advisory: Thursday press conference on fire damage at Olive View Hospital

Media Advisory

 

FEDERAL, STATE AND COUNTY OFFICIALS TOUR OLIVE VIEW-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER FIRE DISASTER SITE

 

Who:                          Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky

Phillip Chen, Health Deputy, Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich

Ernest Espinoza, Medical Center Chief Operations Officer

                                   Cal EMA Director of Statewide Operations Tom Maruyama

FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer Mark Neveau

 

What:                         Press conference to announce efforts to begin rebuilding hospital structures following devastation caused by recent fires.

 

When:                        8:00 a.m.

                            THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2009

 

Where:                       14445 Olive View Drive (Day Care Center, enter at East Way gate) Sylmar, CA 91342

                                                                                                                                               

Why:                           Officials from federal, state, county agencies and medical center will tour and discuss hospital’s proposed scope of work for a disaster Public Assistance grant to repair/replace destroyed structures and equipment.

 

EDITORS NOTE:                  For more information call:

                                                                                                                                                            FEMA News Desk: 626-431-3910

                                                                                                                                                            Cal EMA: Greg Renick, 562-577-8503

                                                                                                                                                            Olive View-UCLA: Carla Nino, 818-364-3579