Community Emergency Response Team Class - Introduction, Earthquake Awareness

What

Community Emergency Response Team Class - Introduction, Earthquake Awareness

When

10/3/2009, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Where

Location to be determined pending the number of participants.

The Los Angeles Fire Department’s-Disaster Preparedness Section will come to Los Angeles Senior High on Saturday, October 3, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. to provide us with an in-service entitled “Class 1- Introduction, Earthquake Awareness”. The topics that will be addressed are as follows (see below):

*Disasters and Disaster Workers: What defines a disaster and who makes up the response workforce.
*The Impact on the Infrastructure: The potential effect of extreme emergencies and
disasters on transportation; electrical service; telephone communication; fuel; food, water, and
shelter; and emergency services.
*Structural and Nonstructural Hazards: Potentially hazardous conditions in various types of
structures and their contents during a disaster.
*Hazard Mitigation: What to do to reduce the risk of damage from hazards that threaten your
area.
*Home and Workplace Preparedness: How you can prepare in advance to reduce structural
and nonstructural hazards and survive the initial period after a disaster.
*Community Preparedness: How a community can prepare in advance to respond.
*Protection for Disaster Workers: Laws that protect disaster workers from liability.

Note: This class is open to any Los Angeles Community Adult School or Los Angeles Senior High School staff. If you are interested in attending please notify me at 323-900-3502 or at [email protected] by Friday, September 25, 2009.