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Majoreart
hquakescancausedisrupt
ionsinourdail
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howmuchar ewepr epar
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il
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ofti
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lsigni
fi
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mineour
resi
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iencyshoulda7.2magnitudeearthquakehitMetroMani l
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Everyoneandanyonei satriskasthi
scat astr
ophi
ceventknowsno
boundary.Havi
ngt hi
sinmind,theMetropoli
tanManil
aDevelopment
Authori
tyi
sspearheadi
ngaregion-
wideMetroMani l
aShakeDri
llon30
Jul
y2015atexact l
y10:30a.
m.

TheAgencydevelopedthefol
l
owingwebsit
es:www.beprepar
edmetr
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manil
a.com andwww. metr
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.com t
opr ovi
deinf
orma-
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iontohelpimproveourawarenessandpromotesafet
yinthi
stypeof
hazar
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Sugges
tedi
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thquakeDr
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lforChurches
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ques
,
andOtherPl
acesofWorshi
p
Li
feSaf
ety:Dr
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dDr
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Bef
oret
heDr
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Toparti
cipateintheeart
hquakedri
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her
eisaneedtor egi
steryourpar-
1 i
sh,churchorcongr egat
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omanil
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of
fi
cialpart
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pantwi t
hdetai
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sonthenumberofpar
ti
ci
pantsandt hefocal
per
son( s)t
ol eadthedri
ll
.
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oret
heDr
il
l:

Announcetheschedul
eddr i
lldur
ingchurchser
vices,progr
amsofchur
chowned
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l
i
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ost
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onsandi
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l
s:
nbull
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nboardsinsidechur
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ch

-Dat
eandt
imeoft
heShakeDr
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l
;

-Roleofeachpari
shi
onersandorchurchmembersandthechurc
hheadi.
e.,
pri
est
s,pastor
s,l
ayminist
ers,i
mam.Itisadvi
sabl
ethatf
rom t
hesegr
oup,publ
i
c
saf
etyof
fi
cersmaybedes i
gnated.

-How tocorr
ect
lyperf
orm Duck(Drop)
,CoverandHol
dposi
ti
onwhereverthey
are.Thi
scanbedonebytak i
ngcoverbeneat
hastur
dyt
abl
eorseatandcover
ing
yourheadwit
hyourhandsandarms .

(Opti
onal
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om www.metr
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eal
i
sti
cear
thquak
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ect
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ingt
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ur
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tt
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experi
encinganear t
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leonc hurchwil
ll
ikelybeonaSundayordur i
nga
scheduleddayofwor shi
p.

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eli
gious organi
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ons,wi
ththei
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ht he l
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ani
i
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hur
ont
chs
oot
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acyofthe
church.

Haveanas sessmentofwhatt hi
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6 br
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et
,et
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om poss
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:

Det
ermi
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ect
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esoft
hedr
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.Whatwoul
dyoul
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ket
otest
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1
Howwi llyoudir
ectthepeopl
einsi
detheplac eofworshi
paftertheshaki
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2 sidert
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tai
nfactor
ssuchaslocat
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ruct
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type,ageofst
ruc
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turewil
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luenceyourdeci
si
onsregardi
ngwhatt odoafteranearthquake.

Prepareahead.Sec ur
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ftheyareof
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Dur
ingt
hedr
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l:

Atexact
l
y10:30a.m.onJuly30,2015cont
i
nuousl
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soruse
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Playaudiorecor
dingofarumbl
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ngear
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theoneyou
2 downloaded)ony ourPA.

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ceever
yonet
oper
for
mtheDuck(
Drop)
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ingt
heDr
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l:

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ter45seconds,st
opt
hebel
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ignal
thatt
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opped.
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et othes af
erareabasedonthe
6 evacuat
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ethatourmantr
ai stoPrepare,Survi
veandRecover
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ter
naterout
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7 pat
hwayisunsaf
eordeemeddangeroustouse.

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leexi
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es af
elyandqui
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ngthe4uni
ver
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lyaccept
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uationRules:Don
tT al
k!DontPush!Don
tRun!andDon
t
TurnBack!

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ethatnobodyis
10 l
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ndandev eryoneisaccountedfor
.Ex t
raeffor
tinassi
stanc
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gi
ventokids,PWD,el derl
yastheyarethemos tvul
nerabl
eduri
nganearthquake.

Thi
ngst
oConsi
der
:

Prayhar
dandbethankf
ult
oaverysuccess
fulShakeDri
ll
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hquakeconc
erns
1 shoul
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toft
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ayer
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ionsduri
ngservi
ce.
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tert
heDr
il
l:

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c h,l
eadof
fi
cersandt
hosewhohavesomet
hingtosay
1 abouttheexerci
seanddiscusswhatworkedwel
landwhatpr
obl
emsarose.

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etyOf
fi
cershoul
dimmedi
atel
yconductapost
-dr
il
las
sessment
.
2
Di
scusst
hel
essonsl
ear
nedi
ntheexer
cis
e.
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uatetheconductofthedri
l
lbylooki
ngintothedet
ail
soft
heexer
ciseandby
4 i
dent
if
yi
mentf
ngposs
or
m.
i
bleareasfori
mprovement.Thi
smaybedoneus i
ngapostases
s-

Schedul
ear
egul
arear
thquakedr
il
liny
ourr
espect
i
vechur
chesatl
eastonc
ea
5 year
.

PostEval
uat
ion:Thi
ngst
oPonderon

Morethantheactualeart
hquake,otherpotent
ialhazar
dsmus tbei denti
fi
ede.g.,
1 p
To
hwer
i
n
chur
gsou
t
chval
t
ag
o es
Co
uabl
,
nt
shi
e
df
t
ea
es.Chur
r
:
c
ndot
hl
hers
eader
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ss
ur
i
houl
t
yr
dk
iskspar
nowhowt
ti
cul
arl
yt
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uc
tofpr
hs i
tuat
i
i
cel
ess
ons.

Checkt
hesaf
etyofyourchurchs t
ruct
uresbydetermi
ningi
tsst
ruct
urali
ntegr
it
y
2 wi
t
t
us
ht
.
hehel
pofastr
uctur
alengineer
sandal sot
hrought
hehel
pofmoder nappar
a-

Remembert hatf
ir
standforemost,people
sli
vesarefarmoreimpor
tantt
hanany
-
3 t
hing.Readi
handyinc
lyav
hur
ai
chs
l
t
abl
oc
edi
kr
sast
oomsi
ers
nt
uppl
hes
i
ek
es
i
,f
ir
stai
ndofsit
dk
uat
i
i
tsandf
ons.
oodpackswil
lcomei
n

Tal
ktoot
herf
ait
h-basedgroupsinwhatt
heyhavedoneandshar
elear
ningexper
i-
4 encest
oimpr
oveony ourear
thquakepr
epar
edness.