CERT Training (optional) - ATC-20/45
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Alan Bramwell
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Sep 15, 2011 03:57 PM
Post-Disaster Safety Evaluation of Buildings (ATC-20/45). Contact Janeen Olsen to register on a first come first served basis.
| When |
Oct 22, 2011
from 08:00 AM to 05:00 PM |
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| Where | Renton Technical College, Renton, WA |
| Contact Name | Janeen Olson |
| Contact Phone | (425) 556-2251 |
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Citizen Corps Zone 1 and 3 (King County Region) is hosting an 8-hour training session on post-disaster building safety evaluation procedures (ATC-20/45) to help you develop the necessary skills to properly assess damaged buildings for occupancy following a major disaster. Taught by Structural Engineers with hands on experience, you will learn current methods for performing post-disaster safety evaluations of buildings and structures. Building safety evaluation triage exercises based on real-life examples of earthquake, tsunami, and wind damaged buildings from significant disasters in the United States, Taiwan, China, Haiti, Chile, and Japan.
Training Topics:
ATC-20/45 Procedures for Post-Disaster Safety Evaluations of Buildings
- A detailed presentation of ATC-20/45 building safety evaluation procedures.
- Training examples of damaged buildings from significant earthquakes in California, Washington, Chile, Haiti, China, Japan, Taiwan, and New Zealand.
- Examples of hurricane and tsunami damaged buildings from Florida, Louisiana, Chile, and Japan.
- How do buildings structurally react to earthquake forces and other extreme loading?
- Procedures building constructed from wood, masonry, concrete, and steel.
- GREEN, YELLOW, and RED placards, what are they, what do they mean, and how do we use them?
- When and how do you perform a safety assessment and post a building?
- How to triage building safety evaluations and postings after an earthquake.