ATC-20, Procedures for Post-earthquake Safety Evaluation of Buildings:

This free web-based training provides instruction on rapid and detailed evaluation procedures for evaluating earthquake-damaged buildings and posting them as INSPECTED (apparently safe, green placard), LIMITED ENTRY (yellow placard), or UNSAFE (red placard). This course provides examples that allow attendees to evaluate building damage conditions, assess the overall risk from the damage, and recommend which of the three placards should be posted on the building. These evaluations and placards can be used in planning and executing evacuation, re-entry, and rebuilding strategies.

Date:          Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Time:            8am – 12pm (Pacific Standard Time)

Location:     Online, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Is9sn7DOSCyD4KjExJPxsg

Audience:   emergency communicators, professional engineers, architects, safety professionals, emergency managers, risk analysts, and other interested citizens and volunteers

Instructor:    Ed Huston, Huston Structural Engineering

Materials:    ATC-20-1, Field Manual: Post-earthquake Safety Evaluation of Buildings (hard copy available free of charge to attendees who complete the request form after the training).

Sponsors:     California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Mississippi, South Carolina