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Hazardous Materials in your home? & Earthquake Preparedness

August 23rd 1998 Posted to Tips

Making your home safer by recognizing and properly storing household hazardous materials.

Household hazardous materials are common everyday products sold in your neighborhood supermarket. Used properly and for their intended use, these items are safe. But when mixed by the violence of Earthquake or fire, these items can become very volatile and can cause serious and even death. In the following page or two, we will try to explain these materials and give general suggestions on proper storage. Hopefully following these guidelines will minimize possible harm to your family and home.

We are going to use the following three categories to group all hazardous materials:

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Driving when Disaster Strikes!

August 23rd 1998 Posted to Tips

Safety Tips for Motorists in Emergencies

All of us suffer from it, the insatiable love affair with our automobiles. Everyday we drive the streets of America not realizing that disaster can strike at any time. But why think about an Earthquake, Hurricane, Flood, Tornado, Blizzard or the Hot Summer Heat when you are already to busy avoiding everybody else on the road with you and some how managing to talk on your cell phone, put on makeup, read the newspaper or shave. Too much to remember? What we are about to tell you is not an only needed, but if you plan on living long enough to make it to tomorrow, you not only need to remember it but you need to properly prepare yourself and your vehicle. I will be the first one to say that these disasters do not happen everyday, but when they do this following information can save your life. After almost every disaster, Search & rescue personnel find victims who might have survived if they had known whether to stay or leave their vehicles. The following tips are for drivers in various emergencies.

Rule #1

DO NOT PANIC! KEEP A COOL HEAD AND REMEMBER THE FOLLOWING:

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