When Disaster Strikes - Evaluator Training Refresher (Online Live)

All too often after a disaster, an affected community is left on its own to struggle with assessing its damage and determining whether structures can be re-inhabited. When assessments are not conducted quickly, a community’s residents will reoccupy potentially unsafe structures. In a small-scale localized event local building departments are often able to provide these valuable assessments. However, in a large scale and/or large regional disaster, local building departments are unable to meet the demand. For this reason, The Code Council has developed its When Disaster Strikes (WDS) to train and certify qualified professionals that can be relied upon to assist with performing Post-Disaster Building Safety Evaluations. The Institute is one of few recognized by FEMA and is identified within the NIMS Post-Disaster Building Safety Evaluator typing document as required training. By properly training qualified professional volunteers, a pool of individuals is created to assist municipalities and building officials throughout the country with post-disaster recovery efforts. The Code Council’s WDS Train-the-Trainer session introduces the material and prepares participants to deliver the WDS training.