City emergency manager urges household preparedness, flags water and infrastructure vulnerabilities

Eric Martin, the City's emergency management coordinator, told the Los Angeles City Health Commission on Nov. 10 that the City's Emergency Operations Center would be activated during major events and urged Angelenos to prepare with supplies, training and household plans. "We would activate this here emergency operation center," Martin said, describing the EOC as the coordination hub for multiagency responses.

Martin emphasized earthquakes as the single most destructive hazard for Los Angeles and described planning around a 7.8 San Andreas scenario that would disrupt multiple critical infrastructure sectors, including water, power and transportation. He said tsunami risk is concentrated in the Port Complex and Marina del Rey/Venice areas and stressed the importance of distinct notification levels (advisory, watch,…