Only $75.00
ICC Course# 26266 / Contact Hours 5 / ICC CEUs .5
This course summarizes and references best practice guideline documents, identifies recommended improvements and needs, and provides interim recommendations for issues without best practice guidance. The following incident types are covered: earthquakes; hurricanes; floods; tornadoes; tsunamis; landslides and other land instabilities; volcanoes; snow, hail, and ice storms; fire; and explosions. This Guide can be a reference for any post-incident evaluation process and is not limited by the scale or official declaration of a disaster.
Available on-line, on-demand, log in/out as often as you would like, finish at your own pace within 30 days.
Instantly download your Certificate of Completion at the end of the course.
Module 1: Introduces the DRRA Section 1241(a) charging language and the scope, purpose, target audience, and organization of the Guide.
Module 2: Provides context of post-disaster building safety evaluations and habitability considerations and how they are integrated into standardized emergency management procedures.
Modules 3 & 4: Identify best practices for conducting structural and nonstructural safety and habitability evaluations.
Modules 5 & 6: Provides guidance on evaluation program management and implementation issues before and after a disaster.
Module 7: Synthesizes recommendations for three different audiences: (1) architects, engineers, and building officials.; (2) emergency managers and health officials and; (3) policy makers at the state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal government levels.