EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS FALLS ON DEAF EARS

Addressing a business luncheon this week in San Diego, the focus of the presentation conducted by the earthquake preparedness team from Quake Hold Industrial was how to prepare for emergencies and in particular they honed in on the subject of earthquake preparedness.

The earthquake preparedness team conducted a random survey of those in attendance and what was clear was that most people still are not prepared to deal with an earthquake.

Despite repeated warnings by earthquake experts, as well as the recent rash of quakes in southern California, people continue to ignore the message.

For the past couple of months the earthquake preparedness experts at Quake Hold Industrial have been discussing how real the threat of earthquakes is and why it’s important for people to make sure their business is earthquake prepared.

Research has revealed that only 22% of Californians consider that they’re prepared in some way or other for an earthquake, while the majority of residents have done relatively little, if anything, about it. In San Diego it’s even worse with a mere 19% of residents having done anything to be earthquake prepared.

And given that scientists have found 50 new faults in California just this year alone, those statistics are quite alarming because everyone could potentially be looking at more seismic activity.

So, with new fault lines in addition to those that scientists already knew about and few people prepared now would be a good time to not just think about undertaking non-structural seismic mitigation, but actually doing it.

QuakeHOLD! Industrial is considered the leader in earthquake safety fastening. They have the all the necessary tools and knowledge exclusively required to secure office equipments with minimal or no interruption to the day-to-day operations.

It may sound like a broken record by repeating that being prepared is the best defense against earthquakes, but it really is. Damage to or loss of equipments and data, not to mention possible injuries to employees are not things that people generally want to experience.

And what about the business continuity? The time and money needed to get back on business after everything is knocked offline in an earthquake might be more than one can handle.

Quake HOLD Industrial with their earthquake preparedness experts have developed a highly recommended seismic fastening program for securing equipment in clean rooms, data centers, hospitals and warehouses, as well as in offices.