469
DisasterMan
State Offi ce of Emergency Services (OES Coastal Region, Oakland)
Monterey County Offi ce of Emergency Services, Salinas
City of Pacifi c Grove including the Mayor and City Council members, the
City Manager (and Emergency Program Manager), Police Chief; Fire Chief,
Public Works Superintendent, Community Development Director and the
Recreation Director.
Industry & Business: Businesses need to survive so that appropriate
disaster resistant activities for rapid business resumption and recovery
will naturally also help in the recovery efforts of the city's residents who
are trying to get back to normal living. Businesses, therefore, have direct
economic incentives for participating in disaster preparedness activities
which will benefi t them as well as helping their customers.
Infrastructure: The utility lifelines of electricity, natural gas, fresh drinking
water, and sewer systems are critical to modern living. Loss or damage to
these lifelines might cause critical problems for hospitals, businesses or
homeowners. Transportation systems of roads, overpasses, bridges, and bus
companies may be severely damaged in a big earthquake. Transportation
systems are critical for our Police, Fire and Public Works departments to
do their jobs.
Utilities: Pacifi c Gas & Electric (for electricity and natural gas); California-
American Water Company; Pacifi c Bell Telephone Company; TCI Television
Cable Company; Transportation: Monterey-Salinas Bus Company
Volunteer & Community based Organizations: Volunteerism is alive
and well in Pacifi c Grove. There are approximately 50 community --based
organizations in our city and more than 400 in our Monterey county. Pacifi c
Grove Churches -13 different denominations. Red Cross, Kiwanis, L i o n s
Club, Rotary Club, Masonic Temple, Friends of the Pacifi c Grove Public
Library, Friends of the Pacifi c Grove Museum of Natural History, American
Association of Retired Persons, Neighborhood Associations, Environmental
Groups, Pacifi c Grove Residents Association.
Health Care: Health care facilities should be in the partnership since it
is essential that they be built or retrofi tted to survive after disasters in
order to provide immediate medical care for injured. After the 1989 Loma
Prieta earthquake, the Watsonville hospital's emergency power system was
damaged, the main buildings were moved by the earthquake so that vital
water, steam, gas and electrical lines were damaged so that patients had
to be evacuated and earthquake victims treated in the parking lot. A new
Summary :
469 DisasterMan State Offi ce of Emergency Services (OES Coastal Region, Oakland) Monterey County Offi ce of Emergency Services, Salinas City of Pacifi c Grove including the Mayor and City Council members, the City Manager (and Emergency Program Manager), Police Chief; Red Cross, Kiwanis, L i o n s Club, Rotary Club, Masonic Temple, Friends of the Pacifi c Grove Public Library, Friends of the Pacifi c Grove Museum of Natural History, American Association of Retired Persons, Neighborhood Associations, Environmental Groups, Pacifi c Grove Residents Association.
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