[Em-announcements] [Staff] ShakeOut 2011: Don’t Run Outside!

[Veronica Ruiz]

Student Services Building Staff,

The Student Services Building will be participating in The Great California ShakeOut 2011 exercise scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, October 20, 2011. Please plan to follow all of the instructions outlined below and safely evacuate the building at 10:25am.

Emergency Assembly Area/Evacuation Location: Student Services Building Plaza Area.

Staff Instructions: Check-in with your Department Safety Coordinator (DSC). As a friendly reminder, please see attached list of DSCs.

Department Safety Coordinators: Please be prepared to check-in staff using your emergency staff list.  Please note that LaRae, Cecily, and myself will be out of the office tomorrow, so please plan to check-in with Bracken Dailey, Registrar to notify her that all staff within your department have been accounted for and have safely evacuated the building.

Campus Instructions: Immediate Actions

During shaking


·         Remember to duck, cover and hold

·         Duck or drop to the ground

·         Cover yourself by getting under a sturdy desk, table, between rows of auditorium seats, or against an interior wall

·         Protect your head and neck with your arms

·         Stay clear of windows, hanging objects, mirrors, or shelves where objects may fall

·         Hold on to the furniture that covers you

·         Protect your head and neck until the shaking stops
After shaking stops

·         Be prepared for aftershocks

·         Do not run outside or immediately evacuate as falling debris can cause major injuries

·         Quickly gather personal items and critical work or research that needs to be saved

·         If working with high heat, open flame, or a hazardous experiment or procedure, complete safety shutdown procedures if it is safe to do so, and then evacuate the building

·         Follow evacuation routes directly to building's Emergency Assembly Area (EAA); do not attempt to use an elevator for evacuation

·         Assist evacuating people with disabilities if they need help

·         Check in with emergency staff at the Emergency Assembly Area and notify them of injured people, hazards or damages observed

·         Stay at the Emergency Assembly Area and follow directions of emergency response personnel

Thank you,

Associate Vice Chancellor Enrollment Management (AVCEM) Office
Student Services Building

From: staff-bounces at scotmail.ucr.edu<mailto:staff-bounces at scotmail.ucr.edu> [mailto:staff-bounces at scotmail.ucr.edu]<mailto:[mailto:staff-bounces at scotmail.ucr.edu]> On Behalf Of David Oglesby
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 3:58 PM
To: staff at scotmail.ucr.edu<mailto:staff at scotmail.ucr.edu>
Subject: [Staff] ShakeOut 2011: Don’t Run Outside!

To UCR Students, Faculty, and Staff,

What will you do when the upcoming large, damaging earthquake hits UCR?  Will you try to run outside your building, and get hit by flying debris, both inside and outside?  Will you head for an interior doorway, and be hit by the door and other hazards?  Or will you drop down to your hands and knees, get under the cover of something strong such as a table or desk, and hold on until the shaking stops?  If you choose either of the first two options, you are more likely to be hurt or even killed when the Big One comes.  If you choose the third option (Drop, Cover, and Hold On), you maximize your chances of survival.

Of course, we don’t know when that large earthquake will hit us, but we know it has hit Riverside in the past, and it will again.  Don’t be one of the statistics listed as dead, injured, or missing.  Learn how to Drop, Cover, and Hold on when the shaking starts, and you will greatly increase your chances of escaping the earthquake uninjured.  This is the method endorsed by the American Red Cross, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and other safety experts.

To start preparing yourself for the inevitable earthquake here, please Thursday, October 20.  Whether you are in class or elsewhere, take 60 seconds to Drop (to your hands and knees), Cover (underneath a desk, table, or something else sturdy), and Hold On (to keep yourself sheltered).  Like a fire drill, an earthquake drill will help you make the right choice when the crucial time comes.  For more information, please see the attached flyer, or visit www.dropcoverholdon.org/.<http://www.dropcoverholdon.org/>  You can get more even information between 11:00 and 1:00 on ShakeOut day at the Earthquake Outreach Booths at the Bell Tower.

Please, prepare yourself for the inevitable.  Remember—the wrong choice can be deadly!

Sincerely,

David Oglesby, Associate Professor of Geophysics (david.oglesby at ucr.edu<mailto:david.oglesby at ucr.edu>)

Paul Walker, UCR Emergency Manager (paul.walker at ucr.edu<mailto:paul.walker at ucr.edu>)
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