If an avalanche occurs near you
1. Keep looking at the people who are being swept away.
2. Remember where your friends were caught in the avalanche (distress point) and where they disappeared (vanishing point).
3. When the avalanche stops, set up a lookout and mark the distress point and vanishing point with a pole or tree branch.
4. Search immediately using avalanche beacons (radios).
5. If you find a person caught in the avalanche, dig him/her up immediately and provide first aid.
＜In case you are caught in an avalanche>
1. Run to the edge of the avalanche flow.
2. Warn others so they do not get caugh.
3. Get rid of your belongings from your body.
4.Try to swim to the surface in the snow.
5. Make a space in front of your mouth with your hand so that you have space in the snow when the avalanche stops.
6. Shout loudly when you hear someone walking above you.