PREPAREDNESS AND MITIGATION:

1. Has a hazard vulnerability analysis been conducted (including the location of hazardous materials) to determine the potential threat to the area?

2. Has a seismic safety plan been developed that addresses land use and development decisions?

3. Have potentially hazardous buildings been identified?

4. Is there a plan to reduce the hazards posed by such (older unreinforced masonry & concrete) buildings?

5. Have nonstructural hazards been identified and corrected in your facilities?

6. Have specific mutual aid agreements between local and/or special purpose governments been adopted?

7. Do your employees know that by state statute all public employees are emergency services workers at the time of an earthquake, and do they know their roles?

8. Have employees been trained in earthquake preparedness for themselves and their families?

9. Have personnel been trained to do basic damage assessment?

10. Is there a coordinated disaster management plan that incorporates all departments and managers?

11. Have potential sites been identified for use as mass care centers? Have emergency supplies been stockpiled? Have personnel been trained to staff the centers?

12. Have community programs been initiated which stress the importance of home and individual planning?

13. Are there means for developing and distributing literature to private and public sector groups in the community? Are there special programs which deal with preparedness for the disabled, the non-English speaking population, and the elderly?

14. Have leaders in the business community been enlisted to participate in private/public preparedness programs?

15. Have community programs been coordinated with individual school plans for earthquake safety?

16. Have procedures been established for using volunteers before, during and after the earthquake?

RESPONSE:

1. Have all agencies that could offer assistance at the time of an earthquake been involved in pre-event planning?

2. Have clear roles and responsibilities been established for planners, responders and managers?

3. Has a coordinated command system been planned to ensure effective response at multiple sites?

4. Have procedures been set up to quickly assess the need for outside resources?

5. Have alternative strategies for damage assessment been developed?

6. Has redundancy been built into the communications systems?

7. Have attempts been made, in emergency shelter or evacuation planning, to be realistic about the population's determination to stay near their homes or to stay with families and friends?

8. Are shelter facilities equipped for the health and sanitation needs of large numbers of people?

9. Have potential casualty collection points for triage and transport of the injured been identified?

10. Has the positive role of the media in providing public information before, during and after the earthquake been recognized?

11. Do city and county agencies have emergency supply kits in individual buildings?

12. Have potential sites been identified for debris disposal?

13. Have procedures been set up for timely inspection and condemnation of damaged structures?

RECOVERY:

1. Is there a plan to organize the recovery--such as a suggested recovery authority with functions and possible assignments?

2. Will special ordinances and legislation be required? Have such ordinances been drafted?

3. Are there plans for assuring the continuance of government and business functions? Such contingency plans should assume the possible loss of records, supplies and inventories as well as of building space.

4. Are there plans for providing immediate disaster assistance, such as temporary housing, mass feeding, financial assistance, and psychological counseling to victims and families of victims?

5. How will public information needs be handled? Are there procedures to help people locate the missing? Are there procedures to notify employees whether and where to return to work?

6. Are there plans for hazard abatement e.g. to inspect, post, close and demolish hazards that are a threat to public safety?

7. Have priorities been established for restoration of services?

8. Is there a plan to document and tally costs associated with the earthquake? Such information will be needed to substantiate disaster assistance requests and insurance claims, and to speed payment to vendors and mutual aid partners.

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