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Disaster Preparedness In Pacifi c Grove 1999 Annual
Report
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS IN PACIFIC GROVE 1999 ANNUAL REPORT,
Russell C. Coile, Ph.D, CEM, Emergency Program Manager, January 24,
2000
Preparing Pacifi c Grove For Earthquakes
Earthquake Training
A team of city employees attended the `Earthquake' training course at
the California Specialized Training Institute, San Luis Obispo. This January
11-15, 1999 emergency management course was attended by Scott Miller,
Police Chief, Stephen Leiker, Public Works Director, Judith MacClelland,
Chief Planner, Polly Fry, Fire Department Administrative Secretary, and Julie
Uretsky, Housing Program Assistant.
State-wide Earthquake Exercise
Planning began in January, 1999 for the City's participation in
California's annual state-wide earthquake exercise scheduled for April
1999. This was the tenth year that the City had participated. The State's
exercise was conducted on Tuesday, April 6 at 10:30 a.m. Members of
the City's Disaster Council participated, including representatives from the
Pacifi c Grove Chamber of Commerce, radio station KAZU, Pacifi c Grove
Unifi ed School District, Asilomar Conference Center, and Cal-Am Water.
Boy Scouts delivered messages in the emergency operations center, and
amateur radio operators in the EOC communicated with hams at the
County's EOC, Carmel-by-the-Sea Red Cross chapter and Salvation Army
in Seaside. Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station conducted their
annual earthquake evacuation drill. TV stations KSBW and KION fi lmed
EOC activity for their 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. news broadcasts. A discussion
of preparedness for the Y2K conversion event was also presented by a
planner from the Monterey County Operational Area.
Seismic Performance of Buildings
The Emergency Program Manager obtained a report, `Incentives and
Impediments to Improving the Seismic Performance of Buildings' for the