Cell Phones, Pagers, etc.

1. Cell Phones, Pagers, etc. Please turn to OFF, VIBRATE, or SILENT

2. To Download CERT Program Materials: http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/CERT/ www.cert-la.com

3. A HISTORY OF CERT • 1987 – LAFD Disaster Preparedness Founded • 1988 – First CERT Team Trained • 1994 – FEMA Accepted CERT AS #1 Program For Citizen Preparedness • 2002 – Citizen Corps

4. Course Syllabus Class 1 - Earthquake Preparedness, and CERT Operations Class 2 - Disaster Fire Suppression Class 3 - Disaster Medical Operations, Session 1 Class 4 - Disaster Medical Operations, Session 2 Class 5 - Light Search & Rescue Operations Class 6 - Team Organization & Management Class 7 – Homeland Defense

5. Class 1 Objectives • Describe the types of hazards most likely to affect your home and community. • Describe the functions of CERT’s and their role in immediate response. • Identify steps to prepare yourself for disasters.

6. We Need Citizen Volunteers? • 95% of all rescues performed in times of disaster or national emergency are performed by spontaneous rescuers • People Like YOU • Neighbor helping neighbor

7. We Need Citizen Volunteers? • 1992 - LA Riots • 1993 - Floods • 1993 - California Brush Fires • 1994 - Northridge Earthquake • 1996 - California Brush Fires • 1998 - El Nino • 2001 - Terrorism • 2003 - California Brush Fires

8. What Is A Disaster • Anything that exceeds our ability to handle the problem • Exceeds Resources • Exceeds Rescue Personnel • Results in Great Loss of Life • Results in Massive Destruction

9. Disasters Disasters can be . . . • Manmade • Terrorist Attack, War • Technological • Power, Telephone, Water or Food System Failures • Biological • Plague, Flu, AIDS • Natural • Earthquakes, Fire, Flood, Hurricane, etc.

10. EARTHQUAKES

11. EQ Threat in the United States

13. So. California Does Have Its Faults

14. SMALL <5.0 MODERATE 5.0 - 6.0 LARGE 6.0 - 7.0 MAJOR 7.0 - 8.0 GREAT >8.0 Magnitude - The Richter Scale

15. 1857 - Fort Tejon - 7.8 • January 9, 1857 - 8:20 am • Last great quake on the San Andreas in Southern California • Only 2 deaths • 1 woman died in her adobe house collapse • 1 man died from a heart attack • 60 miles away in L.A

16. 1906 - San Francisco - 7.7

18. 1933 - Long Beach - 6.4 • Pre-1933 Buildings (Jefferson Jr. High School) • Changed building codes • Prohibited unreinforced brick and masonry buildings

19. 1964 - Anchorage, Alaska - 9.2 • Duration • >4 min • 10,000 Aftershocks • Largest EQ ever in the U.S • 2nd Largest In World • 1st Chile 1960, 9.5 • Deaths – 115

20. In Anchorage the ground dropped 9 feet and shifted 11 feet

21. 1971- Sylmar - 6.7 • Olive View Medical Center • New building • Liquefaction

22. 1971- Sylmar - 6.7 • Sepulveda VA Hospital • Pre-1933 construction

23. 1987 - Whittier - 5.9 • One Death • Crushed under falling debris • Went from indoors to outdoors • Friend who remained indoors was uninjured • Majority Of Damage Was To Older Structures

24. 1989 - Loma Prieta, Bay Area - 7.0 • Much of the damage in San Francisco could be directly related to the type of soils that structures were built on.

25. 1994 - Northridge - 6.7 • 57 Deaths • Over one-half the deaths occurred after the shaking stopped • Time of day limited potential death count

26. Northridge Epicenter

27. CSUN • Major Damage to Multiple Structures • Parking Structures Collapse

28. Granada Hills

29. Bridge Failures during the NR Earthquake 5 / 14 INTERCHANGE

30. Interstate 10 in Metro Los Angeles

31. Interstate 118 at Woodley

32. Break Time

33. Tsunami – The Unexpected Hazard • Tsunami (Open Ocean) Waves • Caused by large under ocean land movement • Local Waves • Caused by underwater landslides in bays and fiords • ALASKA TSUNAMI IN VALDEZ WAS APPROX. 70 METERS TALL

34. Tsunami - Valdez, Alaska 1964 • The Tsunami in Valdez, AK snapped off these trees. • Caused 82 deaths in Alaska • 4 in Newport Beach California • 16 in Oregon

35. What Can We Expect Here In California?

36. Sudden mixing of Soil and Groundwater Increases damage Tall & narrow buildings behave poorly High-rise buildings with foundations going to bedrock do well Areas of fill soils, ancient river or lake beds, or with poorly compacted soils do not do well in an EQ Liquefaction

37. Niigata , Japan 1964

38. LOS ANGELES - ‘71Olive View Medical Center

39. Disruption of Transportation & City Services • All City services will be over extended • Normal services will not be available • You will have to rely on your own resources, skills and knowledge • Supplies and assistance will be slow to arrive

40. Roads may be impassable!

41. Driving during an EQ • Slow Down. • Pull Over and STOP. • Turn on the Radio for Emergency Bulletins. • Proceed Cautiously if it is Safe to do so. • Obey “Road Closed” signs. • Avoid Crossing Damaged Roads. • Avoid Power Lines. • Do Not Stop Under Underpasses or on Bridges. • Do Not Drive Through Water. • Do Not Abandon Your Car

42. Seek A Safe Location & Stay There! • Travel immediately after an earthquake will be extremely hazardous. • There is a chance what you felt was a pre-quake to an equal or greater event coming in the next 2 hours. • Stay Where You Are • Seek a Safe Location and Stay Alert • DON’T GO SIGHTSEEING

43. Have Emergency Supplies In Your Car • First Aid Supplies • Water • Walking Shoes • You may be walking home • Warm Clothing • Rain Gear • Some Food • Not as important as H20

44. Walking immediately after the EQ will be extremely dangerous • More buildings collapse from aftershock than from the main earthquake • Rubble may be thrown 1-1/2 times the height of the building

45. We Know That After A Major Earthquake • Vital services may not be able to assist you • They have the same problems everyone else does. • Some Fire Companies had to cut themselves out of their fire stations. • There will be a loss of access to many areas

46. You Also Need To Prepare to Evacuate • Other Disasters May Follow: • Flood • Dam burst • Riot • Looting • Fire Storm • Toxic Chemical Leak

47. Electrical Power • Power may be out for Weeks. • Have battery operated sources of light. • Have plenty of extra batteries • Don’t use open flame or fuel stoves & heaters indoors • Be aware of downed power lines. • May energize metal fences • May reenergize at any time until repaired • Consider the use of generators.

48. Communication • Telephone services are cut and restored on a priority basis • Government & Emergency Lines • Long Distance • Pay Phones • Business & Residential • Your phone may not be turned on for days or until call load has dropped • Pay phones will be the 1st working phone that the general public will have access to. Remember to have small change

49. Cellular Telephones • Are actually radios • Should work • But will probably be overloaded • May only work if calling another cell phone • On the same cell system

50. Out-of-State Contact • Outside of the area of potential impact • Long Distance • All family is informed of such and agrees