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<br />How to Shelter-in-Place. <br />One of the basic instructions you may be given in a chemical emergency is to shelter-in-place. This is a <br />precaution to keep you and your family safe while remaining in your home. <br />• Go indoors immediately. <br />• Go into a room with the fewest doors and windows. <br />• Take your Disaster Supplies Kit with you. <br />• Seal gaps and cracks under doorways and windows with wet towels and duct tape. <br />• Listen to local radio or television stations, or a NOAA Weather Radio, for instructions. <br />• If time permits, close off nonessential rooms such as storage areas, laundry rooms, and extra <br />bedrooms. <br />• Seal gaps around air conditioning units, bathroom and kitchen exhaust fans, and stove and dryer <br />vents with duct tape and plastic sheeting, wax paper, or aluminum wrap. <br />• Stay in the room and listen to your radio or television until you are told all is safe, or you are told to <br />evacuate. Local officials may call for evacuation in specific areas at greatest risk in your community. <br />Following the advice 0f local authorities is your safest choice. <br />• If you are told there is danger 0f explosion, close the window shades, blinds, or curtains. To avoid <br />injury, stay away from the windows. If windows break due to the explosion, the shades will help <br />prevent glass from shattering into your home. <br />• You can provide a minimal amount of breathing protection by covering your mouth and nose with a <br />damp cloth. Many chemicals can cause damage to breathing passages. <br />• Immediately after the shelter-in-place announcement, fill bathtubs or large containers for an <br />additional water supply, and turn off the intake valve to the house. Water supplies may become <br />contaminated. Preserve the water you have available. <br />• Avoid eating or drinking any food or water that may be contaminated. Injury may occur from eating <br />or drinking toxic chemicals. <br />