EARTHQUAKE PHASES

ALARM PHASE

1. The alarm phase During this phase students and staff are alerted by a loud warning device, most likely the school bell. This must be a pre-arraqnged signal known by all so that the response will be immediate.

RESPONSE PHASE

2. The response phase In this phase everyone should head for cover - students should get under their desks, tables, chairs or under the door jamb. They should make sure to move away from windows, glass or light fixtures, which pose a serious threat to the student if it should break or get loose. If there is no cover available then the student should crouch and try to protect his/her head.

EVACUATION PHASE

3. The evacuation phase After remaining in each respective safe-place until the shaking stops, students and teachers should then evacute the school building(s). The evacuation proceeds through pre-determined safe routes and the evacuees should then gather outside in a safe area, away from buildings. For instance, this safe area can be the playfield, the netball court or the basketball court, once the area is away from buildings, trees and even poles. This safe area is called the assembly point.

ASSEMBLY PHASE

4. The assembly phase At the assembly point the evacuees must be grouped in order. For example, classes are grouped together and even further grouped in alphabetical order or in order as they appear in their respective classrooms.

HEADCOUNTING PHASE

5. The head count phase - otherwise called the roll call phase. During the head count phase teachers determine if everyone is present. This can be done by calling from the register the names of students and ticking off those present. In the event of a real earthquake, a search and rescue team would have to be dispatched to look for those who are missing.

EVALUATION PHASE

6. The evaluation. After the head count there should be an evaluation, where the school identifies the snags in the drill, problem areas or potential problem areas and then can further aim to rectify these problems for a future earthquake drill. Once these steps are taken in planning an earhquake drill then students and school staff will be more prepared for the unpredictable strike of an earthquake and loss to life and limb will be lessened.

TSUNAMI

A tsunami (plural: tsunamis or tsunami; from Japanese: , lit. "harbor wave";[1] English pronunciation: /sunmi/ soo-NAH-mee or /tsunmi/ tsoo-NAH-mee[2]) is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, typically an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions (including detonations of underwater nuclear devices), landslides, glacier calvings, meteorite impacts and other disturbances above or below water all have the potential to generate a tsunami.[3]

ASSIGNMENT IN ENVI. SCIENCE

SUBMITTED BY: HANNAH MIKHAILA M. CUMPIO GRADE 7-GALILEO STUDENT

SUBMITTED TO: MRS.LUCELLE BADION TEACHER