ECA 2019 Overview and Resources...ECA 2019 Overview and Resources Mark Benthien ECA Executive...

ECA 2019 Overview

and Resources

Mark Benthien

ECA Executive Director

SCEC Director for Communication, Education, and Outreach

• Public-Private-Grassroots leaders

• Regional alliances organize locally

• Statewide Sector-based committees develop resources and programs

• California’s Office of Emergency Services requests FEMA funding for ECA

• Join today: EarthquakeCountry.org/alliance

Earthquake Country Alliance

Redwood Coast

Tsunami Work

Group

ECA Bay Area

ECA

Central Coast

ECA Southern

California

Develop Messaging and Resources:

EarthquakeCountry.org

Support Tsunami Preparedness Week:

TsunamiZone.org/california

Creation and Coordination of

The Great California ShakeOut:

ShakeOut.org/california

ECA Statewide Activities

EarthquakeCountry.org

• Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety

www.EarthquakeCountry.org/sevensteps

• Hazard and Risk Informationwww.EarthquakeCountry.org/risk

• Downloadable resourceswww.EarthquakeCountry.org/resources

• Join the ECA:www.EarthquakeCountry.org/alliance

• En Español:www.Terremotos.org

Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety

Secure

Your

Space

Plan

To Be

Safe

Organize

Disaster

Supplies

Minimize

Financial

Hardship

Drop,

Cover, and

Hold On

Improve

Safety

Reconnect

and

Restore

EarthquakeCountry.org/sevensteps

1 2 3 4

5 6 7

Staying Safe Where the Earth Shakes

• Developed by CEA & CalOES with input from ECA subject matter experts

• Features Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety

• 10 Regional versions:

– ShakeOut Regions

– Statewide

• Statewide in multiple languages:

– English

– Spanish

– Chinese

EarthquakeCountry.org/stayingsafe

ECA Sector-Based Outreach Committees

• K-12 Schools

• Higher Education

• Seniors and People

with Disabilities

• Businesses

• Museums, parks,

libraries, etc.

• Public Sector

• Healthcare

• Non-Profit & Faith-

Based Organizations

• Fire Services

• Multi-Cultural

• Earthquake Preparedness

Guide for People with

Disabilities and Other

Access or Functional

Needs

• Seven Steps to Earthquake

Safety

• EarthquakeCountry.org/

disability

Seniors and People with Disabilities Resources

Business Committee: Workplace Video

youtube.com/greatshakeout

Terremotos.org

• Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety

• Downloadable materials

• Global resource

ECA Outreach Bureaus (Statewide)

• Media Bureau

• Events Bureau

• Participation Bureau (recruitment and communications)

Los Angeles Abilities Expo

• February 22-24

• ECA coordinates preparedness booths and workshops each year in LA (and the Bay Area)

• ECA representatives from SCEC, City of LA, CalOES, American Red Cross, PrepItForward, Dayle McIntosh Center, and other partners

• www.Abilities.com

2015: 8 Block Parties

2016: 11 Block Parties

2017: 35 Block Parties

Taking it to the Streets!

• County-level Coordinators have direct access to ShakeOut and

TsunamiZone registration data via an online portal in order to:

– Encourage past registrants to renew their organization’s participation;

– Recruit organizations that have never officially participated;

– Establish new partnerships with people who are responsible for the

preparedness and planning of their business, school, government

agency, or organization; and

– Identify participants with exemplary ShakeOut plans, to highlight as local

best practices and perhaps to expand into multi-organizational

community drills.

ECA Participation Bureau

TsunamiZone.org

• Know Your Zone: Maps for all

coastal areas for tsunami

inundation zones

• Tsunami Preparedness Week:

Last week of March

Register your activities to be

counted!

• Event Calendar: Learn about

drills, presentations, and other

events

• Resources: Movies, manuals,

posters, etc.

Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drills

• Schools, organizations, and families practice earthquake safety and other aspects of their emergency plans

• 2018: 62+ million people worldwide; 10.3 million in California

• 2019 International ShakeOut Day:October 17

• Learn more and register:ShakeOut.org

ShakeOut Goals

Encourage people worldwide

to practice earthquake safety

Shift the culture about

earthquakes and preparedness

Increase resilience at all levels!

Why Drop, Cover, and Hold On?

• Get down before being thrown to

the ground

• Provides protection from falling or

flying items… including structural

elements

• Exterior of buildings (brick, glass,

etc.) often fall, even when no

collapse

• More chance of surviving collapseClassroom in Calexico, CAApril 2010 M7.2

EarthquakeCountry.org/step5

• Separate short videos:

• indoors, nearby table/desk

• indoors, no table/desk

• theater/stadium

• near the shore

• in a car

• in bed

• people with mobility disabilities

• View at Youtube.com/greatshakeout

• Download at www.ShakeOut.org/messaging

Earthquake Safety Video Series

FEMA #1078: 800-480-2520

• If you can’t get back up,

don’t get down - Bend over and cover your

head and neck with your

arms/hands

• Instruct others how to

assist you

• Practice is key

• EarthquakeCountry.org/

disability

Adapt Your Response

Example ShakeOut Resources

• GOAL: 8 million participants (9.4% increase; 33% of pop.)

• Opportunities:

– School districts, individual schools, and private schools

ShakeOut.org/schools

– Higher Education: technical schools, community colleges, universities

ShakeOut.org/colleges

– Local governments (register all employees, promote participation)

– Major Employers

– Building Owners and Managers (building-wide drills)

– Faith-based organizations (weekend prior to ShakeOut)

• Remember: any day of the year & as little as 5 minutes

• Can combine with other drills, as long as DCHO included

2019 SoCal ShakeOut Participation

• 2017-2018: Release of scenario

chapters & outreach to

government/business

• ECA Bay Area participating in and

supporting HayWired Coalition

(biweekly calls, message

development, etc.)

• 2019: Broader public outreach;

basis for Bay Area ShakeOut drills

• Learn more::

OutsmartDisaster.com

USGS HayWired Scenario

Connect with the ECA

• Join today @ EarthquakeCountry.org/alliance

• 213-740-3262

• info@EarthquakeCountry.org

• socal@EarthquakeCountry.org

• Twitter.com/eca

• Facebook.com/earthquakecountryalliance