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ADVISORY: Quake 2000
ATTENTION:
ASSIGNMENT DESK
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05/22/00
Contact: Marie Felde
(510) 642-3734
mff@uclink.berkeley.edu
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WHAT: |
Quake
2000, the most ambitious earthquake disaster field training
and exercise ever undertaken at the University of California,
Berkeley, or at any California research university. The
exercise will simulate the campus's emergency response to
a major Hayward Fault earthquake. |
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WHEN: |
Thursday,
May 25, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. |
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WHERE: |
The
UC Berkeley campus. |
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WHO: |
More
than 400 campus officials, staff members and volunteers,
including UC police and UC Berkeley staff, student and
faculty HOME Team search and rescue volunteers.
Others
participating include University Health Services professionals
and first aid/triage volunteers; environment, health and
safety hazardous material response personnel; building
assessment teams, building trades teams such as electricians,
plumbers and elevator mechanics as well as building coordinators
from every campus building.
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WHY: |
Recognizing
that UC Berkeley sits astride the Hayward Fault, in 1997
the campus, under the direction of Chancellor Robert M.
Berdahl, undertook a major seismic safety effort. The
SAFER Program is a 10-point program to protect the lives
and safety of students, faculty and staff, and to ensure
the campus can sustain operations following a major quake.
This drill is part of the SAFER Program's call to "ensure
comprehensive emergency preparedness and provide training."
A major
part of the SAFER Program is the 10- to 20-year, $1 billion-plus
program to retrofit and strengthen 27 percent of central
campus buildings. Six major building retrofit projects
currently are under construction.
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VISUALS:
Trained search and rescue teams with full gear will be
assigned to search buildings for lost or trapped victims
and to perform rescues. At least two to three K-9 teams
will be dispatched. (Note: The dogs, owned by UC
Berkeley employees, have undergone hundreds of hours of
training to certify them for K-9 search and rescue work.
The dog/owner teams will gather outside the UC Berkeley
Police Department on the south lawn of Sproul Hall about
9 a.m.)
Disaster
first aid/triage teams will report to University Health
Services and be assigned triage of "walking wounded" at
the Tang Center or be given field packs and dispatched
to emergency areas to treat injured victims.
NOTE:
For more information about the Quake 2000 exercise, contact
Tom Klatt, manager of emergency preparedness, (510) 642-1258.
For
information on covering the exercise, contact Marie Felde,
director of media relations, (510) 642-3734.
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