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Primary Los Angeles Area Press Conference, Store Drill, and Earthquake Simulator

October 20, 2011, 10:30 - 11:15 am, News conference at Target

Event Location:
Target
8999 Balboa Blvd
Northridge, CA 91325 (Map)

Event Contact:
John Bwarie, USGS, jbwarie@usgs.gov


Summary:
A press conference following the drill at a retail store to announce the Success of ShakeOut in Southern California, an MOU between Target & the USGS, and the public-private partnership that helps makes LA ready for the next big event. Ready America’s “Big Shaker” will be on site beginning at 4 a.m. for interviews.




Full Description:


Times: (6am to 12pm)

4am to 9am (+11am and 12noon): individual interviews, many stations, big “shaker”

9am to 10:20am: Prep for ShakeOut Drill/Position observers and media

10:20am: ShakeOut Drill & Broadcast over PA/team members announce it

10:22am: Store “impact assessment” / Distribute kits to customers

10:30am: Press Conference

11:15am: Conclude



Visuals:

-Drill inside Target store with employees reacting to a drill; customers will also be invited to participate.

-Target distributing preparedness material to customers & employees

-Distribution of kits to customers

-National and local leaders coming together to get ready for the inevitable earthquake

-Announcing of MOU between Target & USGS Natural Hazards

-Big Shaker (from 5am to 9am)



Speakers:

*Anne Castle– Assistant Secretary, U.S. Dept. of the Interior

*Lucy Jones– Chief Scientist, USGS Multihazard Demonstration Project

*Mike Dayton - Acting Secretary, Cal EMA

*Daryl Osby– Chief, Los Angeles County Fire Department

•Mitch Englander– Councilman, City of Los Angeles
*Target Executives



Purposes:

1. Announce MOU between Target & USGS Natural Hazards

2. Highlight the partnership between Science, Emergency Management/Public Safety (including CalEMA, FEMA, etc.) & the Private Sector

3. Celebrate the millions of Californians who made themselves safer by practicing how to protect themselves during earthquake shaking and invite them to take “one more step” to so the California will recover more quickly from the next big earthquake.







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