HUNTINGTON BEACH : Mock Quake Will Be Staged Today
City, school and emergency response officials will stage a mock earthquake today to demonstrate the services available at Orange County’s first regional Search and Rescue Training Center.
Public safety officials are encouraging residents to attend the event, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the former Rancho View School site, on Warner Avenue at B Street, one block east of Beach Boulevard. Admission is free.
Participants will learn a variety of emergency response skills, including how to turn off a household gas meter and how to treat badly injured people.
Among the presentations scheduled for today’s program were a model shelter by the American Red Cross, a mock disaster kitchen by the Salvation Army and emergency response demonstrations by a host of local police and fire officials. State and federal emergency response officials were also expected to attend.
The Search and Rescue Training Center, which will open officially on Monday, will offer classes for businesses, schools, groups and individuals to prepare the community in the event of a major earthquake.
For more information, call Glorria Morrison or Terry Scott at (714) 536-5980.
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