You are invited to attend one (or more) of three workshops in March that will provide an orientation to a new Haywired Scenario Exercise Toolkit. The workshops are designed for individuals interested in holding discussion-based exercises within their organization in order to improve planning, mitigation, preparedness, and recovery.
The Toolkit is based on the USGS HayWired Earthquake Scenario, which explores a magnitude 7.0 earthquake on the Hayward Fault and the physical, technological, and societal impacts it will cause throughout the densely urbanized and interconnected Bay Area region. This comprehensive scenario report provides a wealth of information spanning many themes and topics.
To facilitate the use of this information, the United States Geological Survey, Earthquake Country Alliance, California Resiliency Alliance, and many other partners have designed a Toolkit for use by businesses, government agencies, non-profits, community groups, and other organizations to plan, lead, and learn from discussion-based exercises.
Each workshop will include an overview of the Toolkit and its accompanying Facilitator Tools that provide detailed guidance and useful imagery for many potential exercise ideas. This will be followed by group discussion-based exercises so that attendees can experience how they can put the Toolkit into action. Each workshop will use a different exercise idea from the Toolkit.
Workshop Locations and Dates:
United States Geological Survey (USGS), Menlo Park
Thursday, March 9, 2023
9 am – 12:30 pm
San Francisco Department of Public Works
Monday, March 27, 2023
9 am – 12:30 pm
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Oakland
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
1 pm – 4:30 pm
We hope you can join us!
Monika Stoeffl, Executive Director, California Resiliency Alliance
Mark Benthien, Executive Director, Earthquake Country Alliance (@ SCEC)
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Each year, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) applies to FEMA for NEHRP state assistance, a portion of which is then subawarded to the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) to administer ECA’s earthquake education, outreach, and mitigation activities. Additional ECA activities are supported through SCEC’s funding from NSF and USGS, and at times other sponsors.
SCEC/ECA’s mailing address is:
University of Southern California
3651 Trousdale Parkway #169,
Los Angeles, CA 90089
To join ECA (free), complete our membership request form.
