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How To Secure Your Furniture

EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS TIPS California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Secure Tabletop Objects

. TVs, stereos, computers, lamps and chinaware can be secured with buckles In an earthquake in our and safety straps attached to the tabletop area, you are more (which allows for easy movement of the units when needed) or with hook and likely to be injured or loop fasteners glued to both the table and killed by falling objects the unit. than by a collapsing . Glass and pottery objects can be building! secured with nondrying putty or microcrystalline wax.

Secure Items in Your Kitchen Protect Yourself from

. Use child-proof latches, hook and eye Broken Glass latches or positive catch latches, designed for boats, to secure your . Replace your windows with ones made cabinet doors. from safety glass or cover them with a strong shatter-resistant film. Be sure you . Make sure your gas appliances have use safety film and not just a solar filter. flexible connectors to reduce the risk of fire. Secure Overhead Objects . Secure your refrigerator to prevent movement. . Ceiling lights and fans should be additionally supported with a cable bolted to the ceiling joist. The cable Anchor Your Furniture should have enough slack to allow it to sway. . Secure the tops of all top-heavy furniture such as bookcases and file Framed pictures, especially glass- cabinets to the wall. Be sure to anchor to covered, should be hung from closed the stud, not just to the plasterboard. hooks so that they can’t bounce off. Flexible fasteners such as nylon straps Only soft art such as tapestries should be allow tall objects to sway without falling placed over beds and sofas. over, reducing the strain on the studs.

Kentucky Division of Emergency Management Earthquake Preparedness Program How To Secure Your Furniture

Kentucky Division of Emergency Management Earthquake Preparedness Program