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On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:30:35 -0700, Paul Burnett <<a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3Dind1110C%26L%3DSAFETY%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D302016%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252Fplain%3B%2520charset%3Dutf-8" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>> 
wrote:

>Take a look at
>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqscanv/FaultMaps/122-
38.html
>to see how many quakes have occurred in the last hour / day / week - just in
>the San Francisco Bay area.
>
>I've got a couple of quake apps for my Palm smartphone.
>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "CRAIG SCHILDER" <<a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3Dind1110C%26L%3DSAFETY%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D302016%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252Fplain%3B%2520charset%3Dutf-8" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>>
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>Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 4:18 AM
>Subject: Earthquakes
>
>
>Good iPhone App called Quakes.  Quite enlightening how many quakes occur
>each day.  Good graphics.
>
>Craig Schilder
>Arlington VA
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: SAFETY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Hjort� 
Larsen
>Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 6:12 AM
>To: <a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3Dind1110C%26L%3DSAFETY%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D302016%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252Fplain%3B%2520charset%3Dutf-8" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>
>Subject: Re: [SAFETY] Go Bags
>
>While we don't have a similar thing, Denmark being pretty safe from
>earthquakes and the like, we did consider something similar to Herb's
>description for getting someone on board a ship that had an accident.
>
>Basically it would contain a safety helmet, ex-proof camera, laptop,
>telephone with conference equipment, plenty of notebooks, pens etc.
>Safety shoes were considered a personal thing but knowing that it takes a
>couple of hours to get planetickets allowed the person to go home and
>collect this along with passport and other papers.
>
>Regards
>
>Michael
>
>
>
>From:   C Herb Hickman <<a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3Dind1110C%26L%3DSAFETY%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D302016%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252Fplain%3B%2520charset%3Dutf-8" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>>
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>Date:   20/10/2011 11:55
>Subject:        Re: [SAFETY] Go Bags
>Sent by:        SAFETY <<a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3Dind1110C%26L%3DSAFETY%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D302016%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252Fplain%3B%2520charset%3Dutf-8" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>>
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>
>This "Go Bag" seems an odd usage, to me. In the 1970s, approximately, a
>co-worker and I were members of an Atomic Energy Commissioin Radiological
>Emergency Response Team that could be called out at any time. The
>hypothetical emergency we were most prepared for was a "Broken Arrow."  
We
>filled a big leather suitcase with things we might need, that might be
>hard to pick up along the way.  That was our "Go Bag," and the only use of
>that term I remember, ever. We had authorization to charter a helicopter,
>too, if need be. Heady stuff.
>
>C Herb Hickman, CIH
>
>
>
>>________________________________
>>From: Peter Zavon <<a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3Dind1110C%26L%3DSAFETY%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D302016%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252Fplain%3B%2520charset%3Dutf-8" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>>
>>To: <a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3Dind1110C%26L%3DSAFETY%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D302016%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252Fplain%3B%2520charset%3Dutf-8" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>
>>Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 9:02 PM
>>Subject: Re: [SAFETY] Go Bags
>>
>>I also work for a multinational. We are involved in business process
>>outsourcing as well as manufacturing, sales and service of large and
>small
>>machines, and other customer support activity.  We have clusters of
>>employees at customer facilities and numerous buildings housing only our
>>employees.  All facilities where we have management control are required
>to
>>have a shelter-in-place plan that is drilled at least once each year, in
>>addition to evacuation drills.  Each area into which employees go for
>>shelter-in-place is to be equipped with a kit to support that activity,
>but
>>we do not place Go Bags under every desk.
>>
>>If we were to establish individual Go Bags, I would say that the specific
>>contents ought to be chosen after an assessment of the hazards likely to
>be
>>important for that particular location, and may well differ from place to
>>place. I would be very leery of an attempt to define one set of contents
>>that would meet all needs everywhere. It seems to me that even designing
>one
>>Bag to serve for both sheltering and evacuation is a bit much, but then,
>>except at chemical plants or in a zone of high risk for earthquake,
>volcanic
>>eruption or tsunami, I don't see much need for a bag of things to support
>an
>>evacuation.
>>
>>Peter Zavon, CIH
>>Penfield, NY
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>
>>> Date:    Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:57:03 -0400
>>> From:    Jim Wright <<a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3Dind1110C%26L%3DSAFETY%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D302016%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252Fplain%3B%2520charset%3Dutf-8" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>>
>>> Subject: Go Bags
>>>
>>> My employer is a large professional services firm with
>>> offices throughout the world.  Our Business Resiliency Team
>>> asked me to come up with a list of items to place in an "all
>>> hazards go bag."  The "go bag" would be stored under each
>>> desk and contain essential supplies to aid our colleagues to
>>> shelter in place, to take with them in the event they had to
>>> evacuate, and possibly aid in their rescue if trapped.  We
>>> think that these should be placed in offices that are most
>>> likely to sustain significant damage from a threat that
>>> provides little or no warning - such as a tornado or earthquake.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> There are a lot of commercial "go bag" kits on the market
>>> today that provide a variety of items including water, light
>>> sticks, a whistle, Mylar type blanket, energy bars,
>>> towelettes, and an N95 filtering facepiece.  These are the
>>> items we think are the most basic.  As you can imagine, these
>>> kits come with a lot of extra items such as first aid kits,
>>> portable radios, hard hats, etc.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I would greatly appreciate learning about what other firms
>>> are doing to prepare for similar emergencies and any thoughts
>>> on which items are included in their "go bags."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jim Wright
>>>
>>>
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