Sheltering in Place Recommendations

The pictograms provide clear, visual guidance to the public on shelter-in-place actions, classified by hazard and building type, to ensure the public takes effective protective actions when instructed to shelter-in-place during emergencies.

The guidance provides recommended interior locations for specific hazards, additional actions for protection and the recommended duration for staying sheltered-in-place.

The ten hazards are:

• Active shooter.
• Chemical hazard.
• Earthquake.
• Flooding/flash flooding.
• Hurricane.
• Nuclear/radiological hazards.
• Pandemic.
• Thunderstorm.
• Tornado and winter storm.

The three types of buildings are:

• Manufactured or mobile home.
• One- or two-story buildings.
• Multistory buildings.