Thank you to everyone who has already signed up/renewed their organization’s commitment to the Great BC ShakeOut (ShakeOutBC) earthquake drill in 2023 and shared the earthquake drill information with their connections.  We are now approaching 70 days to ShakeOut, and we are asking for your continued help in reaching our goal of at least one million officially registered participants.

Signing up early helps us to target outreach needs and to ensure that you are kept informed of new resources.

Did you know, that 70% of organizations responding to our post ShakeOut drill survey last year, reported that because of ShakeOut, they delivered staff training on earthquake preparedness and 67% encouraged staff to prepare for disasters at home because of ShakeOut (Source:  2022, Great BC ShakeOut evaluation survey).Preliminary details of the Ask an Expert webinar are now available from our website: https://bcearthquakealliance.ca/events/.  

We also know that some respondents indicated that they were less aware of the resources available via the ShakeOutBC YouTube Channel.  These videos make great additions to newsletters and are great discussion starters for team meetings.  Please visit and share:  https://www.youtube.com/@shakeoutbc4152/videos

Photo:  Naomi Yamamoto, BCEA Board Chair at UBCM Booth.

A few updates:

As you likely know, ShakeOut’s theme this year is Earthquake Early Warning. To help raise awareness, a new resource is now available: https://www.shakeoutbc.ca/2023/07/25/earthquake-early-warning/