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An essential ingredient is preparedness.

Earthquake preparedness includes identifying and eliminating as many hazards where the impact of a major earthquake could:

  • kill or injure people
  • destroy or damage property
  • ruin or impair business operations

The overall objective of emergency planning is to create a system that will ensure an effective and efficient response to emergency situations.

  • Overall management and coordination of emergency operations
  • Establishment of a “chain of command” and delegation of authority
  • Coordination of requests for assistance and allocation of company resources
  • Establishment of priorities
  • Coordination of regional and community based support
  • Coordination, direction and distribution of emergency public and employee information
  • Collection, evaluation and distribution of damage assessments
  • Coordination and maintenance of communication with appropriate governmental agencies and news media

In your emergency planning, remember that, following a major disaster such as an earthquake, you may need to be self-reliant for 72 hours or longer. Government and emergency services such as fire, police and ambulance resources will be fully committed and immediate assistance wll not be available in the aftermath of a disaster.

Roads, bridges, transit systems and other essential lifelines could be severely disrupted. Senior staff may be unavailable, injured, at home or in transit. Continuity of management means planning for disruption of normal lines of authority.