make a plan || deciding to stay or go || school and workplace || neighborhoods and apartments || in a high rise || in a moving vehicle

Overview

• Note where the closest emergency exit is.
• Be sure you know another way out in case your first choice is blocked.
• Take cover against a desk or table if things are falling.
• Move away from file cabinets, bookshelves or other things that might fall.
• Face away from windows and glass.
• Move away from exterior walls.
• Determine if you should stay put, "shelter-in-place" or get away.
• Listen for and follow instructions.
• Take your emergency supply kit, unless there is reason to believe it has been contaminated.
• Do not use elevators.
• Stay to the right while going down stairwells to allow emergency workers to come up.