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

FEMA 154 Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings for Potential Seismic Hazards and Rapid Observation of Vulnerability and Estimation of Risk (ROVER)

COURSE DESCRIPTION: FEMA 154, Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings for Potential Seismic Hazards, provides training on how to identify potentially hazardous buildings before earthquakes occur. The course covers methods and processes that enable personnel to rapidly identify, inventory, and rank 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. Rapid Observation of Vulnerability and Estimation of Risk (ROVER) is software that automates the paper-based screening procedures taught in FEMA 154 and ATC-20. Building-specific data are entered into ROVER in the field via smartphones and GPS devices, and are aggregated in a PC-based data server. ROVER features include automated geolocation, integrated digital photography and sketching capabilities, and automated retrieval of site-specific soil and hazard data from USGS maps. TARGET AUDIENCE: Building officials, engineers, architects, building owners, emergency managers, risk analysts, and other interested citizens and volunteers. GENERAL INFORMATION:

WHERE
University of Portland, Shiley Hall, 5000 N Willamette Boulevard, Portland

WHEN
August 17, 2015 from 0800 to 1500.

The class is being offered through the Oregon Office of Emergency Management and the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management free of charge, with a generous sponsorship from the University of Portland.

A quick reference for the campus map and buildings is here: http://appstwo.up.edu/map/

For Directions and a downloadable/ printable map: http://www.up.edu/about/default.aspx?cid=8307&pid=3177