5 February 2012
About Public Disaster Shelters
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Make a prepared weighted statement. If the process of communication during the crisis is postponed, then control of events is lost. News first release should contain at least the answers to the questions of “When and what had happened?”, “What was the supposed cause?,” and “Who is in charge of dealing with the problem?” Speaker of the company must have a prepared statements for external audiences. The appropriate steps to take in preparing for and implementing short-term in-place sheltering depend entirely on the emergency situation. The basic principle of public disaster communications is not to gloss over the event, and to do all the talk as soon as possible.
For instance, during a tornado warning you should go to an underground room, if such a room is available. During a chemical release, on the other hand, you should seek shelter in a room above ground level. Because of these differences, short-term in-place shelter is described in the chapters dealing with specific hazards. See the chapters on “Thunderstorms” and “Hazardous Materials Incidents” for more information. The remainder of this chapter describes steps you should take to prepare for long-term in-place sheltering and for staying in a mass care shelter if you evacuate.