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Free Earthquake Damage Prevention Workshop for Peninsula Businesses, Organizations
The event will feature something called the "quake cottage"-- an earthquake simulator that makes you feel you're in an 8.0 temblor.
The following is a news release submitted on behalf of QuakeSmart:
More than 80 San Francisco area businesses will get QuakeSmartTM at the Earthquake 2014 Business Preparedness Summit in San Mateo, California on Thursday, October 30, 2014.
The summit, the second in a series of free earthquake damage prevention workshops for businesses and organizations, is co-presented by the nonprofit Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH).
The workshop will focus on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) QuakeSmart Community Resilience Program for Businesses and Organizations which provides comprehensive earthquake assessments and engineering and retrofit information designed to keep businesses open post-earthquake. Mitigating nonstructural earthquake damage, the type of damage that was prevalent in the Napa magnitude 6.0 earthquake in August, will be a special focus at the San Mateo workshop. Attendees will complete initial QuakeSmart assessments and learn how to begin budgeting and planning for earthquake retrofit projects.
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The Quake Cottage™ earthquake simulator will also be showcased at the summit as well as interactive QuakeSmart preparedness workstations.
WHO: Bay Area Earthquake Alliance, BOMA San Francisco, DRB Toolkit, ETC Building & Design, FLASH, IFMA Silicon Valley Chapter, Safe-T-Proof, SF Earthquake Solutions, Simpson Strong-Tie, and USGS
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WHAT: Free Earthquake 2014 Business Preparedness Summit
WHERE: San Mateo Elks Lodge, 229 West 20th Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94403
WHEN: Thursday, October 30, 2014, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
HOW: Register online at www.earthquake2014summit.com/registration
About FLASH
Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH)®, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, is the country’s leading consumer advocate for strengthening homes and safeguarding families from natural and manmade disasters. FLASH collaborates with more than 100 innovative and diverse partners that share its vision of making America a more disaster‐resilient nation including: BASF, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Florida Division of Emergency Management, The Home Depot®, International Code Council, Kohler® Generators, National Weather Service, Portland Cement Association, RenaissanceRe, Simpson Strong-Tie®, State Farm™, USAA® and WeatherPredict Consulting Inc. In 2008, FLASH opened the interactive weather experience StormStruck: A Tale of Two Homes® in Lake Buena Vista, FL. Learn more about FLASH and gain access to its free consumer resources by visiting www.flash.org or calling (877) 221- SAFE (7233).
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