TRIANGLE OF LIFE WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE

By. Doug Copp, Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTI)

Experience

I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with rescue teams from 60 countries, and founded rescue teams in several countries and one UN expert for Disaster Mitigation for 2 years.
I've worked at every major disaster in the world since 1985.
In 1996 we made a film that proved the accuracy of survival methods that I created.


Trial

We tear down a school and a house with 20 dolls in it. 10 doll "duck and cover" and the other 10 using survival methods "triangle of life".
After the simulated earthquake, we crawled into the rubble and entered the building to make a movie about dukumentasi results. The film shows that those who did not duck and cover to survive and those who use my method of 'triangle of life "survival 100%.
The film has been seen by millions of people through television in Turkey and parts of Europe, and the witnessed on television programs in the USA, Canada and Latin America.

Facts

The first building I entered was a school in Mexico City in an earthquake in 1985.
All children take shelter under their desks.
All children crushed to the thickness of their bones. They could have survived by lying down next to their desks in the hallway.
At that time, students are taught to hide under something.

Triangle of life theory

Simply stated, when buildings collapse, the ceiling is falling upon the objects or furniture inside crushes these objects, leaving a blank space next to it.
This space is what I call the "triangle of life".
The larger the object, the stronger the body and less likely to crumble.
The less the object compacts, the greater the empty space, the more likely for people who use it to survive the wounds.

Observe

One time you watch collapsed buildings on television, count the 'triangles' you see. This triangle is everywhere and is a common form.

Ten (10) Tip of the Earthquake Safety:
1. Almost all the people who just "duck and cover" when the building collapsed died from falling debris. The people who took shelter under a body will compress the body.

2. Cats, dogs and babies often take the natural curled position. That's what you should do in an earthquake. This is a natural instinct to save ourselves. You can survive in a narrow room. Get next to an object, next to the sofa, beside a large object that will compress slightly but leave a void next.

3. Wooden buildings are the best type of construction is safe during an earthquake. Wood is flexible and moves with the force of the earthquake. If the wooden building was still falling, a lot of voids will be formed. In addition, the wooden building has less concentrated, heavy parts. Brick building would be blown to pieces. Bricks will cause many injuries but only a few agencies who crushes bodies than concrete slabs.

4. If you are in bed when an earthquake occurs, roll to the side of the bed. Voids will be at the bedside. Hotel will have a high level of safety with just put a warning on the back door so the guests lying on the floor beside the bed when an earthquake happens.

5. If an earthquake happens and you can not get out through a window or door, then lie down and curl up next to a sofa or large chair.

6. Almost everyone who is behind the door when the building collapsed will die.
Why? If you stood in a doorway and the doorjamb falls forward or backward you will be crushed by the ceiling above it. If the door jam falls sideways you will be cut in two by it. In both cases, andatidak be safe!

7. Never go to the stairs.
Appliances have a "moment of frequency" different (ladder they swing separately from the main building). Stairs and other parts of the building continuously bump into each other until structural damage from the stairs. The people who ran into the stairs before they fell to pieces by it. Even if the building does not collapse, stay away from the stairs. Appliances will be part of the building most likely to be damaged. Even if the earthquake does not break down the ladder, the ladder may collapse later when people were running to save diri.Tangga still be checked even when the rest of the building is not damaged.

8. Stand near the outer wall of the building or on the outside if possible. Would be safer to be on the outside of the building rather than in it. The farther you are from the outside of the building will be more likely that your escape route is closed.

9. The people who were in vehicles are crushed when the road above falls and crushes their vehicles; this was happening on the ground-floor Nimitz highway. Victims of the San Francisco earthquake all stayed inside of their vehicles & die. They could have survived with out of the vehicle and was lying next to their vehicles. All vehicles that were destroyed have voids as high as 1 meter in the next, except for vehicles that had columns fall directly across them.

10. I found, when I crawled under the newspaper company office and other offices with a lot of paper that the paper does not compact. A large empty space found around piles of papers.