In recent years, the earthquake situation in Vietnam has tended to increase in both frequency and intensity (According to the Institute of Geophysics). Most recently, this afternoon (March 28), a earthquake of more than 7 on the Richter scale in Myanmar caused strong shaking in many areas in Vietnam, especially Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
According to the community guidelines of the Fire Prevention and Fighting and Rescue Police Department, to stay calm and not panic when an earthquake occurs, people need to pay attention to the following measures:
1. If you are in areas with frequent earthquake warnings, you should proactively prepare emergency items such as flashlights, radios, warm clothes, blankets, first aid settings, medicine, bottled water and food that are not prone to damage and keep the area easy to see, easy to take precautions when an earthquake occurs.
2. Stay calm and protect yourself
- When receiving early warning from the authorities, proactively open doors, entrances and windows to ensure escape. If a landslide occurs, they can quickly escape.
- If you are indoors but cannot get out in time, hide under tables, cabinets, beds, or the nearest reinforced area to avoid items and objects falling from above.
- If you are in the kitchen area, quickly turn off the heat, turn off the gas valve and get out of the kitchen area.
3. Check the safety of relatives and neighbors around by calling their names or if they can move in a safe area, search around.
4. Regularly check information on the radio or other means to be able to update information.
5. instruct people to stay away from areas with many high-rise buildings or high-rise buildings due to possible further earthquakes, causing those areas to be at risk of collapse and collapse. Note not to use cars (except for some areas such as mountainous areas).
6. If there is a fire, explosion, or accident or incident, everyone should call out to put out the fire and rescue people together, and call the Fire Prevention and Rescue Police force at 114 to promptly handle the situation.
7. Reserving daily necessities
- There will usually be no outside support in the first days after the disaster occurs. Therefore, proactively store necessities to help your family and those around you to overcome immediate difficulties.
- Collecting natural disaster information and damage information proactively reporting to local authorities.
8. Comply with the instructions of competent authorities and local authorities
- Comply with rules in community activities in displaced areas, the spirit of mutual support and help.
- Always be careful when eating, drinking or living together, paying attention to the elderly and children to avoid epidemics.
- Continue to be vigilant for aftershocks.
