Virtual Earthquake Mitigation Training Courses May-June 2022

AZGS is working with Arizona, Utah, and Nevada Emergency Management offices to promote training courses of the ATC's National Earthquake Technical Assistance Program. The attached document has the course number/title, description, and timeframe. There is no fee for any of the courses and participants can receive PDH.  To participate you must register - follow the links below.

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FEMA P-154: Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings for Potential Seismic Hazards

Day & Time: Tues, May 3, 12pm-4pm (PT/MST)
To Register: tinyurl.com/P-154-FEMA

This free training covers methods and processes that enable personnel to rapidly identify, inventory, and screen local buildings according to their expected safety and usability during and after earthquakes.  Local officials can use these data to plan and prioritize further engineering and vulnerability analysis, emergency-response needs, and mitigation projects.

Instructor: Morgan Griffith, Senior Managing Engineer, Exponent

Audience: Building officials, engineers, architects, building owners, emergency managers, risk analysts.

Training document: Download free.

ATC-20: Postearthquake Safety Evaluation of Buildings

Day & Time: Thurs, May 12, 12pm-4pm (PT/MST)
To Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ot7TNmOVTX-magLw1tw_Rg

This free training provides instruction on rapid and detailed evaluation procedures for evaluating earthquake-damaged buildings and posting them as INSPECTED (apparently safe, green placard), LIMITED ENTRY (yellow placard), or UNSAFE (red placard). The web-based training provides examples that allow attendees to evaluate building damage conditions, assess the overall risk from the damage, and recommend which of the three placards should be posted on the building.

Instructor: Barry Welliver, Owner and Principal Engineer, BHW Engineers

Audience: Building officials, engineers, architects, building owners, emergency managers, risk analysts.

Reducing Earthquake Risk in the Classroom and Beyond

Day & Time:  Thurs, June 2, 12pm-3pm (PT/MST) To Register: tinyurl.com/ReduceEQRisk

This free web-based training teaches participants about the most common earthquake hazards in K-12 schools and empowers them to mitigate these issues. The objectives of the training are to: (1) understand what nonstructural components are and why they matter in earthquakes; (2) learn how to recognize and identify common nonstructural hazards in K-12 schools; and (3) review strategies for mitigating common hazards, including understanding when an engineer/technical consultant should be engaged.

Instructor: Sarah Durphy, Associate, Estructure

Audience: School facility managers, administrators, teachers, other school staff, design professionals, emergency managers, and building officials.