CORE Personal Emergency Preparedness [[2024-12-19]] Kyle Trumbley on hazards - PEP is level 1, CERT is level 2 - https://www.oaklandca.gov/topics/local-hazard-mitigation-plan - "All disasters are local" - MyShake app - 6.9 earthquake twice as powerful as 6.8 - Glass lacerations are the most common earthquake-related injury - Our faults are transverse faults which don't generate tsunamis - Alameda County Alert - acalert.org - Sign up!!! - Genasys Protect for evacuation routes - NOAA Weather Radio will be the last comm system standing - Oakland sirens: if it's not 1st Wed at noon, something is happening - radios: FRS, GMRS (requires FCC license), ham (ORCA - Oakland Radio Communications Association) - 911 is routed via cell tower so could be routed out of the area - an army of cows (cells on wheels) in Tracy to provide cell service during emergencies Veronica Cole on preparedness - Brace and Bolt grant program for earthquake retrofitting - anchor heavy furniture - know where gas and electricity shut-offs are - never turn the gas back on - In a "Haywired" situation (major earthquake on Hayward fault) you could lose running water and gas for weeks to months - Circuit breakers: turn small switches off first, then the main; turn on in reverse order - keep important documents, IDs, etc. accessible - family emergency plans, both for leaving & for sheltering in place - Go-Bag and Stay Kit [Follow-up email](https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?fs=1&source=atom#search/oakland+core/FMfcgzQZSXwbxPGJmsFqwsdxqbFjnqrL) Slides (rendering is buggy, better to view in Preview): ![[PEP EMSD Slides.pdf]]