If your home, school, workplace or other frequently visited places are in tsunami hazard or evacuation zones, your emergency plan should include evacuation plans.

• Find out if there are evacuation routes and assembly areas identified for your community. This information may be on a tsunami hazard or evacuation zone map, or ask your local emergency management agency.
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• If assembly areas are not identified, plan to evacuate to a safe place that is on high ground or inland (away from the water) and outside the tsunami hazard or evacuation zone. You may need to identify more than one safe place, depending on where you are when you receive a tsunami warning (e.g., home, work, etc.). Plan to be able to reach your safe place on foot if possible in case of potential road damage, closed roads and traffic jams. If you are concerned that you will not be able to reach a safe place in time, ask your local emergency management office about vertical evacuation. Some strong (e.g., reinforced concrete) and tall buildings may be able to provide protection if no other options are available.
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• Map out evacuation routes to your safe place(s) from your home, workplace or any other place you visit often that is in a tsunami hazard or evacuation zone.
  
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• Practice walking your evacuation routes, including at night and in bad weather. 
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• If you have children in school in a tsunami hazard or evacuation zone, ask about the school’s plans for evacuating and keeping the children safe. Learn where the assembly area is and where to pick up your children after the danger has passed.
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• If you are visiting an area at risk for a tsunami, learn about local tsunami safety. Your hotel or campground may be able to provide you with tsunami warning and evacuation information. It is important to know this information before a warning is issued. You may not have a lot of time after a warning; you don’t want to waste it figuring out what to do!

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