WEBINAR: Earthquake Safety & Mitigation for Schools

Good morning  

The Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are pleased to announce a one-hour webinar for school officials, teachers, facility managers, and other local stakeholders interested in learning how to reduce earthquake risks and take actions to ensure school safety and continued operations. The webinar information is based on Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of School Buildings (K-12): Providing Protection to People and Buildings, FEMA 395.

General Information
Numerous school buildings located in multiple States and U.S. territories are vulnerable to earthquake losses and damage. This includes potential:

• Death and injury of students, teachers, and staff
• Damage to or collapse of buildings
• Damage and loss of furnishings, equipment, and building contents
• Disruption of educational programs and school operations
• Inability of the community to use schools as temporary shelters

At this webinar, you will learn the following:

• How to assess and analyze your earthquake risks
• How to develop an actionable plan to reduce and manage earthquake risks
• How to initiate an earthquake risk reduction plan for existing school buildings that were not designed and constructed to meet modern building codes
• How to secure “non-structural” elements of the school facility
• How to apply “incremental seismic rehabilitation” to protect buildings and ensure occupant safety
• Why “incremental seismic rehabilitation” is an affordable alternative for school safety

When

• Thursday, February 17, 2011 at 3:00 pm EST
• Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 3:00 pm EST

Where

• Online webinar via FEMA Adobe Connect and Conference Line. Information will be shared upon successful registration.

Registration is free! Please send your preferred date to participate, name, organization, address, phone number, and email address by fax to 650-593-2320, by email to atc@atcouncil.org, or by visitinghttp://www.atcouncil.org/events.html.

System Requirements

• Email: Please add atcouncil.org to your safe list
• Audio: Touch-tone telephone
• Browser: Internet Explorer 6 or later, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, with JavaScript enabled
• Internet: 56K or faster (high-speed recommended)
• Audio/Video Streaming: Adobe Flash plug-in version 9 or higher.

Attached for your dissemination is the flyer for the webinar. Please feel free to re-send or share with individuals and organizations interested in school earthquake safety and mitigation.

Maggie

From: De-La-Matta, Magda
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 9:02 AM
Subject: RE: WEBINAR: Earthquake Safety & Mitigation for Schools

Good morning

This is a friendly reminder about the upcoming Earthquake Safety & Mitigation for Schools, on February 17, and March 17 at 3:00 pm EST (see attached flyer).  Please feel free to re-send or share this email particularly with individuals and organizations interested in school earthquake safety and mitigation.

If you have any questions please let me know

Maggie

From: De-La-Matta, Magda
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 9:49 AM
Subject: RE: WEBINAR: Earthquake Safety & Mitigation for Schools

Good morning

This is a friendly reminder about the upcoming Earthquake Safety & Mitigation for Schools, on February 17, and March 17 at 3:00 pm EST (see attached flyer).  Please feel free to re-send or share this email particularly with individuals and organizations interested in school earthquake safety and mitigation.

If you have any questions please let me know

Maggie