QuakeSmart Earthquake Preparedness Workshop

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Description

Business owners and organizations are invited to a FREE QuakeSmart Preparedness Workshop on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, to help them prepare for potential earthquakes in the St. Louis region.

The workshop begins at 9:00 a.m. at the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Lelia J and Donald N. Farr Auditorium, located at 4344 Shaw Blvd. St. Louis, Missouri 63110.

Hosted by the City of St. Louis Emergency Management Agency (CEMA), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH), attendees will receive streamlined business continuity planning and mitigation project plans with simple, step-by-step instructions to help reduce earthquake risk and protect employees, clients, customers, and communities.

The plan includes looking at three areas:

• Identify Your Risk: Learn about business continuity, disaster response, and the cost-benefit of preparing for earthquakes and other business interruptions;
• Develop a Plan: Identify preparedness and mitigation actions needed to ensure safety and business continuity and complete assessments to begin planning for retrofit projects; and,
• Take Action: Learn how to perform preparedness and mitigation activities using the QuakeSmart Program.

The workshop is geared toward building officials, businesses, corporations, engineers, emergency managers, home builders, manufacturers, nonprofits, organizations, policymakers, public officials, risk managers, and small businesses.

Attendees will receive a free lunch during a networking session. Advance registration is requested to assist organizers prepare for the workshop.

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