How can you prepare?
3 Simple Steps

1. Get a Kit

2. Make a Plan

3. Get Informed

Shelter-in-Place

One of the instructions you may be given during an emergency is to shelter-in-place. This means you should stay indoors until officials tell you it is safe or you are told to evacuate.

Try to stay calm and go indoors immediately.
Bring your pets inside.
Close and lock all windows and exterior doors.
Turn off all fans, heating and air conditioning systems. Close the fireplace damper.
Go to a small, interior room, with no or few windows. Seal all cracks around the door and any vents into the room.
It is ideal to have a hard-wired telephone in the room you select (cell phone networks may be overwhelmed or damaged during an emergency).
Bring your family Emergency Supplies Kit.
Listen to your radio or television for further instructions or updates.
If you are in your car, close windows and turn off vents and air conditioning.