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Medical,
Fire, Law Enforcement Help During an Emergency
- For any type of emergency,
medical, fire fighting, and / or law enforcement help, call 9-1-1
- Give your name, address,
including community and zip code, and nature of emergency
- Stay on the line until you
are told to hang up
- Stay calm and answer
questions clearly
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Notification
of an Emergency:
If there is an emergency, you
might be given warning in one or more ways.
- Warning sirens are located in
many of the urban areas of the county. You will hear a steady high pitched
tone of the siren for three minutes and repeated several times. When this
occurs, turn on a radio or television to an Emergency Alert System (EAS)
station for further instruction. (The siren system is tested the last
Wednesday of each month, beginning at noon.)
- Emergency service vehicles
with loud speakers may provide emergency warnings
- Tone Alert Radios
- Warnings on televisions
Diagram of Valley's Siren System:
Map
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Map
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Map
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What
to do in case you need to Shelter-In-Place
- First, remain calm.
- If you are outdoors, go
inside immediately (an interior room without windows is preferable).
Bring pets indoors.
- Do not call 911 unless
you are reporting an immediate life-threatening situation.
- Do not attempt to get
your children from their school or day care center. Staff members are
trained to protect your children and will institute shelter-in-place
procedures where they are located.
- Retrieve your Shelter-In-Place kit.
- If the emergency involves hazardous
material, you should do the following:
- Turn off heating and cooling systems.
- Turn off window and other fans
- Close all windows and
doors. Place pre-cut plastic sheeting over windows, and tape in
place.
- Cover cracks under
doors with damp towels. If you have a fireplace, put out the fire
and close the damper.
- If you are instructed
to protect breathing, cover your nose and mouth with a cloth – wet
if possible.
- Continue to listen
carefully to a portable radio for instructions from emergency
officials – after the emergency is over, and the "All
Clear" is given, open windows, turn on fans to ventilate the
house and go outside.
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EAS
Stations
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| Radio |
Television |
| WCAW 680 AM |
WQBE
950 AM or 97.5 FM |
WSAZ
Channel 3 |
WOWK
Channel 13 |
| WCHS
580 AM |
WVSR
102.7 FM |
WCHS
Channel 8 |
WVAH
Channel 11 |
| WVAF
99.9 FM |
WSCW 1410
AM |
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| WKWS 96.1
FM |
WKAZ
107.3 FM |
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| WBES
94.5 FM |
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Shelter-In-Place
Kit - to
aid you when the need arises. A simple kit can be assembled relatively
inexpensively with the following items:
- First Aid Kit
- Flashlight
- Battery operated radio
- Candles
- Matches
- Blankets
- Extra clothing
- Prescription Medication
- A roll of plastic sheeting,
precut to fit any windows in the room.
- A roll of duct tape.
- Bath towels to place under
any openings in doorways (dampen towels first).
- A battery-operated radio,
with extra batteries, tuned to the local Emergency Alert Station (EAS).
- Bottled water and some sort
of snack food.
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