Re: [californiadisasters] LA Co--Earthquake

Actually it's a comprehensive pre-planned process.

1. Everybody and their apparatus out of the station.

2. Operations plan (decentralized dispatch) goes into effect to allow for
heavy activity levels and diminished communications capability.

3. Companies each patrol a pre-assigned area to assure that all is well.

4. Roll call so battalions can report their situation.

Of course, as with all such plans, the specifics vary by jurisdiction.

LACoFD (Los Angeles County Fire Department--covers all of unincorporated
county and many cities who contract for services) goes on earthquake mode
(earthquake procedures) whenever there is a quake felt anywhere in the
county, which is a big enough area that in many cases, as with this one,
most stations will know about the earthquake only by the alarm to earthquake
mode.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Point" <spoint@optusnet.com.au>
To: <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: [californiadisasters] LA Co--Earthquake

> They do that just in case it is a precursor Quake!
> We have the same op-plans here, including for our comms room operators
> to move to an "Mobile Police Facility" (Mobile truck with service and
> inter-agency radio and satellite hookups and 15kva power system on a
> trailer.) as well as other locations. We can also run our complete 911AP
> equivalent from our radio workshop with a duplicate comms terminal
> except for our CAD system, but still maintain all radio and phone links
> in the region. Our workshop was an old stand-alone SERT Armoury (SWAT
> equivalent) and is bomb proof reinforced concrete with heavy "I" beam
> framing, it won't fall down!
>
> Regards,
> Sam Point
> Townsville, Tropical North Queensland
> Australia
>
>
>
>
> On 15/05/2010 13:58, Frank C. wrote:
> >
> >
> > I'm assuming that it means they are in an "when's the next one going
> > to hit" mode which has all vehicles, etc outside the station ready to
> > move at a moments notice.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > -Frank C.
> >
> > On May 14, 2010, at 8:56 PM, Louis N. Molino, Sr. wrote:
> >
> >> LACoFD on earthquake mode.
> >>
> >> What does this mean?
> >>
> >> Louis N. Molino, Sr. CET
> >> FF/NREMT/FSI/EMSI
> >> Typed by my fingers on my iPhone.
> >> Please excuse any typos.
> >> (979) 412-0890 (Cell)
> >> LNMolino@aol.com <mailto:LNMolino%40aol.com>
> >>
> >> On May 14, 2010, at 22:39, newnethboy <kef413@gmail.com
> >> <mailto:kef413%40gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >> > 3.9 2010/05/15 03:19:01 34.091-119.066 17.9 14 km ( 9 mi) ESE of Port
> >> > Hueneme, CA
> >> >
> >> > LACoFD on earthquake mode.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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