Los Angeles Computer Society
OCTOBER 8, 2024 GENERAL MEETING
Meeting Time: 7:00 to 9:00 PM — via Zoom
Socializing and Questions & Answers: 6:30
Topic: Are you prepared for the Big One?
Speakers: Mark and Marsha Presky, LACS members.
with Jose Morataya
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) was developed by the Los Angeles Fire Department after examining the civilian responses to Japanese and Mexico City earthquake disasters in 1985. Over 100 untrained volunteers died due to the Mexico City earthquake. Neighborhood fire departments train volunteers for free.
CERT training includes first aid, victim medical triage, search and rescue, cribbing, two-way radio training, terrorist response training, and setting up a command post, staging area or morgue.
You could join the Neighborhood Team Program (NTP) which helps neighbors prepare for mass casualty disasters.
We know that a major earthquake will hit Southern California. We just don’t know when. How should you prepare? Mark, Marsha, and Jose will help you learn.
Meet Our Presenters
Jose Morataya is the Los Angeles City Battalion 4 CERT coordinator for Mar Vista, Westchester, Playa del Rey, Venice, and Playa Vista. He was the warehouse operations manager for Volkswagen.
Mark, a LACS director, and Marsha, have taken CERT courses from the L.A. Fire Department. Mark graduated from UC–Davis and worked in pathology for the UCLA and UCLA and Tarzana Medical Centers for many years.