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The Seismological Society of America, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, and Disaster Resilient California orsed this statement during the 100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference in San Francisco in 2006.
Key Actions to Mitigate Earthquake Risk: Ten Urgent Steps for Northern California
Northern California's residents, businesses, and policymakers face significant risks due to potential major earthquakes that could result in loss of life, structural damage, and financial costs. Scientists, engineers, and emergency management experts gathered at the 100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference call upon all sectors of society to take proactive steps to enhance safety and minimize losses while ensuring a swift recovery following future seismic events.
Cultivate Preparedness Cultures: Each household, government agency, and business must have knowledge about the seismic risks associated with their buildings, transportation systems, utilities, and community services. They should also be equipped with plans for self-sufficiency lasting at least three days 72 hours post-disaster.
Assist Special Needs Populations: Citizens and governments need to ensure robust response capabilities that address the unique requirements of vulnerable groups like children, the elderly, and those with disabilities.
Government-Emergency Sector Collaboration: Regional plans requiring cooperation among government agencies, major industries, and earthquake professionals should be developed for disaster response readiness and recovery assessment through joint exercises, trning programs, assessments, and ongoing improvements in seismic risk understanding.
Mitigate Building Losses: Building owners, governments, and the professions of earth sciences and engineering must prioritize high-risk structures susceptible to collapse by implementing retrofits, reduced occupancy, or reconstruction measures.
Strengthen Essential Response Infrastructure: Governments and relevant agencies are responsible for retrofitting or replacing all critical facilities vital for emergency response operations, including fire stations, police headquarters, emergency communications centers, healthcare facilities, schools, shelters, and other community-serving infrastructure.
Protect Vital Communication Systems: Ensure the resilience of communication networks by retrofiting or upgrading vulnerable systems like cellular services, ensuring rapid restoration after seismic events.
Enhance Roadways, Bridges Transportation: Prioritize retrofitting or replacement of roads, bridges, transportation systems, water supplies, dams and levees, sewage treatment plants, energy facilities to allow for rapid resumption of service post-disaster.
Secure Housing Post-Earthquake: Collaborate between government agencies, major industries, and earthquake professionals in planning for short-term and long-term housing solutions for residents displaced due to potential fires, uninhabitable buildings, and extensive disruptions to economic activities and infrastructure.
Assess Plan for Recovery Costs: Each household, government agency, and business should evaluate their capacity to finance repr costs and reconstruction efforts likely post-major earthquake scenarios.
Strengthen Post-Disaster Funding Frameworks: Government agencies at all levels, the insurance sector, and major industries must coordinate to ensure sufficient funding in post-disaster scenarios when recovery resources are most needed.
The 100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference professionals believe that with current seismic hazard knowledge, enhanced local planning, stronger building codes, and ongoing mitigation efforts, Northern California has significantly reduced potential risks of life loss and property damage from major earthquakes. Despite notable progress, the region remns unprepared for future seismic events that could result in prolonged social and economic impacts detrimental to communities' vitality and recovery capabilities. Implementing these actions with a renewed focus on safety can safeguard Northern California's remarkable cultural and economic resilience while ensuring an efficient rebound post-major earthquake.
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1 The Seismological Society of America.
2 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute EERI.
3 Disaster Resilient California Initiative.
This document acknowledges the contributions of these entities, reflecting their orsement of proactive measures med at reducing earthquake risk.
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