Lady Beavers Get Blown Out by SBVC 77-59

The Women's team was awarded the 2nd seed in the SoCal Regional's, finishing the regular season with an overall record of 26-2 and winning the Foothill Conference title outright for the first time since 2008 with a record of 13-1. The Foothill Conference is represented very well in the Regional's, with four teams making the playoffs. Antelope Valley is the eighth seed, Mt. San Jacinto is the tenth seed, and Chaffey is sixteenth. Fullerton is the number one seed in the south and Fresno City is the number one seed in the north. The L.A. Trade Tech at Santa Barbara match up will take place on Wednesday, February 23rd at 7 p.m.

The Santa Barbara City Vaqueros could arrive at Joseph W. Snyder Gymnasium with a record of 20-10. Their last game was a Western States Conference-North Division match-up on 2/19 at San Luis Obispo Cuesta, where the Vaqueros won 70-51. The Vaqueros started the season 7-3 and is 6-4 in their last 10 games. The Vaqueros finished the 2010-11 season fourth in the Western States Conference-North Division with a record of 7-5, with an overall record of 20-10. Santa Barbara City enters the state regional as the fifteenth seed. Santa Barbara City is coached by Sandrine Krul in her seventh season. Krul was named WSC-ND Coach of the Year in 2006 & 2010, and played Women's Basketball at Cal State San Bernardino. The last time SBVC faced Santa Barbara City was this season in the tournament finals of the Santa Barbara City College MTXE Tournament on November 20, 2010, where SBVC won 80-56.

The Los Angeles Trade Technical College Beavers arrive at Joseph W. Snyder Gymnasium with a record of 15-11. Their last game was a South Coast Conference match-up on 2/18 at home versus Mt. San Antonio, where the Beavers lost 70-52. The Beavers started the season 7-3 and is 5-5 in their last 10 games. The Beavers finished the 2010-11 season fourth in the South Coast Conference with a record of 10-6, with an overall record of 15-11. L.A. Trade Tech enters the state regional's as the eighteenth and final seed. L.A. Trade Tech is coached by Kim Bly. 

Bly, last year, was honored with the 2010 "Lisa Leslie Inspiring Women Award." SBVC had never faced L.A. Trade Tech.

Chaffey Defeats Tech Despite Beavers Late Rally 66-63

MEN'S BASKETBALL DEFEATS LA TRADE TECH TO ADVANCE TO ROUND 3 OF CHAMPIONSHIPS (2/28/11)

The men hosted LA Trade Tech Friday in the 2nd round of State Championship Playoffs - defeating the Beavers 66-63.  The CHP led with 6 minutes remaining 60-52 but then the Beavers rebounded, tieing the game with less than a minute remaining.  A three pointer by Steffon Neal with 10.9 seconds remaining allowed the Panthers to win without going into overtime.  The men now advance to play Citrus (away) on Wednesday.  The Fighting Owls are the #4 seed in the south.

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Welcome to the Office of Environmental Health and Safety                

The Office of Environmental Helath and Safety  (EHS) is a consulting resource for the students, faculty and staff of the Los Angeles Trade Technical Community College. The department provides information, training, interpretation of regulations and standards, as well as the coordination and oversight of emergency planning. There are programs and services including training and websites related to safety and health under the EHS link on your left. To talk to the department personnel directly, look under “Contact Us” to find the main contact information. Also, for your convenience you can see links to pages that are the most common functions used by our visitors.
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In case of an emergency, you should immediately contact the College’s Sheriff’s Office on campus

• Dial Ext 3611 or 911 to reach the College Sheriff’s office from any campus phone
• You may also press the extension button marked “EMERGENCY”, on all campus phones.
• Pick up the campus emergency blue telephone station “dial direct” to Sheriff’s Office
• If you are using a campus pay phone, you may dial *80 to reach the Sheriff’s office.
• If you use your cell phone you may dial 213-763-3611 to connect to Sheriff’s office.

Please note if you dial 911 from your cell phone or pay phone on campus, it will not connect directly to the College Sheriff’s, but it will connect to outside emergency services

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10,000 Dead in Japan

Thousands more feared dead

By Jay Alabaster and Todd Pitman, Associated Press

Posted: 03/13/2011 07:18:20 PM PDT

A body, covered in a blanket, lies in the rubble of a destroyed neighborhood as police
officers search the area in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011. Japan's biggest recorded earthquake hit its eastern coast Friday. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

SENDAI, Japan - The estimated death toll from Japan's disasters climbed past 10,000 Sunday as authorities raced to combat the threat of multiple nuclear reactor meltdowns and hundreds of thousands of people struggled to find food and water. The prime minister said it was the nation's worst crisis since World War II.
Nuclear plant operators worked frantically to try to keep temperatures down in several reactors crippled by the earthquake and tsunami, wrecking at least two by dumping sea water into them in last-ditch efforts to avoid meltdowns. Officials warned of a second explosion but said it would not pose a health threat.
Near-freezing temperatures compounded the misery of survivors along hundreds of miles of the

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Japanese earthquake and tsunami

An official scans a man and a child for radiation at an emergency center on Sunday, March 13, 2011, in Koriyama, Japan, two days after a giant quake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast.
(AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

northeastern coast battered by the tsunami that smashed inland with breathtaking fury. Rescuers pulled bodies from mud-covered jumbles of wrecked houses, shattered tree trunks, twisted cars and tangled power lines while survivors examined the ruined remains. One rare bit of good news was the rescue of a 60-year-old man swept away by the tsunami who clung to the roof of his house for two days until a military vessel spotted him waving a red cloth about 10 miles offshore.


The death toll surged because of a report from Miyagi, one of the three hardest hit states. The police chief told disaster relief officials more than 10,000 people were killed, police spokesman Go Sugawara told The Associated Press. That was an estimate - only 400 people have been confirmed dead in Miyagi, which has a population of 2.3 million.
According to officials, more than 1,800 people were confirmed dead - including 200 people whose bodies were found Sunday along the coast - and more than 1,400 were missing in Friday's disasters. Another 1,900 were injured.

For Japan, one of the world's leading economies with ultramodern infrastructure, the disasters plunged ordinary life into nearly unimaginable deprivation.
Hundreds of thousands of hungry survivors huddled in darkened emergency centers that were cut off from rescuers, aid and electricity. At least 1.4million households had gone without water since the quake struck and some 1.9 million households were without electricity.

While the government doubled the number of soldiers deployed in the aid effort to 100,000 and sent 120,000 blankets, 120,000 bottles of water and 29,000 gallons of gasoline plus food to the affected areas, Prime Minister Naoto Kan said electricity would take days to restore. In the meantime, he said, electricity would be rationed with rolling blackouts to several cities, including Tokyo.
"This is Japan's most severe crisis since the war ended 65 years ago," Kan told reporters, adding that Japan's future would be decided by its response.

In Rikuzentakata, a port city of over 20,000 virtually wiped out by the tsunami, Etsuko Koyama escaped the water rushing through the third floor of her home but lost her grip on her daughter's hand and has not found her.

"I haven't given up hope yet," Koyama told public broadcaster NHK, wiping tears from her eyes. "I saved myself, but I couldn't save my daughter."
A young man described what ran through his mind before he escaped in a separate rescue. "I thought to myself, `ah, this is how I will die,"' Tatsuro Ishikawa, his face bruised and cut, told NHK as he sat in striped hospital pajamas.

Japanese officials raised their estimate Sunday of the quake's magnitude to 9.0, a notch above the U.S. Geological Survey's reading of 8.9. Either way, it was the strongest quake ever recorded in Japan, which lies on a seismically active arc. A volcano on the southern island of Kyushu - hundreds of miles from the quake' epicenter - also resumed spewing ash and rock Sunday after a couple of quiet weeks, Japan's weather agency said.
Dozens of countries have offered assistance. Two U.S. aircraft carrier groups were off Japan's coast and ready to help. Helicopters were flying from one of the carriers, the USS Ronald Reagan, delivering food and water in Miyagi.

Two other U.S. rescue teams of 72 personnel each and rescue dogs arrived Sunday, as did a five-dog team from Singapore.
Still, large areas of the countryside remained surrounded by water and unreachable. Fuel stations were closed, though at some, cars waited in lines hundreds of vehicles long.
The United States and a several countries in Europe urged their citizens to avoid travel to Japan. France took the added step of suggesting people leave Tokyo in case radiation reached the city.
Community after community traced the vast extent of the devastation.

In the town of Minamisanrikucho, 10,000 people - nearly two-thirds of the population - have not been heard from since the tsunami wiped it out, a government spokesman said. NHK showed only a couple concrete structures still standing, and the bottom three floors of those buildings gutted. One of the few standing was a hospital, and a worker told NHK that hospital staff rescued about a third of the patients.
In the hard-hit port city of Sendai, firefighters with wooden picks dug through a devastated neighborhood. One of them yelled: "A corpse." Inside a house, he had found the body of a gray-haired woman under a blanket.

A few minutes later, the firefighters spotted another - that of a man in black fleece jacket and pants, crumpled in a partial fetal position at the bottom of a wooden stairwell. From outside, while the top of the house seemed almost untouched, the first floor where the body was had been inundated. A minivan lay embedded in one outer wall, which had been ripped away, pulverized beside a mangled bicycle.

California Shake Out Drill

The March 11, 2011 quake in Japan

In the aftermath of the March 11, 2011 8.9 earthquake that hit Japan, we are reminded that the state of California will have their yearly "California Shake Out Drill."
All of us need to be aware of this planed drill so we won't be caught off guard when the big one hits, and it will hit it just a matter of time.

The 2011 Great California ShakeOut is occuring statewide on October 20th at 10:20 a.m. Register today!

The California ShakeOut drill is held on the third Thursday of October each year. Other areas are also holding ShakeOut drills.

More than 7.9 million Californians participated in 2010, practicing Drop, Cover, and Hold On and other aspects of family, school, and organizational emergency plans. 

Federal, state, and local emergency management experts and other official preparedness organizations all agree that "Drop, Cover, and Hold On" is the appropriate action to reduce injury and death during earthquakes. The ShakeOut is our opportunity to practice how to protect ourselves during earthquakes. This page explains what to do-- and what not to do.

Is L. A. Ready for "The Big One?"

Roof top fire after quake hit Japan

This century-old question increases in intensity in the wake of Japans devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake.  Please let us answer by responding to the following six questions...

What exactly does the Los Angeles Fire Department do when there’s an earthquake?

Whenever there is a detectable earthquake tremor anywhere in the city of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Fire Department initiates the “Emergency Earthquake Mode” (the quake does not have to reach a certain magnitude to initiate EEM).

When operating in the Earthquake Emergency Mode, Firefighters from all 106 neighborhood fire stations promptly move to a designated safe area and then initiate a “windshield survey” of their District. In this manner, over 470 square miles in the greater Los Angeles area can be assessed in a matter of minutes. The Department’s five helicopters and 5 fire boats assist the appraisal. Firefighters rapidly assess:

• Transportation infrastructure (freeway over pass, rail lines, and airports).
• Large places of assemblage (stadiums, schools and universities, shopping malls).
• Critical facilities (hospitals, refineries, dams, power lines)
• High density residential (apartments, condos)

Once this process is complete, findings are immediately report back to Commanders to allow areas of concern to be immediately addressed.

What has LAFD done to be more prepared?

Los Angeles has a sound plan and trains frequently to the plan. The LAFD hosts a number of simulations, drills and rallies to prepare citizens for a large-scale earthquake. For example:

• Last October was “The Great California Shake Out” where millions practiced Drop, Cover, and Hold On to protect oneself during an earthquake.
• The “Golden Guardian” exercise in 2008 was a mock 7.8 magnitude earthquake along a southern stretch of the San Andres Fault.
• "The L.A. Earthquake Get Ready Rally” was conducted in November of 2008.
• “Operation: Shake Rattle and Roll” is part of the City’s Annual Emergency Preparedness Exercise, where Firefighters participate in exercises.
• “Duck, Cover, and Hold On”, drills are practiced in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

These drills allowed First Responders and Emergency Managers to practice their skills to rescue, triage, treat and transport injured, conduct assessments of infrastructure damages, and coordinate mutual aid and immediate response with federal installations in the region.

Are we the best in the nation in terms of preparing for earthquakes?

During the last two decades, the LAFD, along with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), has helped organize a system of regional Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Task Forces that are available for mobilization anywhere within the United States. Nationwide, there are 28 of these elite teams and we have two of them, right here in Los Angeles County.

LAFD during earthquake drill

These teams are comprised of specially trained and equipped local firefighters and paramedics, other certified responders, rescue specialists, emergency room physicians, structural engineers, heavy equipment operators, canine search dogs and handlers, hazardous materials technicians, communications technicians, and logistic experts.

What is the actual system approach that the Fire Department utilizes?

The Los Angeles Fire Department utilizes the Incident Command System (ICS) for command and control. The Incident Command System (ICS) is a standardized approach to incident management that:
• Enables a coordinated response among various jurisdictions and agencies.
• Establishes common processes for planning and managing resources.
• Allows for the integration of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications operating within a common organizational structure.

ICS is the foundation for the National Incident Management System (NIMS), is a "best practice" that has evolved to become the standard for emergency management across the country.

Does the LAFD have a current preparedness program for citizens?

LAFD has a Unit specifically designated for Disaster Preparedness. This Unit heads a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program. More than 30,000 Angelino’s have received CERT training.

This program Enables members of the community to assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event when professional responders are not immediately available to help. Citizens are educated about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trained in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations.

“Drop-Cover-Hold On” techniques are emphasized during annual training conducted at all LA City Elementary Schools through MySafeLA, an LAFD partner dedicated to providing fire and life safety education in the City of Los Angeles.

Additionally, all high-rise buildings 35 or more stories tall, within the City of Los Angeles are required to provide evacuation training on an annual basis.

What are we working on now to improve?

The LAFD is actively working to expand the CERT program and to increase public awareness and preparedness for disaster. We also embarked on a “Resolve to be Ready” campaign, ensuring that families of LAFD members are prepared to function while they are away, working at an emergency, for extended periods.


The Los Angeles Fire Department hopes that you found this detailed information informative and timely. We will continue to ensure that the LAFD remains a leader in the emergency services industry and provides unsurpassed Fire and EMS service to the citizens of Los Angeles.

We welcome your feed back to this century-old question, Is Los Angeles really ready for "The Big One".


"Serving with Courage, Integrity, and Pride"

Submitted by Erik Scott, Spokesman
Los Angeles Fire Department

OH NO!, There Goes Tokyo 8.9 Earthquake Hits Japan

The March 11, 2011 earthquake (preliminary magnitude 8.9) near the east coast of Honshu, Japan, occurred as a result of thrust faulting on or near the subduction zone interface plate boundary between the Pacific and North America plates. At the latitude of this earthquake, the Pacific plate moves approximately westwards with respect to the North America plate at a velocity of 83 mm/yr. The Pacific plate thrusts underneath Japan at the Japan Trench, and dips to the west beneath Eurasia.

Kobe, Japan 1994

The location, depth, and focal mechanism of the March 11 earthquake are consistent with the event having occurred as thrust faulting associated with subduction along this plate boundary. Note that some authors divide this region into several microplates that together define the relative motions between the larger Pacific, North America and Eurasia plates; these include the Okhotsk and Amur microplates that are respectively part of North America and Eurasia.

The March 11 earthquake was preceded by a series of large fore-shocks over the previous two days, beginning on March 9th with an M 7.2 event approximately 40 km from the March 11 earthquake, and continuing with a further 3 earthquakes greater than M 6 on the same day.

The Japan Trench subduction zone has hosted 9 events of magnitude 7 or greater since 1973. The largest of these was an M 7.8 earthquake approximately 260 km to the north of the March 11 event, in December 1994, which caused 3 fatalities and almost 700 injuries. In June of 1978, an M 7.7 earthquake 35 km to the southwest caused 22 fatalities and over 400 injuries.

What is California doing?

Map of areas hit

The Japanese tsunami

Local news stations throughout California deployed camera men the length of the state’s coast Friday to provide TV viewers with a continual “shore watch,” following news of the 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan early Friday morning, the even more destructive tsunami that followed and the tsunami advisory that was issued for much of the California coast.

“Between here in Los Angeles at KCBS and our Bay Area sister station KPIX, we have cameras up and down the coast,” said Mike Nelson, vice president of communications for the CBS Television Station Group.

Such a commitment of resources is due in large part to station executives knowing a good—albeit tragic—story when they see one. But it also may be the result of the double impact earthquake stories have for Californians: The state's residents not only empathize with the victims, but they also fear that something similar could happen there.

So when news broke, local news stations geared up for a busy day. Then when the tsunami advisory was issued for much of the California coast later Friday morning, it was clear that local stations wouldn’t just be covering the earthquake’s impact abroad; they also would be monitoring its impact here at home.

Not surprisingly, the Japanese earthquake and tsunami story led most network and cable morning news shows, as well as local morning news shows in Los Angeles. Shortly after 10 a.m., West Coast time, local stations KCBS (2), KNBC (4), KTLA (5) and Fox affiliate KTTV (11) broke into regularly scheduled programming with coverage of a press conference with seismologists from the U.S. Geological Survey and Pasadena-based California Institute of Technology.

Reports also surfaced early Friday that several boats were destroyed in a harbor near northern California’s Humboldt County as a result of the aftereffects of the Japanese tsunami. Footage of the earthquake, the tsunami and their effects, arriving from Japan throughout the afternoon, were largely provided by that nation’s top broadcaster NHK. It seemed clear that the earthquake story would lead most network and local news programs during the evening, if not through the weekend.

“We have been doing extended coverage, and as events warrant, we will be all over the story,” said Nelson.