Earthquake Preparedness
Why bother preparing for an earthquake?
it will not be for a long time …
it will not be epicentered here…
it will not be that bad here…
I have so much else to do that is more pressing…
it is too much work . . .
The earthquake preparedness class at De Anza College is a part of the Red Cross first aid class, HLTH57A.
Main sections (see links below) include:
an Earthquake Home Hazards Survey (As a part of preparing for the next earthquake, do a what if? survey of your home.)
a Disaster Plan for a family / roommates (and babysitters, caregivers, overnight guests)
Information is at: HLTH57A
which includes the homework assignments (some of the reading is also listed at this webpage), map to find the classroom, course syllabus (green sheet) and all the reading (there is no textbook to buy for this class).
Try an edit-find function (on some computers you hold down Ctrl, then type the letter F) to ‘search’ this page.
Family (and babysitters, caregivers, overnight guests) Disaster Plan
As a part of preparing for the next earthquake, do a what if? survey of your home
You can find detailed maps (with zoom in capability) of potential road closures, risk of liquefaction and flooding,
at the ABAG link at Earthquake information sources
(Consider having the vet ‘microchip’ your pets, and more…
… Wouldn’t it be easier to transport your cat in a real carrier s/he is used to than in a pillowcase?) Earthquake pets advice
Helping children cope with disaster
store water for after an earthquake
hazardous household chemical mixtures (Many people know that ammonia mixed with bleach creates a toxic gas. Therefore we should not only not mix them to clean, we should store them apart from each other to they can’t spill and mix during the shaking of an earthquake.)