GEMPA BUMI


APA HARUS ANDA LAKUKAN JIKA BERLAKU GEMPA BUMI??

Kita mesti tahu bagaimana mempersiapkan diri kita untuk menghadapi gempa bumi supaya bila ianya terjadi kita telah bersedia untuk bertindak. Senarai berikut menerangkan tentang persediaan-persediaan yang boleh dilakukan sebelum gempa bumi susulan. Sebahagian daripada saranan-saranan tersebut agak payah untuk dilaksanakan. Persediaan memerlukan masa dan usaha tetapi anda lebih perlu banyak bertenang dan bersikap wajar jika anda telah memikirkannya lebih awal., bukan sahaja dirumah tetapi juga di tempat kerja, di dalam setor, di lorong-lorong, di dalam kereta dan di tempat-tempat lain yang anda pergi. Bila sahaja bencana menimpa anda mesti bersedia untuk bertindak.

( SEMASA)

Apa Anda Harus Lakukan Semasa GEMPA BUMI?

Sekiranya Anda Di Dalam Bangunan

• Duduk di dalam bangunan
• Ambil perlindungan di bawah meja, meja tulis atau bangku yang teguh atau tempatkan diri anda di ambang pintu atau satu sudut.
• Bergerak ke arah laluan sebelah dalam (ambang pintu atau bingkai berstruktur atau sebelah dalam bangunan iaitu pusat paling kuat dan kurang kemungkinan untuk runtuh. Ia juga akan mengurangkan impak daripada objek yang jatuh) di mana mungkin.
• Pilih lokasi yang boleh memberikan udara untuk bernafas dalam keadaan di mana bangunan runtuh di sekeliling anda.
• Jauhkan diri anda daripada tingkap, rak buku, kabinet, cermin berat, pasu bunga tergantung dan lain-lain objek berat yang boleh menggelungsur dan jatuh.
• Gerakan berbentuk gelombang boleh meremukkan cermin. Berhati-hati dengan kepingan simen yang jatuh.
• Peluk sesuatu (kot, selimut, buku, akhbar, kotak kadbod dan lain-lain) untuk menutup kepala dan muka daripada bahan yang jatuh dan serpihan kaca.
• Jangan gunakan lilin, mancis atau lain-lain punca api di sebabkan ada kemungkinan kebocoran gas.

Duck Cover Hold

• Berlindung di bawah meja atau perabot berat yang seumpamanya. Jauhkan diri daripada tingkap.
• Jangan tergesa-gesa keluar memandangkan tangga mungkin rosak dan sesak dengan penghuni lain dan keadaan yang masih bergoncang. 

Sekiranya Anda Di Dalam Bangunan Yang Tinggi

• Berlindung menggunakan duck, cover and hold, dan kemudian tinggalkan bangunan sekiranya pemindahan diperlukan.
• Jangan gunakan lif
• Patuhi prosedur pengungsian bangunan.

Sekiranya Anda Di Laluan Pejalan Dekat Bangunan

Berjalan masuk ke arah muka pintu atau rapat ke struktur bangunan untuk melindungi diri anda daripada batu-bata, kaca, kepingan simen dan barangan lain yang jatuh.

Sekiranya Anda di dalam Kereta yang Bergerak

• Berhentikan kereta secepat mungkin apabila telah pasti selamat di kawasan yang sesuai.
• Walaubagaimanapun, jangan berhenti di bawah jambatan atau lintasan atas atau rentangan kabel atau di mana bangunan boleh runtuh ke atas anda
• Tinggal di dalam kereta hingga gegaran berhenti. Kereta adalah penyerap kejutan yang amat baik.
• Bila anda terus memandu selepas gegaran, berwaspada terhadap bahaya yang terhasil daripada gempa bumi seperti objek yang sedang atau telah jatuh, wayar lektrik yang terendam atau laluan jalan rosak atau berlubang-lubang.
     

( SELEPAS )

Apa Anda Harus Lakukan Selepas GEMPA BUMI?

1. Periksa kecederaan. Bila gegaran berhenti kerosakan mungkin berlaku dan mungkin ada yang cedera.
2. Beri bantuan kecemasan bila perlu. Walau bagaimana pun, jangan cuba gerakkan orang yang cedera parah kecuali mereka di dalam bahaya berterusan.
3. Periksa kebakaran dan bahaya api. Padamkan api dengan segera jika anda mampu.
4. Jika anda terbau gas, buka tingkap dan tutup injap utama. Jangan nyalakan mancis atau gunakan api. Gunakan lampu suluh.
5. Tutup bekalan elektrik jika kebetulan ada kerosakan pada sistem pendawaian.
6. Tutup paip utama jika kebocoran telah berlaku.
7. Jangan sentuh pendawaian lektrik yang terendam dalam air atau objek-objek yang bersentuhan dengannya.
8. Periksa almari dan kawasan rak penstoran tetapi buka pintu-pintu dengan cermat dan waspada terhadap objek-objek yang jatuh.
9. Cuci dengan segera tumpahan ubat-ubatan dan lain-lain bahan yang berpotensi membahayakan.
10. Jangan makan atau minum sembarangan daripada bekas-bekas yang berdekatan dengan kaca yang telah remuk.
11. Jangan guna telefon kecuali untuk memanggil bantuan untuk melaporkan kecemasan (perubatan, kebakaran atau jenayah).
12. Keluar dari bangunan yang telah rosak teruk. Gegaran susulan boleh merobohkannya
13. Hidupkan radio berkuasa bateri anda untuk laporan kerosakan dan informasi. Jangan sebarkan khabar-khabar angin.
14. Bekerjasama dengan agensi-agensi penyelamat
15. Untuk sementara, jangan masuk ke kawasan yang mengalami kerosakan kecuali bantuan anda diperlukan.
16. Kosongkan lorong-lorong untuk laluan kenderaan-kenderaan kecemasan.
17. Cuba bawa bertenang dan membantu kanak-kanak yang mungkin mengalami trauma akibat gempa bumi. 
    
    
    (Kredit:http://pmr.penerangan.gov.my/index.php/component/content/article/272-jenis-bencana/1124-gempa-bumi.html )
    
    
    
    

SPORTS INITIATIVES TO BENEFIT YOUTH

Youths form the core of every nation as vital human capital is essential to the continuous development of its society and economy.

Recognising youth development as an important key in helping the country achieve a developed nation status by 2020 as well as being a high-income economy, several key targets were set for the Youth and Sports Ministry under the Ministerial Key Results Area (MKRA) initiative of the Government Transformation Programme (GTP).

Within the purview of the Youth and Sports Ministry are programmes and initiatives aimed at ultimately engaging our youth in healthy, educational and nation-building exercises, which will develop them into intelligent, mature and responsible adults in the future.

Youth and Sports Minister, Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek, strongly believes that youth are the catalyst of Malaysia's transformation towards a high-income developed nation by 2020.

Read more on:  http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/sports-initiatives-to-benefit-youth-1.73197 

KD: Youths need to know they have a say in shaping their society, that their contributions are needed and that they can make a difference. But while youth usually have all the energy and passion, many do not know where to start. So, the govt should guide them on how they can turn their passion into action.

KU LI PRAISES MUSTAPA'S LEADERSHIP

HARD WORKER: Minister’s credibility showed in the work he had done for the party 

KOTA BARU: GUA Musang member of parliament  Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has praised International Trade and Industry Minister  Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed for being a great leader who had managed to regain support from the party's members in Kelantan.

Describing him as a hardworking person, Tengku Razaleigh said Mustapa's credibility showed in the work he had done for the party.

However, the Gua Musang Umno chief said Mustapa's efforts would not have been successful without cooperation from the leadership and the grassroots.

Read more on: http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/ku-li-praises-mustapa-s-leadership-1.73151

ON ALERT AFTER TREMORS

TSUNAMI WORRY: Shoppers, apartment dwellers rush out, beaches deserted

 

Hundreds of people ran out of shopping complexes and apartments, while those enjoying the breezy evening at the Esplanade and Batu Feringghi were told to move away from the sea following tremors and tsunami alerts, after a 8.6 magnitude earthquake in Aceh yesterday.

There were also reports that the tremor caused waters to spill out from a swimming pool at the Penang Turf Club in Batu Gantung.

Hotels located along Batu Ferringhi were also reported to have issued alerts to their guests of possible tsunami.

Hard Rock Hotel's marketing communications manager Elisa Saw said its security department head and security personnel were on standby to evacuate guests from the beach area as a precaution after receiving tsunami alerts.

"We are monitoring the situation for safety reasons and the welfare of our guests," Saw said.

Hydro Hotel general manager M. Kumar said the hotel had alerted staff and guests on the earthquake and put up notices warning guests not to go to the beach area.

Batu Feringghi was deserted with most people moving to higher grounds in fear of a tsunami.

Checks showed police, civil defence and volunteer corps personnel busy evacuating people from the beach, although some chose to ignore the warnings and continue strolling the beach.

Workers from a textile factory in Solok Pinang milling about after the factory ordered its 1,500 workers to vacate the building yesterday.

Meanwhile, a textile factory in Solok Pinang here was reported to have ordered its 1,500 workers out of the plant.

In Kepala Batas, the authorities had issued a warning to residents along the Kuala Muda coastline here to avoid the beaches. Police and the Fire Rescue Department personnel were on standby at the location.

Kota Kuala Muda, Kedah, the settlement worst hit by the tsunami in 2004, was almost deserted yesterday as soon as tremors were felt in five villagers.

Most of the residents from five villages vacated their homes and assembled at Dewan Tunku Shafinaz Intan multi-purpose hall as they had been trained to do so.

The residents -- from Kampung Tepi Sungai, Kampung Masjid, Kampung Padang Salim, Kampung Keda Tepi Sungai and Kampung Kepala Jalan -- moved out on their accord after their villages were hit by tremors, which started at 4.50pm and lasted for 20 seconds.

Meanwhile, more than 200 fishermen and their families have been relocated to Kuah, Belanga Pecah and Temuju in light of the earthquake which hit Aceh.

Fishermen Committee leader Asri Shaaban, 52, said colleagues, who were out at sea, were notified of the event and told to return.

"Everyone came back safely and were accounted for. More than 170 fishing boats have been relocated to safe areas near the Langkawi International Airport."

Risk areas have been identified in Kuala Chenang, Chenang beach, Keriang and Pulau Melaka. Those living there had been evacuated.

Asri said they had been practising these tactics since the tsunami incident in 2004.

An operations centre had also been opened. He said the second quake which occurred a 7pm in Indonesia was felt more acutely than the first one at 4pm. However, he expressed confidence that everything would be all right as they had taken the proper precautionary measures.

Ferry services to and from Langkawi were halted after the first level tsunami warning was issued.

Read more: On alert after tremors - General - New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/on-alert-after-tremors