Valley Disaster Preparedness Fair
Highlights from Last Year's Fair (2019)
  • Family friendly
  • Complimentary Family Emergency Preparedness Starter Kits (1 per family)*
  • Free lunch*
  • Free parking
  • ADA accessible
  • Exhibits
  • Pet preparedness and safety
  • Free Child ID by New York Life
  • Disaster response agencies (FEMA, LAEMD, etc.)
  • Neighborhood Council representatives
  • Ceder-Sinai Bloodmobile
  • HAM Radio station K6D with ARES, ACS, DCS, NTS
  • LADWP Electric Diorama and Safety Demonstration
  • Fantastic Speaker Series
  • Southern California Gas Company
  • Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) information and demonstrations
  • Dutch oven cooking
  • Solar oven cooking
  • Special events and demonstrations
  • And so much more!

Speaker Series at the 2019 Fair. We hosted an exciting lineup of five 30-minute talks under the Big Tent, 10:30 am to 2:00 pm, with: Dan Tomlinson, ACS Battalion 10 & 17 Communications Unit Leader and retired Manhattan Beach police officer; Dr. Julian Lozos, seismologist at Cal State University Northridge; LAPD Chief Michel Moore; Helen Chavez, Assistant Director, Preparedness Division, L. A. County Office of Emergency Management; and Diana Shepherd and William Daffer of California Emergency Mobile Patrol.

Click on the speaker's name to view their presentation.

Please click here to view all our Fair speakers.

So, what exactly is the Valley Disaster Fair?

2019 Fair:
Photos by Bernard Falkin

2018 Fair:
KTLA News spot by Gayle Anderson
Photos by Bernard Falkin

2017 Fair:
 Promotional Video
Radio spot
ABC7 Interview
CBS2/KCAL9 Interview
Photos by Bernard Falkin
Additional Fair photos
Photos from Kit Prep

2016 Fair:
Photos by Bernard Falkin

2015 Fair:
Speaker Series Videos
Photos by Bernard Falkin
Video of the 2015 Fair, courtesy of Mark Hovater (15 min.)
Promotional Video by Mark Hovater

2014 Fair:
Video by Office of Councilmember Mitchell Englander
Photos by Firefighter Adam VanGerpen
Photos by Tom Johnson
Photos by Office of Councilmember Mitchell Englander
Photos by Linda Dunham

2013 Fair:
Video of 2013 Disaster Fair (approximately 7 minutes)
Photos by Firefighter Adam VanGerpen

 

*While supplies last. Family Emergency Preparedness Starter Kits (1 per family) to registered families only.  Kits distributed only during Fair hours. Events, exhibitors, and features subject to availability and may change.