When Disaster Strikes Coordinator Training (Live In-Person)

All too often after a disaster, an affected community is left on its own to struggle with coordinating and conducting its Post-disaster Building Safety Evaluations. When Post-disaster Building Safety Evaluations are not conducted quickly and consistently, a community’s residents will reoccupy potentially unsafe structures. This training session is one of few recognized by FEMA and is identified within the NIMS Post-Disaster Building Safety Evaluator typing document as required training to serve as a coordinator. This training session begins by reviewing the post-disaster roles and responsibilities typically assigned to building departments in the wake of disasters and by introducing the role of the Post-Disaster Building Safety Evaluation coordinator. This training provides instruction on how and when to best utilize Post-Disaster Building Safety Evaluators along with training and credentialing requirements. This training then provides instruction and practice examples on directing and evaluating Post-Disaster Building Safety Evaluations. The goals of this training are to outline the roles of the Post-Disaster Building Safety Evaluation Coordinator, provide instruction on coordinating evaluators effectively, and introduce training and credentialing requirements.