ShakeOut 2018 October 18 Focus on Disaster Preparedness
Where is the Disaster Preparedness Information Citizens Need?
October 18, 2018 is the 10th Anniversary of ShakeOut, officially occurring at 10:18 am. By understanding your risk, you can minimize or avoid injuries, damage, and long-term financial consequences.
California Office of Emergency Services alerts Californians:
“Preparedness is everyone’s job. ”
The State suggests that refer to this website to learn the hazards in your area.
San Francisco offers its citizens the latest information, detailed preparation information, and training through a series of neighborhood emergency response team classes:
San Francisco Disaster Preparedness & Response Curriculum:
The goal of this program is to help the residents of San Francisco be self sufficient in a major disaster situation by developing multi-functional teams, cross-trained in basic emergency skills. Through this program, individuals will learn hands-on disaster skills that will help them as members of an emergency response team and/or as a leader directing untrained volunteers during an emergency, allowing them to act independently or as an adjunct to City emergency services. There is no cost for the neighborhood training, and the class sessions are approximately 3 hours.
| Class Session #1 | Earthquake Awareness, Preparedness, and Hazard Mitigation Earthquake type, magnitude, history and probability How to prepare before it happens What to do when the earth starts to shake |
| Class Session #2 | Basic Disaster Skills Natural gas, water and electrical controls, why, when and how to shut them off Types of fire, and using extinguishers to put it out Hazardous Materials awareness in the home, on the road, and all around you Terrorism Awareness |
| Class Session #3 | Disaster Medicine Health considerations for the rescuer Opening airways Stopping bleeding and shock position S.T.A.R.T. triage Minor injuries and burns |
| Class Session #4 | Light Search and Rescue Different types of construction and where to look for damage How to classify damaged buildings Building marking system Interior search patterns Lifting heavy objects and mechanical advantage Victim carries |
| Class Session #5 | Team Organization and Management City Disaster Plan and where the NERTs fit NERT Incident Command System, managing the disaster Disaster Psychology |
| Class Session #6 | Skills Development and Application Final Exam Review Hands-On-Training Extinguishing fires Triaging and treating moulaged victims Extricating a victim trapped by heavy timbers Interior search for reported missing persons Exterior building damage assessment Award of Achievement and course evaluation |
