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MySafe:LA and LAFD Annual Earthquake Drill

October 9, 2014, 9 am - 12 pm, Drill at Woodland Hills Elementary School

Event Location:
Woodland Hills Elementary School
22201 San Miguel Street
Woodland Hills , CA 91364 (Map)

Event Contact:
Todd Leitz, MySafe:LA, todd.leitz@mysafela.org, 213.379.0021

No contact information available.


Summary:
MySafe:LA and the LAFD will hold the annual "Drop, Cover, and Hold On" ShakeOut-related drill at Woodland Hills Elementary School. The drill will involve a realistic LAFD response to a quake-damaged school to search and rescue, assess, triage and prepare injured students and faculty for transport.


Full Description:
MySafe:LA, a private, professional fire and life safety organization, will team-up with the Los Angeles Fire Department and the Los Angeles Unified School District to conduct an earthquake drill at Woodland Hills Elementary school.

This realistic and challenging drill will start with an earthquake preparedness safety presentation by MySafe:LA to students at the school, followed by a "Drop, Cover and Hold On" classroom drill as a major earthquake hits the Los Angeles area.

Some students and faculty will be "moulaged" to simulate realistic quake-related injuries. Others will be "trapped" by quake-debris and other hazards, and LAFD crews will have to conduct a search-and-rescue operation to find and free the trapped, triage and assess the injured, and treat and prepare them for transport to hospitals.

The objective of the drill is to permit Los Angeles firefighters to drill with students in a realistic, event-driven environment. Firefighters will get the rare opportunity to practice EMS skills with children. School officials get to practice their LAUSD earthquake evacuation protocols. And the students will be educated on what to do before, during and after a significant earthquake. Media will get the chance to capture the event as it unfolds.






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