Disaster Readiness and

Risk Reduction
Quarter 2 – Module 5:
Mitigation Strategies: A Prevention to
loss of Lives and Properties
Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 2 – Module 5: Mitigation Strategies: A Prevention to Loss of Lives and
Properties
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Disaster Readiness and
Risk Reduction
Quarter 2 – Module 5:

Mitigation Strategies: A Prevention to

Loss of Lives and Properties
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction for Grade 11/12
Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Mitigation Strategies: A Prevention
to Loss of Lives and Properties. This module was collaboratively designed,
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 What I Need to Know

Landslides and sinkholes belong to natural disasters that pose physical

and environmental threats in communities near in a landslide area. These
cause disruption of transportation routes, damage of properties, injuries, and
even death. On February 17, 2006, Southern Philippines encountered a
massive landslide that buried a village, recorded 85 deaths and 981 missing
individuals which were assumed dead based on the United Nations Office for
the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs report. To avoid or eliminate such
disaster from happening again, this module will discuss mitigation strategies
including preventive measures to avoid loss of lives and properties.

The Module is intended to equip you with knowledge concerning “Mitigation

Strategies: A Prevention to Loss of Lives and Properties”.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1.Define, identify, and apply mitigation strategies in preventing or
reducing deaths, injuries, property damages, environmental and other
losses from rainfall-induced landslide and sinkhole.
2. Synthesize or create an action plan involving both
prevention/mitigation and adaption/preparedness components.
3. Value the benefits of understanding mitigation strategies and
planning to prevent or reduce the loss of lives and properties.

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 What I Know

Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet
of paper.
1. Which of the following best define mitigation?
a. Mitigation means to decrease the high risk of loss of life or property before the
upcoming disaster.
b. Mitigation refers to action taken to prevent or reduce the risk to lives,
properties, social and economic activities, and natural resources from natural
hazards.
c. Mitigation reduces injuries and loss of life; trauma; damage to property,
equipment and infrastructure; community disruption; and economic,
environmental, and other losses caused by floods and flash floods.
d. All of the above

2. It occurs when the spaces underground become bigger and the layer of bedrock
above it can no longer support the weight above it, a collapse of the land surface
dramatically takes place.
a. groundwater
b. rocks
c. sinkholes
d. none of these

3. Which of the following actions or plans is/are needed to safeguard human life
and property?
a. include a communications plan
b. develop and rehearse a family disaster plan
c. Make a detailed inventory of your personal belongings, home or an
apartment, garage and surrounding property, with photographs or
videotape.
d. All of the above

4. Which among the following is not included in the steps to protect your home from
the next flooding?
a. Purchase flood insurance to protect your financial future.
b. Construct protection barriers to stop floodwater from entering the home.
c. Be relaxed, do not do anything and wait for the barangay officials to do the
precautions needed in your home.
d. Develop a flood response plan based on your flood protection level, local
warning procedures, and the amount of warning time you will have to respond
before the flood comes.

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5. Which is/are the possible way/s to mitigate rainfall-induced landslide in a
landslide prone area?
a. Plant more trees, grasses, and other vegetation to prevent erosion and for
compaction of soil.
b. Do not build your house on or near steep slopes, mountain edges, drainages,
or natural erosion valleys.
c. Build channels for diversion of mud-flow or debris flow to direct the flow
away from your property. Make sure though that diversion does not affect
any
d. All of These

6. Which of the following is NOT an appropriate mitigation to rainfall-induced

landslide?
a. Be familiar with your surroundings.
b. Be updated on news regarding the condition of your area.
c. If escape is not possible, curl into a tight ball and protect your head and hide
in a structure that can serve to protect from debris.
d. Avoid open storm-water drainage and runoff especially when there is a storm
or heavy rainfall.

7. Which of the following show an INAPPROPRIATE action to do DURING rainfall-

induced landslide?
a. Stay on an elevated and sturdy area and avoid low-lying areas and steep
slopes.
b. Be attentive to unusual such as cracking objects, moving debris, and rolling
boulders.
c. Stay away from the path of debris and mud-flow occurs from uplands, and
hillsides areas.
d. Go outside and check for injured or trapped people near the slide, and
flooding and report these immediately to the rescuers or authorities.

8. Which of the following is an inappropriate action to do AFTER landslide?

a. Listen for the latest emergency information.
b. Check for injured and trapped persons near the slide, without entering the
direct slide area.
c. If the landslide is caused by rainfall, watch out for flooding as it will follow
the same path taken by the debris flow.
d. Wait until the structures on and around the sinkhole stops moving and do
not attempt to go back and retrieve your belongings.

9. It doesn’t happen on flat ground because gravity caused the earth to travel
downwards. What is it?
a. Groundwater
b. Landslide
c. Sinkholes
d. Water

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10. Which of these is not a sign of a possible rainfall-induced landslide?
a. Two full moons two nights in a row
b. Soil that loosens and moves away from foundations
c. Cracks or unusual bulges on cemented ground or walls
d. Spring, water see pages, or water saturated grounds in areas
that are not typically wet.

11. Assuming that you are not in immediate danger, which of these is a sensible
thing to do before evacuating your home due to a landslide?
a. run extremely fast
b. get distracted by television or radio
c. panic and scream, causing chaos and disorder
d. turn off all electrical items and the main switch

12. Which of the following is/are warning sign/s that a sinkhole may be forming?
a. discolored water
b. wilting vegetation
c. structural cracks in walls or floors
d. all of the above

13. Which of these can trigger a landslide?

a. an earthquake
b. a heavy rainstorm
c. removal of material from the base of a slope
d. all of the above

14. When is the best time to make an evacuation plan before rainfall-induced
landslide?
a. I don't need an evacuation plan
b. as soon as possible, if not done already
c. while your house is slipping down a hill
d. whenever you have time; the chances of a landslide are very slim

15. What should you do if there is sinkhole in your place?

a. run as if there’s no danger around
b. call a friend and check the bottom of the sinkhole
c. call on emergency hotline and report it immediately
d. ignore it and let people see the sinkhole by themselves

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 Lesson Mitigation Strategies: A
1 Prevention to Loss of Lives
and Properties

What’s In

Direction: Look at the picture below and answer the following questions.

Michael Bueza, LIST: Deadly landslides in the Philippines, Rappler, Published 9:00 AM,
September 22, 2018, https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/212440-list-deadly-
landslides-philippines

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Questions:
1. What can you say about the picture?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
2. Have you experience or witness this kind of disaster? Explain you answer.

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

3. What do you think is the cause of this disaster?

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

4. How are you going to categorize the situation of the disaster in the picture?
Natural disaster or human-made disaster? Explain your thoughts.
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
5. Do we have ways to prevent or avoid this disaster from happening in the future?
If there are, cite some.
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

Notes to the Teacher

This lesson comprises of various activities. Ensure all students
understand the lesson clearly and encourage them to answer
each activity vigorously.

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 What’s New

2012 New Bataan (Compostela Valley) Debris Flow

Rains brought by Typhoon Pablo (Bopha) caused a massive debris flow in

Barangay Andap in New Bataan, Compostela Valley on December 4, 2012.The
flow of mud, boulders, and gravel rushed towards Barangay Andap, which
was on the mouth of a steep mountain drainage network. At least 128 died
and 450 went missing as the village was buried under the debris in the wake
of the disaster.

Image 1. GRIEF. Residents of New Bataan, Compostela Valley identify the remains of victims of
the flooding and landslide in the area, caused by typhoon Pablo (Bopha), on December 5,
2012. Photo by Karlos Manlupig

Michael Bueza, LIST: Deadly landslides in the Philippines, Rappler, Published 9:00 AM,
September 22, 2018, https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/212440-list-deadly-
landslides-philippines

Direction: Read the excerpt above and answer the following questions.
1. What is the article all about?

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

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2. Why do you think the natural disaster killed hundreds of residents from New
Bataan, Compostela Valley?
__________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________

3. Can you think of best ways, plans or precautions to prepare in this kind of
disaster? Cite your answers.
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

What is It

Mitigation involves acting to reduce the risk of life or property damage from a
potentially dangerous incident. There is no way to avoid natural disasters, but people
and organizations may take steps to minimize the harm and losses that they cause.
Furthermore, mitigation is defined by Merriam Webster’s dictionary as process or
result of making something less severe, dangerous, painful, harsh, or damaging. The
National Academies Press describes mitigation as actions taken to prevent or reduce
the risk to life, social and economic, and natural resources from natural hazards.

Programs that intensify nation’s hazard mitigation capabilities includes the

following steps:
1. Protection of schools and hospitals

All new schools and hospitals should be located and constructed to ensure
that high-hazard areas are avoided and that special provisions are made to reduce
the potential for damage by natural hazards. Furthermore, existing school and
hospital buildings should be surveyed to determine their resistance levels to relevant
hazards.
2. Adoption of nonstructural measures

Businesses and households should adopt non-structural mitigation measures

to mitigate casualties from natural hazards and property damage. For example,
furniture and equipment can be easily secured to reduce earthquake injuries and
damage. Other non-structural steps are vegetation management to reduce damage
from wildfires, and structure position away from high-risk areas.
3. Incorporation of mitigation into new development

Local jurisdictions should ensure that new developments are located,

designed and built to resist natural hazards. They should use hazard and risk
assessment information, land use plans and zoning regulations to limit the
development of hazard-prone areas. Compatible uses of floodplains and other
hazardous areas should be incorporated into local planning and zoning so that losses

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are reduced. Such areas could have a high value for recreation, reserves for fish and
wildlife, open space, or other community use.
4. Protection of cultural properties

Mitigation preparation and intervention will include preservation of libraries,

landmarks, historic buildings, art works, and other cultural resources.
5. Protection of natural resources

The mitigation plans and protection measures included in the disaster

response plans should identify particularly valuable natural resources such as
endangered species of wildlife, fish, and plants. These natural resources are not only
present in the wild but also in zoos and parks.
6. Government leadership of mitigation implementation

Government at all levels should set an example by requiring that new facilities
that they fund, regulate, or lease be designed, built, and located in accordance with
modern building codes and sound.
7. Mitigation training

Training programs should be developed and offered with a focus on

contemporary challenges associated with mitigation implementation.
8. Hazard-specific research

Recent disasters showed the advantages of mitigation activities, thus

emphasizing the need for research to improve mitigation practices.

Actions or plans to protect human lives and properties

1. Develop and rehearse a family disaster plan—what to do if you are forced to leave
home.
2. Include a communications plan—how to contact each other if you become
separated.
3. Put emergency supplies together, one set for your home and one set for your car.
Emergency supplies will contain food, water, a kit for first aid, flashlights, a radio
and several batteries. The kit should also have flares and jumper cables inside your
car.
4. Know how to shut off your appliances and keep the resources you need in hand.
Make sure other family members know how to do that, too.
5. Duplicate important documents such as wills, birth certificates, financial
statements, insurance plans and numbers of credit cards. Keep the originals in a
box for safe deposit.
6. Make a detailed inventory of your personal belongings, home or an apartment,
garage and surrounding property, with photographs or videos and store it in a save
place.

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Precautionary Measures for Landslide and Sinkholes
Vulnerability and exposure to geohazards are determined and validated
through scientific tools, visible signs, and maps. Communities are advised to take
precautionary measure to prevent unnecessary damage to lives and properties.

Image 2. “SEEK HIGHER GROUNDS DURING A

LANDSLIDE”,Source:http://www.docstoc.com/
docs/102608843/LANDSLIDE- PREPAREDNESS-AND-SAFETY-MEASURE

Landslides are also known as country slips. If your area is prone to landslide,
plant more trees, grasses, and other vegetation for soil compaction and erosion
prevention. Build mudflow or debris flow diversion channels to steer flow away from
your property. Make sure that diversion does not affect any neighbor or property
and/or result in more substantial damage. Do not build your house on or near steep
slopes, mountain edges, drainages, or natural erosion valleys.
Here are some steps to consider before, during and after a landslide:
A. Before a Landslide
1. Be familiar with your surroundings. Watch for any changes to certain
objects' presence or positions. When there is a sudden debris flow, this
could be a good indicator of an incoming landslide.
2. Avoid open storm-water drainage and runoff as these areas are likely to
receive debris and soil from higher elevations, especially when there is a
storm or heavy rainfall.
3. Be updated on news regarding the condition of your area.
4. Be aware of the disaster plans of your local government.
5. Learn and participate in emergency response and evacuation plans for
your community.

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B. During a Landslide
1. Be attentive to unusual such as cracking objects, moving debris, and rolling
boulders.
2. Stay away from the path of debris. This is more dangerous if mudflow
occurs because it increases in strength as it meets more water from ponds or
streams and it could be aggravated by heavy rain.
3. Stay alert and awake. Listen for unusual sounds that might indicate moving
debris, such as trees cracking or boulders knocking together
4. Stay on an elevated and sturdy area. Avoid low-lying areas and steep slopes.
5. If escape is not possible, curl into a tight ball and protect your head. Find
a structure that can serve to protect you from the flow of debris.

C. After a Landslide
1. Stay away from a slide area as there is still danger of more landslides.
2. Listen for the latest emergency information.
3. Follow warnings and instruction from the local government.
4. If the landslide is caused by rainfall, watch out for flooding as it will follow
the same path taken by the debris flow.
5. Check for injured or trapped people near the slide, and flooding as it will
follow other potential hazards. Report these immediately to the rescuers or
authorities
Sinkhole, also known as a cenote, swallet, swallow hole, or doline. The
sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of surface layer
collapse. Most of them are caused by processes of karst-the chemical dissolution of
carbonate rocks or suffosion. Sinkholes vary in diameter and depth from 1 to 600 m
(3.3 to 2000 ft) and vary in shape from soil-lined bowls to bedrock-edged chasms.
Sinkholes may gradually or suddenly form, and are found all over the world.

In an event that sinkholes are not detected earlier and it appears suddenly,
do the following:
1.Find refuge in a stable ground or open area.
2. Wait until the structures on and around the sinkhole stops moving. Do not
attempt to go back and retrieve your belongings.
3. Wait for the local government’s announcement when it is safe to go back.

After a sinkhole’s appearance, here are the following steps to do:

1. Stay away from the sinkhole.
2. Monitor the damages on objects. For example, if the crack gets longer or
wider the sinkhole may still enlarge.
3. Do not throw anything into the sinkhole. Anything thrown into it may
contaminate the groundwater.

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 4. Secure whatever is left of your properties and relocate to safe grounds,
preferably far from this location because the same bedrock or soil profile may
characterize the vicinities of the sinkhole.

What’s More

Activity A.
Instruction: As a grade 12 students like you, what are the actions or plans
should you take to protect you and your family and property from future
risks? Give 5 mitigation and precautionary measures for rainfall-induced
landslide and sinkhole.

1. ____________________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________________________________

Activity B.

Instruction: List down at least 5 possible examples of precautionary

measures implemented in your area in case of the following:

A. Landslide
1. ____________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________________
B. Sinkhole
1. ____________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________________

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 What I Have Learned

COMPLETE ME!
Direction: Answer the following and write it on your DRRR notebook:

Mitigation is ____________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
I learned that ___________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
I realized that ___________________________________________________________________.
__________________________________________________________________________________
I hope to learn more on __________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
We can mitigate, prevent, or reduce risks through_________________________________

What I Can Do

Direction: Create your own informative flyer or brochure about Mitigation

Strategies on Rainfall-induced Landslide and Sinkhole. Your output will be
graded using the rubrics below.

Exemplary 16-20 Accomplished Developing 6- Beginning 1-5 TOTAL

points 11-15 points 10 points points

Content Flyer addresses all Flyer addresses Flyer has some Flyer is poorly
the necessary some of the good ideas. organized and
elements. Clear and necessary Lacks the difficult to
well organized. elements. necessary understand. Does
Follows pattern. information to not include
make this flyer believable facts.
believable.

Technical Little or no Few spelling and Several spelling Many spelling

grammatical errors grammatical and and grammatical
in the flyer. Clear errors in the grammatical errors in the
and organized. Easy flyer. Good errors in the flyer. Poorly

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 to follow. Good use organization. flyer. Needs organized. Lacks
of visual displays. Some use of more creativity.
visual displays. organization.

Technical Flyer includes little Flyer includes Flyer includes Flyer includes
Criteria of the necessary some of the the necessary more than the
information from necessary information necessary
the instructions. information from from the information from
the instructions. instructions. the instructions.

Completed Did not complete Did not complete Completed most Completed all of
Tasks on the assignments by the assignment of the the assignments
Time the due date. by due date and assignments by by the due date.
was one (1) or the due date.
more days late.

Priscilla Akpaita, Flyer Rubric, BL Better Lesson, 2008

https://betterlesson.com/community/document/819527/flyer-rubric-doc

Assessment

Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet
of paper.

1. Which of the following best define mitigation?

a. Mitigation means to decrease the high risk of loss of life or property before the
upcoming disaster.
b. Mitigation refers to action taken to prevent or reduce the risk to lives,
properties, social and economic activities, and natural resources from natural
hazards.
c. Mitigation reduces injuries and loss of life; trauma; damage to
property, equipment and infrastructure; community disruption; and
economic, environmental, and other losses caused by floods and
flash floods.
d. All of the above
2. It occurs when the spaces underground become bigger and the layer of bedrock
above it can no longer support the weight above it, a collapse of the land surface
dramatically takes place.
a. groundwater
b. rocks
c. sinkholes
d. none of these

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3. Which of the following actions or plans is/are needed to safeguard human life
and property?

a. Which of the following actions or plans is/are needed to safeguard human

life and property?Include a communications plan
b. Develop and rehearse a family disaster plan
c. Make a detailed inventory of your personal belongings, home or an
apartment, garage and surrounding property, with photographs or
videotape.
d. All of the above

4. Which among the following is not included in the steps to protect your home
from the next flooding?

a. Purchase flood insurance to protect your financial future.

b. Construct protection barriers to stop floodwater from entering the home.
c. Be relaxed, do not do anything and wait for the barangay officials to do the
precautions needed in your home.
d. Develop a flood response plan based on your flood protection level, local
warning procedures, and the amount of warning time you will have to
respond before the flood comes.
5. Which is/are the possible way/s to mitigate rainfall-induced landslide in a
landslide prone area?
a. Plant more trees, grasses, and other vegetation to prevent erosion and for
compaction of soil.
b. Do not build your house on or near steep slopes, mountain edges, drainages,
or natural erosion valleys.
c. Build channels for diversion of mud-flow or debris flow to direct the flow
away from your property. Make sure though that diversion does not affect
any
d. All of These
6. Which of the following is NOT an appropriate mitigation to rainfall-induced
landslide?
a. Be familiar with your surroundings.
b. Be updated on news regarding the condition of your area.
c. If escape is not possible, curl into a tight ball and protect your head and hide
in a structure that can serve to protect from debris.
d. Avoid open storm-water drainage and runoff especially when there is a storm
or heavy rainfall.

7. Which of the following show an INAPPROPRIATE action to do DURING rainfall-

induced landslide?
a. Stay on an elevated and sturdy area and avoid low-lying areas and steep
slopes.
b. Be attentive to unusual such as cracking objects, moving debris, and rolling
boulders.
c. Stay away from the path of debris and mud-flow occurs from uplands, and
hillsides areas.
d. Go outside and check for injured or trapped people near the slide, and
flooding and report these immediately to the rescuers or authorities.

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8. Which of the following is an inappropriate action to do AFTER landslide?
a. Listen for the latest emergency information.
b. Check for injured and trapped persons near the slide, without entering the
direct slide area.
c. If the landslide is caused by rainfall, watch out for flooding as it will follow
the same path taken by the debris flow.
d. Wait until the structures on and around the sinkhole stops moving and do
not attempt to go back and retrieve your belongings.

9. It doesn’t happen on flat ground because gravity caused the earth to travel
downwards. What is it?
a. groundwater c. sinkholes
b. landslide d. water

10. Which of these is not a sign of a possible rainfall-induced landslide?

a. two full moons two nights in a row
b. soil that loosens and moves away from foundations
c. cracks or unusual bulges on cemented ground or walls
d. Spring, water see pages, or water saturated grounds in areas
that are not typically wet.

11. Assuming that you are not in immediate danger, which of these is a sensible
thing to do before evacuating your home due to a landslide?
a. run extremely fast
b. get distracted by television or radio
c. panic and scream, causing chaos and disorder
d. turn off all electrical items and the main switch

12. Which of the following is/are warning sign/s that a sinkhole may be forming?
a. discolored water c. structural cracks in walls or floors
b. wilting vegetation d. all of the above

13. Which of these can trigger a landslide?

a. an earthquake
b. a heavy rainstorm
c. removal of material from the base of a slope
d. all of the above

14. When is the best time to make an evacuation plan before rainfall-induced
landslide?
a. I don't need an evacuation plan
b. as soon as possible, if not done already
c. while your house is slipping down a hill
d. whenever you have time; the chances of a landslide are very slim

15. What should you do if there is sinkhole in your place?

a. run as if there’s no danger around
b. call a friend and check the bottom of the sinkhole
c. call on emergency hotline and report it immediately
d. ignore it and let people see the sinkhole by themselves

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Direction: Explain how mining company contributes to vulnerability of a

community in rainfall-induced landslide.

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What I Know What's More Assessment
1. D Student’s answer may vary
1. D
2. C 1. Develop and rehearse a family disaster plan— 2. C
what to do if you are forced to leave home.
3. D 2. Include a communications plan—how to 3. D
contact each other if you become separated.
4. B 4. C
3. When severe weather threatens, turn on your
radio to a local station to stay informed of
5. C imminent danger. 5. D
4. Put together emergency supplies, one set for
6. C your house and one for you car. Emergency kits 6. C
should include food, water, a first aid kit,
7. A flashlights, a radio, and plenty of batteries. The
kit in you car should also have flares and jumper 7. A
cables.
8. D 8. D
5. Know how to turn off your utilities, and keep
the necessary tools at hand. Make sure other
9. B members of your family know how to do this 9. B
also. If you turned off your gas, do not turn it
10. D back on yourself. Call the gas company.
10. D
6. Make copies of vital documents, such as wills,
11. DC birth certificates, financial records, insurance 11. C
policies and credit card numbers. Keep the
originals in a safe deposit box.
12. D 12. D
7. Make a detailed inventory of your personal
13. D belongings, home or an apartment, garage and
surrounding property, with photographs or 13. D
videotape. Store it in a save place.
14. B 14. B
15. C 15. C
Answer Key
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