Re: [californiadisasters] ‘Rising Bear’ disaster exercise at U.C. Berkeley shakes things up

Gotta wonder, given the state of things 25-odd years ago, if they got
any wiser and gave some thought to their responsibilities vis the
students on campus... I can't say this looks all that different from
the conversations held back then. Not very encouraging... 8*(


On 7/10/2015 10:39 PM, Kim Noyes kimnoyes@gmail.com
[californiadisasters] wrote:
>
>
> 'Rising Bear' disaster exercise shakes things up
>
>
> By Public Affairs, | June 18, 2015
>
> UC Berkeley's Office of Emergency Management sponsored a three-hour
> drill Thursday morning to practice and evaluate the campus's response to
> a 6.8-magnitude earthquake on the Hayward Fault.
>
> Nearly 150 campus staff participated in the disaster exercise, dubbed
> "Rising Bear 2015," which coordinated the efforts of the Berkeley
> Seismological Lab, Residential and Student Services Programs, the UC
> Police Department, the Office of Environment, Health and Safety and more
> than a dozen other departments.
>
> The exercise included the activation of the Emergency Operations Center
> in Warren Hall, a central location for management-level coordination,
> decision-making and support during emergencies. Pre-identified, trained
> subject-matter experts from across the campus work in the EOC in five
> response functions: management, operations, planning, logistics, and
> finance and administration.
>
> In an actual emergency, while the overall response is being coordinated
> from the EOC, further resources and response activities will likely be
> needed across the campus. "One of the main goals of the exercise is to
> practice the communication and coordination that is required between the
> EOC and those units responding on campus," said Amina Assefa, manager of
> the Office of Emergency Management. "Meeting the needs of the campus
> after an emergency can only be accomplished through a coordinated effort
> of campus units working together."
>
> According to the U.S. Geological Survey, there is a 63 percent chance
> of a large earthquake — magnitude 6.7 or greater — occurring in the Bay
> Area by 2036. Thursday's exercise was an opportunity for key response
> personnel to test practices and procedures for such an emergency.
>
> A free emergency-preparedness mobile app <http://oep.berkeley.edu/> —
> offering Berkeley-specific tips and guidance for what to do in the event
> of earthquakes, power outages, suspicious packages and other potentially
> hazardous situations — is available from the Office of Emergency Management.
>
> Members of the campus community are also encouraged to sign up for
> WarnMe text alerts via the WarnMe website
> <https://warnme.berkeley.edu/>. OEM recommends that users designate text
> messages as their first alert priority, since this is the fastest way to
> receive notifications in an emergency,
>
> Source:
> http://news.berkeley.edu/2015/06/18/rising-bear-disaster-exercise-shakes-things-up/
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