PREPAREDNESS AND MITIGATION:

1. Do you have a disaster plan for your organization?

2. Are your employees aware of their roles and responsibilities under the plan?

3. Do you have an earthquake preparedness program for your employees? Have you emphasized the need for a home plan?

4. Have you conducted an inventory of all hazardous materials and facilities which could pose a threat to your employees or public safety in the event of an earthquake?

5. Has a structural engineer evaluated the adequacy of your facilities?

6. Have you secured all the equipment, shelves, file cabinets and bookcases in your facilities to structural members of the buildings?

7. Have you contracted with vendors and local structural specialists to provide equipment and damage assessment immediately following an earthquake?

8. Do you know what priorities have been established for repairs to communications, broadcast and transmission facilities by PG&E and other utilities?

9. Have you identified the most (minimum) essential operations necessary to run a radio, TV station or newspaper?

10. Do you have emergency generators and fuel on hand at transmission and broadcast sites/press operations? How long will they operate on this fuel supply? Have you made arrangements with vendors to supply additional fuel and generators?

11. Have you made arrangements with governmental and law enforcement agencies to provide access to restricted areas?

Broadcast:

1. Have you established procedures and obtained written approvals for emergency AM operation on FM, or vice versa?

2. Have you made arrangements (obtained approval) to operate on another, undamaged facility in the region (including non-commercial)?

3. Are microwave links available to replace damaged landlines or microwave?

Newspapers:

Are your delivery trucks susceptible to damage at locations where they are normally parked?

RESPONSE:

1. Do you have emergency PSAs available at the station which will inform the public of steps to take after an earthquake?

2. Have you developed a plan with local governments to determine the role your station will play in providing information to the public during the state of the emergency?

3. Have you set up an inter-station communications network so that in case of an emergency the public can continue to receive vital emergency information?

4. Have you considered establishing communications links with local emergency officials?

Newspapers:

1. Have you made arrangements for alternate press facilities outside the earthquake area?

2. Have you considered alternate distribution arrangements?

3. Are alternate delivery means available if the fleet or parts of the fleet are damaged?

4. Have you planned for distribution drops at mass care areas in the region? Will you

5. increase distribution to those areas normally outside circulation area, but not served by normal daily papers due to earthquake damage?

Broadcast:

1. Will radios, TVs and/or amplified systems be provided to make broadcast information available to people at mass care facilities?

2. What organizations could acquire and/or stockpile the equipment described above?

RECOVERY:

1. What would be your immediate needs (restoration of power, replacement of radio transmitters, etc.) in order to reestablish your organization's function in the community?

2. What long-term delays might you experience before you could be back in operation?

3. Have you established cooperative relationships with other media in the event you are not able to broadcast or function for a considerable period of time?

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