Life Skills

Imagine that you feel tremors or shocks in your locality. What will be your role in saving lives from destruction? List out the Do’s and Don’ts.

The feeling of tremors and shocks may be due to the earthquake. Earthquake causes the tremors or shocks on the surface. When we indulge in saving lives there many much does and don'ts that are to be considered before indulging in the process.

Do’s

• Drop to the ground

Make all the people cover themselves under the table or furniture. We must hold on until the shaking stops. If there is not that much cover, then cover your face and sit in the corner of the building.

• Stay from the glass, windows, outside doors and walls and anything that would fall.

• Stay in bed if nothing is possible and protect your head with a pillow. Try to move to the safest place.

• Do not use elevators. Be aware that electricity may be interrupted and fire alarm may turn off.

• Move to the free land if possible. Try to move to the nearest ground where there are no buildings or electrical posts.

• Avoid stopping the vehicle under the building and do not stay in the car if you are under the building, trees, utility wires etc.

• Proceed cautiously once the earthquake has stopped. Avoid roads and bridges which have been damaged by the earthquake.

Don’ts

• Do not run here and there while there is shaking on the ground. To be in the safer side and away from the danger zone, stay inside if you're inside and stay outside if you're outside.

• Do not stand in a doorway: Earthquake collapses the building then doors and windows collapse. If we stand beside the door, it will be a dangerous place while earthquake.

• Stay away from the electrical wiring. This electrical wiring creates the circuit collapse in the affected area.

• Don't be panic and be in chaos, calm and composed. Panicking makes further problems among the people.

• Don't be in low-level areas and under any shelter for building or trees. Always try to be in high-level areas, these make a better safety for the people.