Shelter-in-Place Order

A Shelter-in-Place Order is a public health order to seek safety within the building one already occupies.

Example(s):
- The one made in the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday 2020-03-16 in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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Counter-Example(s):
- a Emergency Evacuation.
- a Seek-Community-Shelter Warning.
See: Public Health Order, Evacuate The Area, Emergency Shelter.

References

(Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelter_in_place Retrieved:2020-3-16.
- Shelter in place (also known as a Shelter In-Place Warning, SAME code SPW) is to seek safety within the building one already occupies, rather than to evacuate the area or seek a community emergency shelter. The American Red Cross says the warning is issued when "chemical, biological, or radiological contaminants may be released accidentally or intentionally into the environment" and residents should "select a small, interior room, with no or few windows, taking refuge there."