Facilities managers who work in companies located on the West Coast are always cognizant of earthquake risks and want to ensure they are prepared. And of all facility types, possibly hospitals are those where emergency preparedness is the most vital. This extremely interesting film, produced by University of California Television, shows a first-of-its-kind structural test conducted at UC San Diego as a five-story mockup of a hospital, including a surgical suite, is subjected to dramatic earthquakes and fire testing in order to better understand how the many complex systems within hospital buildings perform after earthquakes. Teaming up with the California Seismic Safety Commission, this UCSD-TV documentary explores the history of seismic safety for California's hospital infrastructure, and what is being done to secure its future. This film will be of value to facilities engineers who work in all types of West Coast facilities – not just hospitals – since the “lessons learned” from this important testing project will give ideas of what they need to examine regarding their own emergency preparedness.