Make your home more resistant to earthquake damage by assessing its structure and contents.
Has it been retrofitted? Important to know if it was built before 1980 under older building codes, which would mean it is less resistant to earthquake damage.Check on faults near your home with CEA’s county by county earthquake risk map. Ask Your LandlordĪsk your landlord how your rental home has been strengthened to guard against earthquakes. Make sure that you both understand how these necessary safety elements may affect your security deposit. Before installing straps or bracing to walls, ask the landlord if there is a method they prefer or if they want a maintenance person to perform the work. Work with your landlord to have appliances that came with your rental secured. Keep heavy or unstable items away from doors and escape routes. Move things that can fall on you away from where you spend a lot of time. Move heavy objects or large items to the floor or low shelves. Prepare Your Rental Home for an Earthquake
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You can also use QuakeHOLD! Museum putty to keep delicate items in place. Move small breakable valuables to lower open shelves with lip guards, Velcro adhesives or to locked cabinets. Secure cabinets to wall studs use latches to keep cabinet doors from flying open during an earthquake. Strap bookcases and shelves to walls to prevent tipping. Strap down televisions, computers and other expensive or hazardous electrical components. Do not hang heavy objects over beds, or other places you spend time such as couches in your living room, desks in your home office, or the table in your dining room. Securely fasten or relocate heavy pictures and mirrors over furniture. Secure ceiling fans, pendant lighting and other hanging lighting fixtures. Strap heavy items like bookcases and shelves to walls to prevent falling. FurnitureĪnchor heavy mirrors and pictures over chairs, and couches with wire through eye screws into studs. Use latches to keep cabinet doors from flying open during an earthquake. Strap ovens and refrigerators to the walls. Your KitchenĮnsure that gas appliances have flexible connections.
Purchase an authorized strap kit from your hardware store. Water heaters should be braced consistent with California law. Watch this educational video for the best way to make your home safe. Securing your space can help keep your family safer and prevent the injury of your loved ones. Next prepare your earthquake safety kit and gather essential supplies. Your home’s earthquake safety review ranks high on your disaster preparation checklist. To be truly prepared for the next earthquake, evaluate the safety of your home. Think about what heavy items could be thrown around or tipped over in your own home. The shaking from a major earthquake can move almost everything inside your home.Īccording to a UCLA study, the majority of the injuries from the damaging 1994 Northridge Earthquake were from heavy furniture and household objects falling on people. Prepare Your Home Against Earthquake Damage
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