City of Los Angeles Emergency Management Department
In Omnia Paratus City of Los Angeles Emergency Management Department Emergency and Disaster Resources Veronica Hendrix, Emergency Manager May 28, 2015 Preparing for emergencies ƵƌŝŶŐĂŶĞŵĞƌŐĞŶĐLJǁĞĚŽŶ͛ƚƌŝƐĞƚŽ the occasion, we sink to our level of preparedness. In Omnia Paratus The Emergency Management Department What we do Charged with task of planning and preparing all City departments, residents, and businesses for emergencies, natural and man-‐made; lead citywide efforts in emergency and disaster mitigation, readiness, response and recovery. In Omnia Paratus Disasters do happen in Los Angeles Windstorms Mud and debris flow Wild fires Earthquakes In Omnia Paratus Facts about Los Angeles 4 million residents; 10 million people during the day 471 square miles 9,888 police officers 3, 246 firefighters In Omnia Paratus Do the math What does this mean? With over four million people in the City, rescuers may not be able to provide immediate support to every neighborhood in need Could be 72 hours to weeks (or more) before help arrives You will be your first responder In Omnia Paratus How should you prepare Levels of preparedness Individual Family Neighborhood Transit In Omnia Paratus Getting prepared What can you do to prepare your members and families for disasters? In Omnia Paratus Get knowledgeable The basics ReadyLA http://readyla.org/ (English and Spanish) dŚĞŝƚLJŽĨ>ŽƐŶŐĞůĞƐ͛ƐŽĨĨŝĐŝĂůƌĞĂĚŝŶĞƐƐ͕ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞ and recovery website for residents, families and business 5 Steps to Neighborhood Preparedness Program http://5steps.la/ Helps neighborhoods prepare to help themselves for several days to weeks following a disaster In Omnia Paratus Get more information The basics EMD Website www.emergency.lacity.org dŚĞŵĞƌŐĞŶĐLJDĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ͛Ɛ City website In Omnia Paratus Get some training Community Emergency Response Team Training (CERT) 6 weeks course http://www.cert-‐la.com/ Introduction, Disaster Awareness Disaster Fire Suppression Disaster Medical Operations Disaster Medical Operations and Multi-‐Casualty Incident Light Search & Rescue Operations Team Organization & Disaster Psychology Terrorism & Homeland Defense In Omnia Paratus Get some training Additional training Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA Independent On-‐line training courses http://training.fema.gov/is/crslist.aspx Learn the fundamentals of emergency planning and many introductory and advance topics In Omnia Paratus Get connected Subscribe and follow Notify LA http://notifyla.org/ Sign up for free emergency alerts Prepare LA Now http://preparelanow.org Create a free, customized family emergency plan Social media Twitter http://twitter.com/readyla Facebook http://www.facebook.com/readyla Tumblr Blog http://readyla.tumblr.com/ In Omnia Paratus #GETREADYLA veronica.hendrix@lacity.org (213) 484-‐4812 In Omnia Paratus
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