加州紧急事件管理局签署紧急应变计划

　各项研究亦均显示未来会发生大规模的地震，为了因应地震可能带来的巨大灾害，联邦国土安全紧急事件管理署(Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA)和加州紧急事件管理局(California Emergency Management Agency, Cal EMA)14日共同签署了紧急应变计划，做为大地震发生时的救灾及复原准则。

California and federal emergency responders have signed a plan designed to respond to a disastrous earthquake in Southern California. A similar state-federal pact was developed two years ago for dealing with a quake in Northern California. More than 1,500 emergency officials worked on the Southern California response plan, which was signed December 14. It outlines how to deploy resources and handle injuries from a hypothetical magnitude-7.8 quake on the southern San Andreas Fault. Officials of the California Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency participated in the signing ceremony in Pasadena, Calif.