[MarinTeams] Happy Halloween

[John Hansen]

The folowing is a dispatch from the Ross Fire Deparment that I thought I 
would forward to CERT-Radio members. We're going to be airing a scripted 
scenario today regarding an earthquake. On the heals of a recent moderate 
earthquake near San Jose, the public and possibly some that may be 
monitoring our frequency, might be a little jumpy. We must be very careful 
to frequently announce to all stations monitoring our frequency that we are 
conducting an exercise, and not responding to an actual emergency.
Thanks,
John Hansen
KI6IY6


fyi, following on last night’s earthquake. pls note precautionary measures 
suggested.

We wanted you to be aware of the following earthquake advisory.

The California Office of Emergency Services has issued the following 
Earthquake Advisory for residents of Marin and surrounding counties:

In response to Tuesday evening's magnitude-5.6 earthquake near the junction 
of the Calaveras and Hayward faults, the following statement was issued by 
the California Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council, a panel of 
scientists chaired by the State Geologist that advises the Director of the 
Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES) on the scientific validity of 
earthquake forecasts and seismic activity in areas where damaging 
earthquakes have occurred in the past.

"A magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred at 8:05 Tuesday evening (30 October 
2007).  The earthquake occurred near the junction of the Calaveras and 
Hayward faults in the southern San Francisco Bay Area.  Both of these faults 
are known active faults capable of producing large, damaging earthquakes.

"CEPEC believes that last night’s earthquake has significantly increased the 
probability above the normal level for a damaging earthquake along the 
Calaveras and/or Hayward faults within the next several days.  However, the 
overall likelihood of such an event is still low.  Scientists will be 
continuing to monitor the situation and advise OES of any changes.

In response to the CEPEC evaluation of this earthquake, OES recommends that 
residents of the San Francisco Bay region review their family emergency 
plans, check their emergency supplies, identify the "safe" and "potential 
danger" spots in each room, remove breakables from locations from which they 
can fall and cause injury, and stay tuned to the radio or television for 
further information. OES also recommends that government agencies and 
businesses review their plans.

The "advisory" applies to the following counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, 
Marin, Monterey, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa 
Cruz, Solano and Sonoma.

Additional information on earthquake preparedness is available on the OES 
Home Page at www.oes.ca.gov.  Please feel free to contact me at 
bheying at townofross.org with any questions.

BARRY G. HEYING, Chief
ROSS POLICE DEPARTMENT
ROSS FIRE DEPARTMENT
33 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.  P.O. Box 320
Ross, CA  94957-0320  (415) 453-1453
www.townofross.org <http://www.townofross.org>
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