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City pushes Great ShakeOut signups and pilots libraries as community hubs
Summary
San Francisco officials told the Disaster Council the city is leading Bay Area ShakeOut registration (about 292,000 signed up locally versus a goal of 350,000), will pilot three library-based community hubs during the Oct. 15 earthquake drill, and is staging neighborhood fairs and a City Hall reception as part of Big Rumble events.
San Francisco's disaster officials used the Oct. 9 Disaster Council meeting to urge broad participation in statewide earthquake drill activities and to describe local pilots that will activate community hubs during the Great California ShakeOut.
Andrea Davis said that, statewide, close to 6 million people had registered for the Oct. 15 ShakeOut and that San Francisco had about 292,000 signups at the time of the meeting. "Our goal this year is 350,000," Davis said, and she encouraged agencies and departments that had not yet signed up to register for the drill.
Davis described three pilot community hubs that the city will activate during the exercise — in the Bayview and the Sunset and via the Treasure Island bookmobile — to test information flows between the Emergency Operations Center and neighborhood locations. She said some departments were conducting only a simple "duck, cover and hold on" drill while others would practice evacuations, shelter‑in‑place procedures and supplies checks.
Vicky said the city's outdoor public warning system will sound the siren at 10:15 a.m. on Oct. 15 and that a voice message will follow to remind participants the event is a drill and to "drop, cover and hold on." She also previewed Big Rumble events, including neighborhood resource fairs, block parties with permitting assistance, and a City Hall reception and panel on Oct. 13 hosted by City Administrator Ed Lee to review progress since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
Officials asked council members to help spread the word within their departments and communities and noted that the libraries had developed toolkits to serve as community information hubs. Vicky said thebigrumble.org contains schedules and the City will provide materials and giveaways at neighborhood events.
