[header] How to survive a coup [title] Stay indoors. [step] The most important thing to do during a coup is to stay out of range of gunfire. Your best survival strategy is to stay indoors and stay away from windows. 
Move to the innermost area of your building, such as a basement or a room without windows on the lowest level of the building. [substeps] If you are already in a building, then do not go out until the conflict is over.