Evacuation Procedures
Why should you evacuate?
Examples for evacuation include a gasoline spill into the sewer lines, an accident with a chemical leak, which has a localized hazard potential, flooding, or any situation that poses greater threat to you by staying at home or sheltering in place.
What do you do if you are told to prepare for evacuation?
- DO NOT leave your home immediately
- Stay tuned to radio and/or TV for additional instructions to prepare for evacuation
- Prepare your home for a three (3) day absence
What do you do if you are told to evacuate?
- An evacuation will be ordered only if the community is threatened and there is time to evacuate in a safe and orderly manner. Local officials, through local radio and television, as well as door-to-door announcements, will specify which areas of the community must be evacuated.
- Make sure this order applies to your specific area. If your neighborhood is involved in the evacuation, follow these guidelines:
- Evacuate your area as you have been instructed. Local officials will be stationed at street corners to advise the route to take. Announcements will advise of the nearest shelter
- Pets are not allowed in shelters. Other arrangements for pet sheltering must be arranged, such as dropping your pet with a relative or placing them temporarily in an animal shelter
- Turn your porch light on as you leave your house. Be sure to lock your doors and windows.
- Take necessities listed in the checklist below
- Leave when advised. Use one car per family. Close all car windows and vents. Listen to your car radio for traffic information
- Be sure to consider neighbors who may not have transportation or the elderly persons who may have trouble evacuating
- You may return to your home as soon as the emergency is declared over and it is safe to do so.
- If the emergency involved an airborne hazardous material, open all windows and doors when you return home and stay outside until the building is well ventilated
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