If you are in the house after the earthquake and you need help it is possible that relief and rescue workers may not be able to reach your area immediately, as a result, you can protect your own and your relative’s life with observing some recommendations.
The Operations that should not be done:
-Don’t turn on electric key, and if you smell gas, don’t use match and lighter and uncovered-flame systems.
-Don’t touch fallen electrical wire or the objects that are in touching with them.
-Use telephone at necessary time. Prevent eating uncovered-foodstuffs near broken windows.
-Don’t cook at house and use coal’s brazier outside building.
-Don’t go out for surveying, keep open the street for traverse of transport services.
-Don’t move injured people, otherwise their situation is dangerous.
The operations that should be done:
-Make yourself ready for aftershocks.
- Control injured for first-aid.
- Control firing’s dangers If you smell gas close gas at main switches.
- Control the electrical supplies and building’s wiring affairs and turn off electrical fuse.
-Control the water’s pipes, if they were broken or water leaks, close water at main switches.
-Control sewage’s pipes, if they were broken, don’t use lavatory’s water.
- Control building based on destruction, if it seems dangerous, leave there.
-Don’t use elevator If it is possible.
-Wear safe shoe and clothes after an intensive earthquake.
- Glass’s pieces may be thrown around .
-Use portable and automobile radio for receiving the latest information.
-Open the closed doors, open the cabinets cautiously and be careful of falling of the objects.
-Reply positively to request of police and fire station, the Red Crescent and also the rest of organs.
- You should have sincere cooperation with rescue workers.
-Be confident from the healthy of your family and help them in necessary time with observing safety points.
Safety recommendations after an earthquake in official buildings
After earthquake’s occurring, if you are in department with remembrance of some safety directions and with their help, you can try to save your own and your cooperators life.
-When you smell gas, prevent touching electrical keys or turning on electrical and gas systems, because it may produce a spark and its gas inflames the broken pipes.
-Inform fire station officials by breaking a glass on alarm bell during firing.
Use telephone if necessary.
-Don`t smoke.
-Get away from the unstable regions of building that have descend and also get away from dangerous and insecure places.
-Use radio for gaining the latest and emergency information.
-Because of probable next shaking, stay in your safe place and don’t try to exit from the place some moments after main shaking.
Safety recommendation after an earthquake at schools
With previous recommendations, you learn how to make schools resistant based on safety points? Now, you will learn about your duty for helping your own and others after an earthquake?
-When you smell gas, prevent touching electrical keys or turning on electrical and gas systems, because it may produce a spark and its gas inflames the broken pipes.
-Inform fire station officials by breaking a glass on alarm bell during firing.
-Use telephone if necessary
-Get away from the unstable regions of building that have descend and also get away from dangerous and insecure places.
-Use radio for gaining the latest and emergency information.
-Because of probable next shaking, stay in your safe place and don’t try to exit from that place some moments after main shaking.
The safety recommendations for Public places
In this part we teach you how to make yourself secure against dangers when you are in public places
Outside the building
-If you are outside walking near the building, take shelter under the door’s, shop’s and building’s frame and protect your own from objects such as brick, stone’s view and glass and building’s decorations that might fall on you.
-Take shelter away from the building’s balcony, tress, broken walls and objects that might fall on you, also shops and windows.
-Get away from tall buildings, deck bridges and high voltage cables also near street light poles.
-In narrow streets and alleys, sit against an outside wall of a single-story building and put your hands on your head and neck.
Inside automobile:
During an earthquake in a moving vehicle pull over to the right side of the street at safe place and remain there until shaking is over. Be sure that your safe place is away from trees and under pedestrian bridges and crossover, the street light poles and high voltage cables and tall building. Stay at your authomobile and in the mood of sitting, lean your head over your knees and cover your head with your hands. The authomobile’s radio should be turned on for gaining the latest emergency information, and stay at your authomobile until the earthquake stops during an earthquake.
In the shop:
If you are in the shop, don’t rush toward exits, sit in safe place away from the objects that might fall on you and cover your head with your hands. Don’t take shelter under the shop facades or near shop windows.
In Cinema:
During an earthquake in public places, such as cinema, theater, sport saloon, crowd’s rushing toward exits is dangerous. So find a place for sheltering. Otherwise, remain on your chair, lean your head over your knees and cover it with your hands.
(Source: IIEES website)
