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