1. The Mitigation Outreach Academy …An Introduction to Earthquake

2. Introduction FLASH developed the Mitigation Outreach Academy to equip volunteers with useful mitigation outreach resources as they advocate for home mitigation and preparedness before and after they serve in the disaster zone. Accurate, reliable, and relevant home mitigation information is critical to fostering an environment where communities build with resilience in mind, and volunteers carry that message effectively by combining it with their personal experience. Volunteers are the boots on the ground after a disaster and can use their experiences and voices to help create disaster resilient communities. Using this Mitigation Outreach Academy Volunteer Toolkit, volunteers can inspire others to take action by translating experiences and lessons learned post-disaster into advocacy for pre-disaster mitigation activities. The toolkit serves a dual function. It provides access to mitigation information and helps volunteers tell their story by transforming experience into educational tools. Volunteers can take resilience to the next level and recruit new advocates to the disaster safety movement, creating resilience influencers within their organizations and communities.

3. Table of Contents My Story – A Volunteer’s Perspective Page 4-6 Identify Your Risk Page 7 Why Earthquake Resilience is Important Page 8 Resilience and Affordability Page 9 Volunteers Make a Difference – Resources Page 10 Post-Quake Fires – Double Disasters Page 11 Post-Quake Fires – Prevention Page 12 Secure Your Contents – Why It’s Important Page 13 Promoting Resilience – Securing Heavy Furniture Page 14 Promoting Resilience – Securing Artwork Page 15 Promoting Resilience – How-To Animation Page 16 Amplify the Message – Drive Mitigation Page 17 Earthquake Resources Page 18-19

4. Photos/Videos (Users should insert photos and videos with short descriptors from the most recent volunteer experience in the disaster zone) My Story - A Volunteer’s Perspective

5. Photos/Videos My Story - A Volunteer’s Perspective (Users should insert photos and videos with short descriptors from the most recent volunteer experience in the disaster zone)

6. Homes and their contents can be protected against earthquakes before disaster strikes There are cost-effective ways to prepare your home and belongings for an earthquake Lack of building codes or use of older codes can increase damage vulnerability and modern seismic building codes are stronger because they are refined to include lessons learned after earthquakes Fires following disasters, including earthquakes, are often as devastating as the original disaster My Story - A Volunteer’s Perspective (Users should include important takeaways and lessons learned from the most recent volunteer experience in the disaster zone) Example takeaways below

7. Identify Your Risk Communities should: Identity Earthquake Risk All 50 states and territories are vulnerable to earthquakes. California experiences the most frequent damaging earthquakes. Earthquakes in the central or eastern United States effect much larger areas than earthquakes of similar magnitude in the western United States. Plan for the Worst

8. Why Earthquake Resilience is Important Injury and loss of life  1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake caused 63 deaths and approx. 3,700 injuries  1994 Northridge Earthquake caused 57 deaths and more than 9,000 injuries Economic and property loss  1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake caused an est. $6 billion in property damage  1994 Northridge Earthquake - third costliest natural disaster in the nation’s history Systems and services crippled  1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake closed ten bridges following major structural damage and caused minor damage to approx. 80 bridges  1994 Northridge Earthquake caused seven major freeway bridges to collapse, damaged 212 bridges, and disrupted regional traffic for weeks

9. Resilience and Affordability Affordable ways to be earthquake resilient  Look Up: support ceiling fans and light pendants; brace masonry chimneys back to the roof joists or reinforce roof sheathing  Look Around: anchor bookcases, file cabinets and entertainment centers; secure loose shelving; hang mirrors, pictures and plants using closed hooks to prevent items from falling  Look Down: ensure appliances have flexible gas or electrical connectors; strap down water heaters; locate the gas shutoff valve and know how to turn it off; relocate flammable liquids to a garage or outside storage location Licensed, bonded and insured contractors perform these retrofits  Brace the cripple walls of wood framed crawl spaces by adding plywood or diagonal sheathing to the stud walls.  Install anchor bolts and steel plate washers.  Brace the narrow wood frame walls around garage doors with plywood panels and/or steel straps.  Strengthen unreinforced masonry walls by bolting the walls to a new interior steel frame.

10. Volunteers Make a Difference - Resources FLASH Quick Training Videos FLASH Cards How-to Animations – bringing the FLASH Cards to life QuakeSmart

11. Post-Quake Fires - Double Disasters The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fires The earthquake and fires caused an est. 3,000 deaths and $524 million in property loss Fires burned for three days and destroyed nearly 500 city blocks Often most remembered for the fires The 1994 Northridge Earthquake 110 fires erupted across the region after the earthquake More than 70% of the fires were in single or multi-family homes Firefighting was stalled because of severe water system damage

12. Quick Training Videos Earthquake Video: How to Prevent Post-Quake Fires Post-Quake Fires - Prevention

13. Secure Your Contents - Why It’s Important Most earthquake-related injuries result from collapsing walls, flying glass, and falling objects. Southern California experiences approximately10,000 earthquakes a year, but most are not felt. Only several hundred are greater than magnitude 3.0, and only about 15-20 are greater than magnitude 4.0. Taking easy and affordable steps to mitigate can make a difference in many earthquakes.

14. Quick Training Earthquake Video: How to Secure Heavy Furniture for an Earthquake Promote Resilience - Securing Heavy Furniture

15. Quick Training Earthquake Video: How to Secure Hanging Artwork for an Earthquake Promote Resilience - Securing Artwork

16. Bringing the FLASH Cards to life: Nonstructural Earthquake Animation Promote Resilience - How-To Animation

17. Amplify the Message – Drive Mitigation Talk to community groups, including your own Examples of local clubs you can reach out to:  Kiwanis clubs  Exchange clubs  Rotary clubs  Women’s clubs  Junior League  Church youth groups  Homeowner’s associations  Local government meetings  Local Chamber of Commerce  Local young professional groups Traditional methods such as using flyers placed on billboards in cafes Nontraditional ways such as social media and email Host a volunteer “open house” event Provide volunteer orientation/training Host a luncheon

18. Earthquake Resources www.flash.org www.protect-your-home.org www.youtube.com/stronghomes Earthquake: Protect Your Home FLASH Card http://www.flash.org/resources/files/earthquake_prephome.pdf Earthquake: Prepare Your Family FLASH Card http://www.flash.org/resources/files/earthquake_prepfamily.pdf Earthquake: Protect Your Contents FLASH Card http://www.flash.org/resources/files/earthquake_protectcontents.pdf Earthquake Protect Your Home in a FLASH Videos (Please click “CC - Closed Caption” for Spanish subtitles) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZVpsI8lvTU&list=PLR7GhNEQT6T9yaY_MWJ 3KhuC4XiUEZ-Fv&index=2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WppMA1tqnAI&list=PLR7GhNEQT6T9yaY_MW J3KhuC4XiUEZ-Fv&index=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYo3y0qN9W8&list=PLR7GhNEQT6T9yaY_M WJ3KhuC4XiUEZ-Fv&index=7

19. Earthquake Resources QuakeSmart Community Resilience Program www.quakesmartcommunity.org http://www.flash.org/quakesmart The Great ShakeOut www.shakeout.org FEMA QuakeSmart www.fema.gov/quakesmart FEMA Earthquake www.fema.gov/earthquake United State Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program www.earthquake.usgs.gov