TMI Emergency Information
What to Do in an Emergency
Listen for Emergency Instructions - Tune your radio to one of the stations listed above and follow all emergency instructions.
Keep Phone Lines Open - Please do not make unnecessary phone calls. Leaving phone lines open for emergency workers will help everyone involved. If you require assistance, call the emergency phone numbers broadcast on the radio
Shelter-in-Place - Go indoors and stay there. Close all doors and windows and shut off any systems that draw in outside air, such as furnaces, fireplaces and air conditioners. Keep listening to the radio for updates. Keep pets inside and shelter farm animals. If traveling, close windows and vents.
If instructed to Evacuate - In an evacuation, people in the affected area will be asked to go to local reception centers. After this, they can stay at specified mass care centers, or with friends or relatives outside the evacuation zone.
Please do not try to pick up children or others at schools, hospitals, nursing homes, or overnight campgrounds. These facilities will be following their own special emergency plans, and you would most likely miss connections. If evacuated, students, hospital patients and nursing home residents will be accompanied to relocation centers where their needs will be addressed. To find out where people are being moved, stay tuned to the radio.
Plan for three days away from home, locking up and turning appliances off as you would for a weekend vacation. Pack all necessary items. Evacuate everyone in your home, following directions given on the radio. These routes will have been selected as the safest ways out of the affected area.
Law enforcement agencies will maintain security in evacuated areas and provide traffic control.
Information for Farmers
When advised to do so, remove all livestock from pasture, shelter if possible, and provide them with stored feed and protected water. The county U.S. Department of Agriculture representative will provide further instructions regarding the protection of livestock and foodstuffs. (717) 921-8803
School Information
If your child's school is in session at the time evacuation is recommended, children attending schools located within the emergency panning zone will be transported to designated host schools outside the area. They will remain under supervision until picked up by parents or guardians. The host schools have been planned to coincide with main evacuation routes. children whose homes are inside the emergency planning zone, but who attend school outside the emergency planning zone will not be sent home if an evacuation is recommended. They will remain at the school under supervision until picked up by parents or guardians.
Day Care Information
Parents and guardians with children at day care facilities within the emergency planning zone should become familiar with the facility's emergency plans. Contact the day care facility operators for more information.
How to Prepare for an Emergency
You never know when you might have to leave your home on short notice. A nuclear incident is only one possibility. Floods, fires, chemical spills or severe illness could occur at any time. Preparing now will help you respond more quickly in any emergency.
Emergency Kit - Keep an emergency kit - portable radio, flashlight, extra batteries, extra car keys, first aid kit and other items - in a special place that the whole family can easily locate. Write a list of the items you would want to take if you had to leave home quickly and post the list in a convenient spot. Be sure to keep a supply of all the items on your list. Gather any important documents that you might need in an emergency and keep them together in a safe place that you can access quickly and easily.
Transportation - Maintain your vehicle in good running order and keep the gas tank at lease half full at all times. If you will need transportation in an emergency, notify local authorities.
Pets - Pets will not be allowed inside Reception Center and shelters. Service animals will be allowed in the Reception Centers and shelters.
