can be created near outer wall and is more easy to be rescued after collapse, but if it is made of glass, please take heed. Copying paper, newspaper, and other paper heaps is a good place that can be created as survival space, so please evacuate near paper piles. 2 내진설계가 In small 되어 buildings 있지 that 않은 does 소형건물에서는 not have any aseismic design 2, 3 rd floor is safer than 1 st floor, so please evacuate to upstairs Wood is flexible and easy to move as same direction the earthquake forced, so wooden houses are most safe when earthquake takes place. Even if the building collapses, there can be more survival space made so please act according to explanation 1 above. If a building is made of brick, brick can easily be broken down and cause injuries but compared to concrete buildings, it is less likely to cause death by body being pressured, so please act according to explanation 1 above. When earthquake happens while you re sleeping on the bed, please roll down from the bed and act according to explanation 1 above. If you were watching TV or you are not able to escape quickly through a door or window, please from a shape of fetal beside a sofa or big chair. If the front door s pillar had broken, please be careful of collapse of ceiling. In school, please evacuate under or beside the desk. 3 자동차 Inside 안에서는 cars Under the overpass, car can become broken completely when elevated bed plate falls out. Escape fast when under an overpass or when you don t have time, come out of car and lie down or sit down beside a car. (When there was suspection of a real earthquake site, aside from when upper support columns are fallen directly to the car, there seems to be space in height of 1 meter beside the car for survival.)