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    This forwarded email contains tips for surviving earthquakes based on the experiences of rescue expert Doug Copp. The key points are: 1) Do not take cover under furniture like desks, instead curl into a fetal position next to a sturdy object to avoid being crushed. 2) Wooden buildings are safest as they are flexible, while concrete slab buildings are most dangerous. 3) If in bed, roll off and take shelter next to it to avoid being trapped or crushed. 4) Stay away from doorways and never go to stairs during a quake.

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    This forwarded email contains tips for surviving earthquakes based on the experiences of rescue expert Doug Copp. The key points are: 1) Do not take cover under furniture like desks, instead curl into a fetal position next to a sturdy object to avoid being crushed. 2) Wooden buildings are safest as they are flexible, while concrete slab buildings are most dangerous. 3) If in bed, roll off and take shelter next to it to avoid being trapped or crushed. 4) Stay away from doorways and never go to stairs during a quake.

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    This forwarded email contains tips for surviving earthquakes based on the experiences of rescue expert Doug Copp. The key points are: 1) Do not take cover under furniture like desks, instead curl into a fetal position next to a sturdy object to avoid being crushed. 2) Wooden buildings are safest as they are flexible, while concrete slab buildings are most dangerous. 3) If in bed, roll off and take shelter next to it to avoid being trapped or crushed. 4) Stay away from doorways and never go to stairs during a quake.

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    This forwarded email contains tips for surviving earthquakes based on the experiences of rescue expert Doug Copp. The key points are: 1) Do not take cover under furniture like desks, instead curl into a fetal position next to a sturdy object to avoid being crushed. 2) Wooden buildings are safest as they are flexible, while concrete slab buildings are most dangerous. 3) If in bed, roll off and take shelter next to it to avoid being trapped or crushed. 4) Stay away from doorways and never go to stairs during a quake.

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    ---------- Forwarded message ----------

    From: muhammad azim khan <muhammadazim.khan@gmail.com>


    Date: 25 August 2010 09:46
    Subject: Fwd: ''TRIAN GLE OF LIFE' - MUST READ!
    To: Yasir Manzoor <myasir14@gmail.com>, khansa kazmi <khansa_kazmi2002@yahoo.com>,
    sibt.ajk@gmail.com, Yasir Ali <yasir_bukhari@hotmail.com>, ahmad shiraz
    <mshiraz79@yahoo.com>, nadiabutt2001 <nadiabutt2001@yahoo.com>, israrabbasi82
    <israrabbasi82@gmail.com>, raja shoaib <shoaibrajaa@yahoo.com>, saima fareed
    <saimaprcs@yahoo.com>, doctor afsheen <doctor_afsheen2000@yahoo.com>,
    naqvizohryn@yahoo.com, Mohammad Iqbal <miqbal-prcs@hotmail.com>, Mukhtar Qureshi
    <mukhtarq@yahoo.com>, Muhammad Atif <atif.ajk@gmail.com>, syed Shahid kazmi
    <kazmicbdrr@gmail.com>, Farooq Masih <farooq72pk@yahoo.com>

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------


    From: Tariq Masud <masudt@gmail.com>
    Date: Aug 24, 2010 7:08 PM
    Subject: Fwd: ''TRIAN GLE OF LIFE' - MUST READ!
    To: "brig:Ilyas khan" <mikahn471@hotmail.com>, Sarah Ashchenaz <sarah.nhq@prcs.org.pk>,
    muhammad azim khan <muhammadazim.khan@gmail.com>

    ----------

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------

     
    Subject: Earthquake Survival Tips

    FROM DOUG COPP'S ARTICLE ON THE: 'TRIANGLE OF LIFE'

    My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of the American
    Rescue Team International (ARTI), the world's most experienced rescue team. The
    information in this article will save lives in an earthquake.

    I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with rescue teams from 60 countries,
    founded rescue teams in several countries, and I am a member of many rescue teams from
    many countries.

    I was the United Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation for two years. I have worked at
    every major disaster in the world since 1985, except for simultaneous disasters.

    The first building I ever crawled inside of was a school in Mexico City during the 1985
    earthquake. Every child was under its desk. Every child was crushed to the thickness of
    their bones. They could have survived by lying down next to their desks in the aisles. It was
    obscene, unnecessary and Iwondered why the children were not in the aisles. I didn't at the
    time know
    that the children were told to hide under something. I am amazed that even today schools
    are still using the "Duck and Cover" instructions- telling the children to squat under their
    desks with their heads bowed and covered with their hands. This was the technique used in
    the Mexico City school.

    Simply stated, when buildings collapse, the weight of the ceilings falling upon the objects or
    furniture inside crushes these objects, leaving a space or void next to them. This space is
    what I call the 'triangle of life'. The larger the object, the stronger, the less it will compact.
    The less the object compacts, the larger the void, the greater the probability that the person
    who is using this void for safety will not be injured. The next time you watch collapsed
    buildings, on television, count the 'triangles' you see
    formed. They are everywhere. It is the most common shape, you will see, in a collapsed
    building.

    TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY

    1) Almost everyone who simply 'ducks and covers' when buildings collapse ARE
    CRUSHED TO DEATH. People who get under objects, like desks or cars, are crushed.

    2) Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the fetal position. You should too in an
    earthquake. It is a natural safety/survival instinct. That position helps you survive in a
    smaller void. Get next to an object, next to a sofa, next to a large bulky object that will
    compress slightly but leave a void next to it.

    3) Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction to be in during an earthquake.


    Wood is flexible and moves with the force of the earthquake. If the wooden building does
    collapse, large survival voids are created. Also, the wooden building has less concentrated,
    crushing weight. Brick buildings will break into individual bricks. Bricks will cause many
    injuries but less quashed bodies than concrete slabs. Concrete slab buildings are the most
    dangerous during an earthquake.
    4) If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake occurs, simply roll off the bed. A
    safe void will exist around the bed. Hotels can achieve a much greater survival rate in
    earthquakes, simply by posting a sign on the back of the door of every room telling
    occupants to lie down on the floor, next to the bottom of the bed during an earthquake.

    5) If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily escape by getting out the door or
    window, then lie down and curl up in the fetal position next to a sofa, or large chair.

    6) Almost everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings collapse is killed. How? If
    you stand under a doorway and the doorjamb falls forward or backward you will be
    crushed by the ceiling above. If the door jam falls sideways you will be cut in half by the
    doorway. In either case, you will be killed!

    7) Never go to the stairs. The stairs have a different 'moment of frequency (they swing
    separately from the main part of the building). The stairs and remainder of the building
    continuously bump into each other until structural failure of the stairs takes place. The
    people who get on stairs before they fail are chopped up by the stair treads ? horribly
    mutilated. Even if the building doesn't collapse, stay away from the stairs. The stairs are a
    likely part of the building to be damaged. Even if the stairs are not
    collapsed by the earthquake, they may collapse later when overloaded by fleeing people.
    They should always be checked for safety, even when the rest of the building is not
    damaged.

    8) Get Near the Outer Walls Of Buildings Or Outside Of Them If Possible - It is much
    better to be near the outside of the building rather than the interior. The farther inside you
    are from the outside perimeter of the building the greater the probability that your escape
    route will be blocked.

    9) People inside of their vehicles are crushed when the road above falls in an earthquake
    and crushes their vehicles; which is exactly what happened with the slabs between the
    decks of the Nimitz Freeway. The victims of the San Francisco earthquake all stayed inside
    of their vehicles. They were all killed. They could have easily survived by getting out and
    lying in the fetal position next to their vehicles. Everyone killed would have survived
    if they had been able to get out of their cars and sit or lie next to them. All the crushed cars
    had voids 3 feet high next to them, except for the cars that had columns fall directly across
    them.

    10) I discovered, while crawling inside of collapsed newspaper offices and other offices with
    a lot of paper, that paper does not compact. Large voids are found surrounding stacks of
    paper.

    In 1996 we made a film, which proved my survival methodology to be correct. The Turkish
    Federal Government, City of Istanbul , University of Istanbul Case Productions and ARTI
    cooperated to film this practical, scientific test. We collapsed a school and a home with 20
    mannequins inside. Ten mannequins did 'duck and cover,' and ten mannequins I used in
    my 'triangle of life' survival method. After the simulated earthquake collapse we crawled
    through the rubble and entered the building to film and document the results.

    The film, in which I practiced my survival techniques under directly observable, scientific
    conditions, relevant to building collapse, showed there would have been zero percent
    survival for those doing duck and cover.

    There would likely have been 100 percent survivability for people using my method of the
    'triangle of life.' This film has been seen by millions of viewers on television in Turkey and
    the rest of Europe , and it was seen in the USA , Canada and Latin America on the TV
    program Real TV.

    Spread the word and save someone's life... The entire world is experiencing natural
    calamities; so be prepared!

     
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    __,_._,___
    --
    Hameed Farooq

    --
    Regards,
    Tariq Masud

    Chairman,
    Pakistan Red Crescent Society (AJK Branch)
    Mobile: +92 (302) 577 0328

    --
    Regards,

    Muhammad Azim Khan


    Secretary
    PRCS AJK State Branch
    Muzaffarabad
    Cell:- 92-0300-4946433
    Office 92-822-433569
    Fex 92-822-434813

    --
    Yasir Manzoor
    Disaster Management Manager
    PRCS AJ&K State Branch
    Muzaffarabad, A.K
    Tell off # +92-5822-433567 Ext. 806
    Fax # +92-5822-434813
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