UT EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FACT SHEET FOR RESIDENTS
Our UT emergency gathering place
We meet in the center of UT — on the Green.
Supplies
- Alert SF — Their Gather Supplies instructions are clear and complete.
- American Red Cross has a comprehensive list of items for their emergency preparedness checklist. They also sell 3-day kits, although we might have to wait longer than that in the event of a major earthquake.
What to do during an earthquake
- The San Francisco Chronicle has a comprehensive guide for earthquak preparedness. It is comprehensive and a good resource. Click here for the guide from 2023.
Links to other resources — with specific suggestions
- Alert SF is a user-friendly, extremely informative site relevant to us in the Bay Area.
- American Red Cross’ Disaster Services website, http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/, covers lots of bases.
- The City of Berkeley has a number of interesting links on its Disaster Preparedness page.
- The U.S. Geological Survey’s Handbook for the San Francisco Bay Region has great overview information on topics ranging from the locations in the Bay Area most likely to shake the hardest to photos of damage from earthquakes since 1906.
- The University of California’s Preparing for the Next Great Earthquake has information on research efforts across the UCs.
- UC Berkeley’s Office of Emergency Management has specific earthquake-related information.
- Useful mobile apps for earthquakes and first aid and related apps can be accessed from the Red Cross website. (Note: You may have to access your phone’s app store to download specific apps.)