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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Volcano alert level raised or eruption expected near you.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Increased seismic activity alert, bulging ground, or official level raise.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Sulfur smell, steam plumes, or ash fall starting lightly.
Scene hazards: Ash fall, Lahar, Pyroclastic flow, Gas exposure
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Check official alert level and evacuation map.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Pack N95 mask, goggles, water, and medications.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Leave exclusion zone before roads close.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Notify elderly neighbors who may not hear alerts.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call disaster helpline for shelter routes.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112 for gas exposure or inability to evacuate.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — People with respiratory illness must evacuate ash zones early.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Pyroclastic flows cannot be outrun — evacuation is only defense.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT enter exclusion zone to view eruption.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT assume distant volcano cannot affect your town — ash travels far.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — You can safely watch an eruption from the volcano slope
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Pyroclastic flows and lahars kill instantly. Obey exclusion zones.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Death within seconds from superheated gas and ash flows.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Volcanic eruptions produce ash, gases, lahars, and fast pyroclastic flows.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Warning times vary from hours to minutes depending on volcano.