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shelter-in-place  

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  • Shelter-in-place is a term for emergency management short-term, nonevacuation strategies to protect community residents’ health and safety. The purpose of shelter-in-place as an emergency response action is to protect people from exposure to contaminated air or at least to lower the risk of people's exposure to contaminated air. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crisis Management; Shelter-in-Place]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-HWZXWLZZ-J

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