Arizona prepares for statewide drill to practice how it would respond to a migration of 400,000 people in case of a catastrophic California earthquake
Several Arizona businesses and organizations are preparing for a drill
The exercise will be a practice for how the state would respond to a migration of 400,000 people in case of an earthquake
Participants in the National Mass Care Exercise in the coming week will take part
The planning has been underway for nearly a year, the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs said
Earlier this month, a light earthquake was felt widely in Southern California, but there were no reports of damage or injuries
DAILYMAIL.COM
21 May 2018
Government agencies, businesses and other organizations in Arizona plan to participate in an exercise to practice how the state would respond to a migration of 400,000 people in case of an earthquake.
The exercise will be a drill in case a catastrophic earthquake occurs in Southern California.
The Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs said participants in the National Mass Care Exercise in the coming week will take part in the drill.
They will tackle how to organize operations such as providing food, shelter and medical services.
The department added that the exercise planning has been underway for nearly a year.
The State Emergency Operations Center in Phoenix, along with many county, tribal and municipal emergency operations centers will activate during the exercise.
The centers are prepared to test activation procedures and staff training.
A light earthquake was felt widely in Southern California two weeks ago May 8 but there were no reports of damage.
The magnitude 4.5 tremor occurred at 4:49 a.m. beneath the rugged San Bernardino Mountains in the inland region about 100 miles east of Los Angeles and about the same distance north of San Diego.
More than 9,000 people used the U.S. Geological Survey’s citizen reporting website to say they felt it, but the Riverside County Fire Department received no reports of injuries.
The quake occurred 8 miles beneath wilderness north of Cabazon, a lightly populated desert community best known to travelers along Interstate 10 as the location of giant dinosaur statues, a casino resort, outlet stores and giant spinning windmills that turn the gusty winds of San Gorgonio Pass into electricity.
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