Shelter In Place Plastic Sheeting

Shelter in place means selecting an interior room or rooms within your facility or ones with no or few windows and taking refuge there.

Shelter in place plastic sheeting.

Plastic sheeting and duct tape are used to cover all openings in the room including all windows air vents and electrical outlets. Plastic sheeting for shelter. Our shelter in place plastic sheeting is a 10ft x 10ft square of polyethylene and provides shelter and protection from fire contaminated air biological chemical and radiological due to terrorist attack or other disasters. For example you would use duct tape and plastic sheeting to seal an internal room against chemical agents.

If you have opportunity ahead of time store heavy duty scissors clear plastic sheeting pre cut to fit over any windows or vents and rolls of duct tape to secure the plastic. This plastic sheeting is suitable for use in emergency preparedness and shelter in place situations. Chemical biological or radiological events. For sheltering against radiation dispersed by a radiological dispersion device rdd or.

It has been recommended by the department of homeland security for fire chemical biological and radiological disasters. How to shelter in place. Shelter is a major concern after natural disasters because depending on the disaster severity there may not be enough resources to house everyone or to get to those who need shelter. Pet food baby formula diapers etc don t forget the other members of your family.

In general when you receive instructions to shelter in place and you are outside immediately move inside the nearest building and remain there until you receive further instructions. In many cases local authorities will issue advice to shelter in place via tv or radio. Battery powered radios first aid supplies flashlights batteries duct tape plastic sheeting and plastic. Shelter in place how to shelter in place chemical incident shelter in place applies to several types of terrorist attacks but details will vary.

Our shelter in place is 2 0 ml thick and comes diagram and instructions. The 10 foot wide sheeting we suggest may seem like overkill but it is always better to cut plastic down to cover an opening than to seam it together with duct tape there is almost always a hole. It can also be used as a floor cover shelter and can be used with duct tape to seal windows doors and vents. Hazardous weather hazardous material or others.

The shelter in place kit is used for three types of scenarios. Shelter in place may be recommended during several different types of events. Be prepared to shelter in place for several days have access to a water supply 3 to 4 days supply of food and a working hard wired telephone. Plastic sheeting is an economical way to shelter in place or build a temporary rain proof structure.