FEMA and ATC (Applied Technology Council) are hosting free webinars on pre and post-disaster courses on building safety assessments available for free. This content is specific to Oregon.
If you're new to building safety assessments or looking to deepen your technical knowledge of seismic building performance, these pre and post-disaster courses are right up your alley! You do NOT need to be a resident or licensed in the state mentioned to take the course, the courses are open to all:
OREGON – September 2 and 9
FEMA P-154, Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings for Potential Seismic Hazards
Date & time: Wednesday, September 2, 2020, 8:30am-12:30pm (Pacific)
Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6533290803990040844
Instructor: Keith Porter, Research Professor, University of Colorado Boulder, and Principal, SPA Risk LLC
Description: This free web-based training, tailored to Oregon, 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.
Audience: Building officials, engineers, architects, building owners, emergency managers, risk analysts, and other interested citizens and volunteers.
PDH eligible: Yes
NETAP Web-Based Training for Oregon: ATC-20, Post earthquake Safety Evaluation of Buildings
Date & time: Wednesday, September 9, 2020, 8:30am-12:30pm (Pacific)
Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2999485721085502988
Instructor: Keith Porter, Research Professor, University of Colorado Boulder, and Principal, SPA Risk LLC
Description: This free web-based training, tailored to Oregon, 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.
Audience: Building officials, engineers, architects, building owners, emergency managers, risk analysts, and other interested citizens and volunteers.
PDH eligible: Yes