Tuesday, February 24, 2009

What to do in an earthquake

Generally, the key phrase to remember is "Earthquake: Duck, Cover and Hold!" Here are some official earthquake materials that I believe can help us. Your computer will need an Adobe Acrobat Reader to view some of the downloads:

Video Download:

http://www.archive.org/download/fact_earthquake_psa/fact_earthquake_psa.wmv 

Text Resources:

(a) Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, How to conduct an earthquake drill in school, Phivolcs, May 2005,http://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/news/eqdrill.pdf
(b) American Red Cross, Earthquakes, http://www.redcross.org/services/prepare/0,1082,0_241_,00.html
(c) California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, Earthquake preparedness tips,http://www.oes.ca.gov/CEPM2003.nsf/htmlmedia/dch_drill.pdf/$file/dch_drill.pdf
(d) British Columbia Ministry of Education, School Earthquake Safety Guidebook 2000,http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/capitalplanning/schoolearthquakesafetyguidebook.pdf
(e) UCLA Administrative Information System, AIS Guidelines: Earthquake Preparedness,http://www.ais.ucla.edu/AIS/POLICIES/EQPREP.HTM



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