The purpose of the exercise was to promote awareness of earthquake preparedness and more precisely to show the public what to do beforehand.
Businesses across California, along with schools, federal and state agencies and the general public will all stop what they’re doing at 10:21am on 10/21 to ‘Drop, Cover and Hold On’.
Also part of this year’s ShakeOut theme is the crucial ‘Secure Your Space’ message.
Secure Your Space
QuakeHOLD! Industrial partnered with the San Diego Office of Emergency Services, the County and the San Diego Police Department to get the earthquake preparedness message out via the media.
A local Middle School hosted the event where the Big Shaker, the world’s largest mobile earthquake simulator, was front and center. QuakeHOLD! Industrial simulated quakes of magnitude 6.8-7.5 in order to demonstrate to students and the media alike the benefits of taking the time to secure potential hazards around the home and office.
From a business standpoint, securing items in data centers, server rooms, clean rooms and labs is probably one of the smartest things you can do if your operations are located in an earthquake zone.
And by the way, it’s not just the West Coast of the US that is susceptible to quakes. Check out the New Madrid Fault and how many states would be affected if that fault was to rupture.
Many businesses have done little to get prepared and they may well regret their inaction.
The most recent study conducted by researchers at UCLA found that the vast majority of Californians haven’t done very much at all to get prepared for an earthquake and when the big one comes, and the experts tell us it will, they could wind up out of business because they weren’t prepared.
Seismic Protection Products
In an earthquake top-heavy things that are unsecured will crash to the floor, as will unsecured desktop appliances and equipment. That’s why it’s vitally important for a business to undertake non-structural seismic mitigation.
To start with, you could consider utilizing seismic protection products and services such as those offered at QuakeHOLD! Industrial.
The expertise of Quake Hold Industrial encompasses floor fastening systems, lab equipment fastening and countertop fasteners. We also specialize in emergency supplies such as vacuation kits for employees.
There is
much more information on the various products and services offered by Quake Hold Industrial on their website www.quakeholdindustrial.com
Risk Assessment
To help figure out your needs you can contact QuakeHOLD! Industrial to schedule a risk assessment of your premises.
QuakeHOLD! Industrial has been reminding you repeatedly during the past few months, if you
run a business in a seismically active zone, you need to become pro-active about earthquake preparedness and suggesting you to start today.