The Structural Engineers Association of Southern California (SEAOSC) Disaster Emergency Services (DES) Committee facilitates the organization, education, training, and coordination of SEAOSC members to assist local communities with timely response after major disaster events such as fires, floods, and earthquakes.

Responsibilities

• Provide Safety Assessment Program (SAP) ATC-20 training developed by the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) to local engineers.

• Connect with government municipalities and professional organizations involved in emergency management (non-profits, city/county agencies, structural engineering chapters like SEAONC).

• Work with CalOES and SAP certified local engineers for possible deployment in case of disasters.

• Provide educational and training seminars to advance the disaster response knowledge base within SEAOSC.

DES Committee Goals for 2024-2025

• Work on increasing membership of DES committee. DES committee has been recently reestablished in 2022 and aims to recruit new committee members. The goal is to have at least five active members in addition to the co-chairs.

• Organize Post-Disaster Safety Evaluator (CalOES SAP Evaluator) Training in October 2024. This year, the training will be jointly organized by the SEAOSC DES Committee and AIA Pasadena & Foothill Chapter.

• Work with CalOES for SAP Santa Monica Exercise (likely to happen in November 2024) and encourage members to take part in this exercise.

• Advance the SEAOSC Disaster Response Plan in coordination with SEAONC and SEAOC. Review the SEOAC disaster plan annually.

• Work on encouraging/promoting and educating stakeholders (i.e., Engineers, Cities, Private Owners) on the Accelerated Building Reoccupancy Program (FEMA P-2055-1).

• Organize a spring webinar on a topic related to disaster response/accelerated reoccupancy/functional recovery.

Get In Touch

disaster@seaosc.org

Co-Chairs