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EMERGENCY DISASTER PREPAREDNESS -
Connecting and Working TOGETHER So We Can Reach Out In the Midst of Upcoming
Potential Disasters in This Region
- Grace Wiebe
For many years we have been aware of the dangers of this region regarding potential earthquakes and other disasters which have been happening more frequently - landslides, floods, etc. As disasters are increasing around the world and in our nation, in accordance with Scripture, it seems it would helpful for believers to work together so that we can minister to those around us in these times.
Some in this region are sensing that it could indeed be soon that we experience some major shakings here and in the Pacific Northwest / Lower Mainland region.
Therefore I am wondering whether there are various ones
receiving this newsletter who:
+ know of local Christians or Christian groups that are already involved in
disaster preparedness
+ know of folks that know what is being done in various regions to prepare
+ are interested in connecting with other believers in the Lower Mainland
(especially in their own localities) that sense God wanting them to potentially
work together to prepare for upcoming disasters so that we as believers can
indeed potentially be a blessing to those around us if/when we go through
disasters in this region.
If you are able to help provide training in some of these things, or are able to help facilitate, or contribute your gifts/experience/abilities or means in other ways, perhaps you might wish to also include that information.
I would be interested in your thoughts/comments/ideas/information about this...
A few online resources for you below...
Many blessings,
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Help When
You Need It Most
When Disaster Strikes
What Should I Do?—Follow the Seven Steps to Earthquake
Safety
STEP 1. Identify potential hazards in your home and begin to fix them. ¨
STEP 2. Create a disaster-preparedness plan. ¨
STEP 3. Create disaster kits.
STEP 4. Identify your building's potential weaknesses and begin to fix them.
¨STEP 5. Protect yourself during earthquake shaking.
STEP 6. After the quake, check for injuries and damage.
¨STEP 7. When safe, continue to follow your disaster-preparedness plan.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/earthquakes/archive/quakedrill.dtl
CPR
Learn
CPR -
CPR Pocket Guide
to put on your wall
Red
Cross Guidebook on Disaster Preparedness
check out more specific and helpful info on earthquakes and tsunamis and hurricanes
and floods, which are the most likely in this region...
Disaster
Preparedness
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CONTENTS
I checked out "urban legends' to find out whether
this was an urban legend, and in my search I found this web site. Doug Copp
is the Exec. Director of American RescueTeam http://www.amerrescue.org/knowledge.htm
About the article below, the web site above states:
"It has come to ARTI's attention that various e-mail
messages are circulating which attempt to describe and advocate the Triangle
of Life survival method. ARTI is happy to encourage the circulation of information
about the Triangle of Life and the characterization of the method is substantially
correct in the messages. However, the best source of information about the
Triangle of Life is this website, and there are two problems with the messages
that are being circulated. First, the messages indicate that ARTI Chief Doug
Copp is their author, and he is not. Doug was not consulted about the messages
and does not know their orgin or author. In addition, the messages indicate
that Doug is or has been a member of three international organizations namely
UNICEF, ONU and OEA. In fact, Doug is not a member of any of these organizations,
although he has worked cooperatively with them in the past and supports their
efforts. ARTI asks that the author of these messages contact Doug Copp to
pursue further cooperation or, in the alternative, that the messages not be
written so as to imply ARTI or Doug Copp is the author and that they not characterize
ARTI or Doug Copp's background or methodology, but rather rely on direct quotations
from and links to this website."
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How to survive in an Earthquake
This makes very interesting reading. It goes against everything you've probably
been told about how to survive an earthquake. In this time of earthquakes,
tsunamis, mud slides etc... read this.. it may save your life Then pass it
along to anyone you would like to be alive after an earthquake.
EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP'S ARTICLE ON THE 'TRIANGLE OF LIFE'
Edited by Larry Linn for MAA Safety Committee brief on 4/13/04.
My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster
Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTI), the world's most
experienced rescue team. The information in this article will save lives in
an earthquake.
I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with
rescue teams from 60 countries, founded rescue teams in several countries,
and I am a member of many rescue teams from many countries. I was the United
Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation for two years. I have worked at every
major disaster in the world since 1985, except for simultaneous disasters
In 1996 we made a film which proved my survival methodology
to be correct. The Turkish Federal Government, City of Istanbul, University
of Istanbul Case Productions and ARTI cooperated to film this practical, scientific
test. We collapsed a school and a home with 20 mannequins inside. Ten mannequins
did 'duck and cover,' and ten mannequins I used in my 'triangle of life' survival
method. After the simulated earthquake collapse we crawled through the rubble
and entered the building to film and document the results. The film, in which
I practiced my survival techniques under directly observable, scientific conditions,
relevant to building collapse, showed there would have been zero percent survival
for those doing duck and cover. There would likely have been 100 percent survivability
for people using my method of the 'triangle of life.' This film has been seen
by millions of viewers on television in Turkey and the rest of Europe, and
it was seen in the USA, Canada and Latin America on the TV program Real TV.
The first building I ever crawled inside of was a school in Mexico City during the 1985 earthquake. Every child was under their desk. Every child was crushed to the thickness of their bones. They could have survived by lying down next to their desks in the aisles. It was obscene, unnecessary and I wondered why the children were not in the aisles. I didn't at the time know that the children were told to hide under something. Simply stated, when buildings collapse, the weight of the ceilings falling upon the objects or furniture inside crushes these objects, leaving a space or void next to them. This space is what I call the 'triangle of life'.
The larger the object, the stronger, and the less it will
compact. The less the object compacts, the larger the void, the greater the
probability that the person who is using this void for safety will not be
injured. The next time you watch collapsed buildings, on television, count
the 'triangles' you see formed. They are everywhere. It is the most common
shape, you will see, in a collapsed building. They are everywhere.
TEN TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY
1) Most everyone who simply 'ducks and covers' when buildings
collapse are crushed to death. People who get under objects, like desks or
cars, are crushed.
2) Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the
fetal position. You should too in an earthquake. It is a natural safety/survival
instinct. You can survive in a smaller void. Get next to an object, next to
a sofa, next to a large bulky object that will compress slightly but leave
a void next to it.
3) Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction
to be in during an earthquake. Wood is flexible and moves with the force of
the earthquake. If the wooden building does collapse, large survival voids
are created. Also, the wooden building has less concentrated, crushing weight.
Brick buildings will break into individual bricks. Bricks will cause many
injuries but less squashed bodies than concrete slabs.
4) If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake
occurs, simply roll off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed. Hotels
can achieve a much greater survival rate in earthquakes, simply by posting
a sign on the back of the door of every room telling occupants to lie down
on the floor, next to the bottom of the bed during an earthquake.
5) If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily escape
by getting out the door or window, then lie down and curl up in the fetal
position next to a sofa, or large chair.
6) Most everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings
collapse is killed. How? If you stand under a doorway and the doorjamb falls
forward or backward you will be crushed by the ceiling above. If the door
jam falls sideways you will be cut in half by the doorway. In either case,
you will be killed!
7) Never go to the stairs. The stairs have a different
'moment of frequency' (they swing separately from the main part of the building).
The stairs and remainder of the building continuously bump into each other
until structural failure of the stairs takes place. The people who get on
stairs before they fail are chopped up by the stair treads horribly mutilated.
Even if the building doesn't collapse, stay away from the stairs. The stairs
are a likely part of the building to be damaged. Even if the stairs are not
collapsed by the earthquake, they may collapse later when overloaded by fleeing
people. They should always be checked for safety, even when the rest of the
building is not damaged.
8) Get Near the Outer Walls Of Buildings Or Outside Of
Them If Possible - It is much better to be near the outside of the building
rather than the interior. The farther inside you are from the outside perimeter
of the building the greater the probability that your escape route will be
blocked
9) People inside of their vehicles are crushed when the
road above falls in an earthquake and crushes their vehicles; which is exactly
what happened with the slabs between the decks of the Nimitz Freeway. The
victims of the San Francisco earthquake all stayed inside of their vehicles.
They were all killed. They could have easily survived by getting out and sitting
or lying next to their vehicles. Everyone killed would have survived if they
had been able to get out of their cars and sit or lie next to them. All the
crushed cars had voids 3 feet high next to them, except for the cars that
had columns fall directly across them.
10) I discovered, while crawling inside of collapsed newspaper
offices and other offices with a lot of paper, that paper does not compact.
Large voids are found surrounding stacks of paper.
Spread the word to everyone YOU care about and save someone's life!"
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What to do in case of an earthquake
EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS
http://www.pep.bc.ca/hazard_preparedness/earthquake_preparedness.html
http://www.tenspider.net/Security/Hazards/T4_Haz_Geo_Quake.html#quake_haz_prepare
30 Days to Prepare for the BIG ONE
PREPARING YOUR HOME FOR AN EARTHQUAKE
Preparing Your Home for an Earthquake - simple things to
do to in advance - very helpful pages!!
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/downloads/is394_4.pdf
http://www.city.new-westminster.bc.ca/residents/emergency/earthquake/areas_of_homes_thats_dangerous.htm
http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/fixit/fixit.html
Picture Hooks to protect
you from heavy pictures falling on you during earthquakes, etc.
http://www.preparedness.com/picmirsaffas.html
http://www.kidsmartliving.com/supampichook.html
http://www.preparedness.com/ampichook.html
http://www.city.new-westminster.bc.ca/residents/emergency/earthquake/areas_of_homes_thats_dangerous.htm
Helping the ELDERLY & DISABLED
In a Disaster
How
to Help Elderly or Disabled People in a Disaster
http://www.ci.san-bernardino.ca.us/fire/earthquake.html#physical
EVACUATIONS
What
to do in an Evacuation
BC Emergency Social
Services - these resources look very helpful!!!
+ ESS
Field Guide
+ ESS Brochures
LA Earthquake Preparedness Handbook
Neighbourhood Emergency Preparedness Services
+++
"Personal Survival Kit"
by Global Net Productions, Inc.
To order, call: 1-866-354-5245 -- Outside of the US? Call: 1-541-926-3250
$29.95
Survival Kit/Combo
1-866-354-5245
1-541-926-3250
This combo pack comes with a 22-minute DVD, and is the most concise and practical
video ever produced on disaster preparedness providing everything you need
to know (available in both English and Spanish). You'll learn how to survive
earthquakes, tsunamis, winter storms, power outages, terrorist attacks, and
chemical and biological hazards etc.
This is not a boring text book--it gives real practical stories and advice from people who survived disasters and is from top disaster preparedness experts. At home, work, school, public events, in the car, shopping, etc., learn how their experiences could help save your life and that of your family. You and your family will want to watch this video and pass it on to others. It also includes a comprehensive checklist that will help you put together a plan.
The Personal Survival Starter Kit includes:
1- 22 min. DVD English and Spanish
1- Elijah List comprehensive checklist and resource guide
1 - Personal 5-year water pack
1 - 12-hour light stick
1 - N95 USDA approved protection mask for pandemic flu etc.
1 - space blanket
PLEASE NOTE: The N95 protection mask has been approved by the USDA for protection from the pandemic bird flu for USDA poultry inspectors. This is one very practical item for people to have; especially for Christian volunteers who may serve the overwhelmed medical community when the pandemic hits. These masks will be very hard to find.
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San Fransiscosco Earthquake Preparedness info/resources
Surrey
Emergency Disaster Homepack
Emergency Social Services - Provincial Emergency Program
Phone toll free within B.C.:
1 800 585-9559
BC Emergency Social Services - these resources look very helpful!!!
Surrey
Emergency Disaster Homepack
+ ESS
Field Guide
+ ESS Brochures
Great Commission Worship & Arts Center