EARTHQUAKE / THE LONG ROAD BACK : Where to Get Help : A GUIDE TO COPING WITH THE QUAKE

* Van Nuys High School, 6525 Cedros Ave., Van Nuys

* Veterans Memorial Building, 511 2nd St., Fillmore

* Wilson Junior High School, 1221 Monterey Road, Glendale

Salvation Army Hot Lines:

* (800) 725-9005

* (213) 380-9729 (Spanish)

This 24-hour hot line is for referrals to shelter and food for quake victims, as well as credit card donations.

Salvation Army shelter locations:

* Hollywood Corps, 5941 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood

* San Fernando Valley Corps, 14917 Victory Blvd., Van Nuys

* L.A. Salvation Army Central, 860 W. 9th St. (Spanish services)

* Burbank Corps, 300 E. Angelino St., Burbank

* Canoga Park High School, 6850 Topanga Cyn. Blvd., Canoga Park

* Glendale Corps., 320 W. Windsor Road, Glendale

* Young Israel of Beverly Hills synagogue

8701 Pico Blvd., east of Robertson Boulevard. Call 310-275-3020.

Water will be available from 7 a.m. to midnight at the following locations. Recipients must bring their own clean containers. There is no limit; trucks refill and return to sites throughout the day.

* Canoga Park High School, 6850 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Canoga Park

* Chatsworth High School, 10027 Lurline Ave., Chatsworth

* Cleveland High School, 8140 Vanalden Ave., Reseda

* El Camino Real High School, 5440 Valley Circle Blvd., Woodland Hills

* Fillmore High School, 555 Central Ave., Fillmore.

* Granada Hills High School, 10535 Zelzah Ave., Granada Hills

* Kennedy High School, 11254 Gothic Ave., Granada Hills

* San Fernando High School, 11133 O'Melveny Ave., San Fernando

* Sylmar High School, 13050 Borden Ave., Sylmar

* Taft High School, 5461 Winnetka Ave., Woodland Hills

* Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, 14445 Olive View Dr., Sylmar

Ice trucks will make rounds today between 11:30 a.m. and 10 p.m. at four locations:

* Chatsworth High School, 10027 Lurline Ave., Chatsworth

* Granada Hills High School, 10535 Zelzah Ave., Granada Hills

* Kennedy High School, 11254 Gothic Ave., Granada Hills

* Sylmar High School, 13050 Borden Ave., Sylmar

Free bottled water will be distributed today at 18330 Lemarsh Ave., Northridge, and at the Salvation Army, 14917 Victory Blvd., Van Nuys.

* Southern California Gas Co.

(800) 427-2200

This is a special 24-hour service line to request service restoration or suspected leaks. Or you may call the number of your local gas company office found on your gas bill, or in the white pages of the your telephone directory. These walk-in emergency service centers are open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.:

* Granada Hills High School, 10535 Zelzah Ave., Los Angeles

* K mart parking lot at Plummer Street and Corbin Avenue, Northridge

* Rancho Simi Parks and Recreation Building, 1692 Sycamore St., Simi Valley.

* San Fernando Recreation Center, 208 Park Avenue, San Fernando

* Santa Clarita City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita

* St. Francis Church, 1048 Ventura St., Fillmore

* GTE

Customers may call these numbers for service information:

* (800) 483-4000 (residential customers)

* (800) 483-5000 (business customers)

* (800) 483-7724 (Spanish)

For quake victims, GTE has established three phone bank centers where people can go to make calls:

* San Fernando Recreation Park, 208 Park Ave., San Fernando

* LAPD, Foothill Division, 12760 Osborne St., Pacoima

* GTE Building, 510 Park Ave., San Fernando

GTE is waiving monthly charges for 90 days for people displaced by the quake and is also providing boxes and bags for storage purposes at Red Cross shelter locatiuons. In addition, GTE is offering a variety of free services to people displaced by the quake, including remote call forwarding, voice mail or transfer of service to a new location.

* Pacific Bell

Free voice mail and call forwarding is available for customers displaced by the quake. To order voice mail, call:

* (800) 273-7000, Ext. 345 (residential customers)

* (800) 540-8020 (business customers)

To order call forwarding, call:

* (800) 371-2355

* Southern California Edison Co.

Customers whose homes were destroyed will not be billed for electricity used between their last bill and the quake, and are asked to call (800) 643-0517 with service questions.

Customers facing less severe hardships can take advantage of several special payment arrangements and are asked to contact Edison at the phone number listed in the right-hand corner of their bill or the regional number.

* Department of Water and Power

Electric service has been restored. Customers with service problems should call:

* (818) DIAL DWP

* Outside the 818 area code: (800) DIAL DWP

* L.A. Department of Animal Regulation

East Valley Animal Care and Control

13131 Sherman Way

North Hollywood

(818) 764-7061

* West Valley Animal Care and Control

20655 Plummer St.

Chatsworth

(818) 882-8800

In the Santa Clarita Valley:

* L.A. County Animal Care and Control Center

31044 Charlie Canyon Road

Castaic

(805) 257-3100

In western L.A. County and Thousand Oaks: