Drop, Roll and Cover (practice and prepare you and your home)

Hazard-specific Preparedness Steps

1. Find out if you live or work in a liquefaction area that may be impacted during an earthquake. While all areas within our region are susceptible to earthquake damage, liquefaction areas may be more vulnerable.
2. Pick safe places in your home where you could drop, cover and hold during an earthquake. Safe places could be under a sturdy table or desk or against an interior wall away from windows, bookcases, or tall furniture that could fall on you. Remember to do the same at work! 
3. Practice drop, cover and hold. If you physically practice you'll have a better chance of remembering what to do during a real earthquake.
4. Have a fire extinguisher available and know when and how to use it. Minimum recommended size: 2A:10BC.
5. Seismically safeguard your home. This could include securing items such as appliances, water heater, book cases, framed pictures, televisions and computers; installing cabinet latches, and securing valuable/sentimental breakable items to shelves with putty.
6. If your home was built before 1977, check to see if the foundation is bolted to the frame.
7. Prepare for the possibility of a tsunamis, power outages and landslides.