LFE Post-Earthquake Reconnaissance Training Workshop Beki McElvain, Maggie Ortiz, and Omar Plata Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Friday, June 29 2PM - 5PM Santa Barbara Room
Outline Welcome & Introductions ● About EERI & The Learning From Earthquake Program ● New Programs Overview, LFE Website ● Post-Earthquake Reconnaissance and Clearinghouses: ● What is Post-Earthquake Reconnaissance ● EERI’s Earthquake Response ● Q&A ● Tools Training & Demonstration ● EERI Photo Upload Tool ● Fulcrum App ● 15 Minute Break ● Instructions for Simulated Field Exercise ● Simulated Field Exercise & Data Visualization ● LFE Field Protocols ● How to get involved with LFE ● New Program Details ● Q&A ●
Workshop Purpose ● Provide an overview of EERI’s Learning From Earthquakes Program ● Provide training on EERI’s field data collection tools
About EERI
About EERI ● Global Earthquake engineering institute ● Non-profit, technical membership society with: ● 3,000 members, 14 Regional Chapters ● 65 Student Chapters ● 6 Full-time Staff ● Dedicated to reducing earthquake risk
Who are EERI Members? EERI Members Include: Who work as: ● Geoscientists: ● Researchers Geologists ● Scientists ● Seismologist ● ● Practicing professionals ● Engineers: ● Professors Structural ● ● Educators Geotechnical ● Transportation ● Government Officials ● Lifelines ● ● Building Code Regulators ● Architects/Planners Members are organized into ● Social Scientist committees, projects, and ● Public Officials chapters to implement ● Emergency Managers EERI’s mission ● Tsunami Scientists ● Economists & Business Analysts
EERI’s Mission EERI’s mission is to reduce earthquake risk by: ● Advancing the science and practice of earthquake engineering ● Improving understanding of the impact of earthquakes ● Advocating comprehensive and realistic measures for reducing earthquake effects
EERI Regional Chapters ● Alaska ● New York - Northeast ● British Columbia ● Northern California ● Central CA/Sacramento ● Oregon ● Great Lakes ● San Diego ● National Capital ● Southern California ● New England ● Utah ● New Madrid ● Washington
About Learning from Earthquakes Program (LFE)
LFE Mission The mission of the Learning from Earthquakes (LFE) Program is to accelerate and increase learning from earthquake-induced disasters that affect the natural, built, social and political environments worldwide.
LFE Executive Committee Led by a dedicated group of expert volunteers!
LFE Collaborators And More!
LFE Activities ● Post-Earthquakes Reconnaissance ● Earthquake Clearinghouses and Reconnaissance Coordination ● Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team ● LFE Travel Study Program ● Resilience Reconnaissance
LFE Travel Study Program Creating Learning Opportunities for the Next Generation Barbara Simpson, UC Berkeley, climbs out a basement of a home in Chile during the 2017 LFE Travel Study trip.
Resilience Reconnaissance Developing New Tools for Resilience Reconnaissance The 2017 Housner Fellows are exploring ways to integrate resilience reconnaissance into the LFE program.
Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team Engaging Younger Members to Support Earthquake Reconnaissance VERT members created rapid summaries of impacts 48-hours after the September 7, Chiapas, Mexico Earthquake by reviewing news articles and social media posts
LFE Products ● Clearinghouse Websites with: ○ Resource libraries ○ Photo Galleries ○ Data Maps ● Reconnaissance Reports ● Briefing Webinars ● EQ Spectra special issues
Post-Earthquake Reconnaissance and Clearinghouses
What is Post-Earthquake Reconnaissance? What it is... What it is not … ● Scientific or engineering ● Emergency response investigation aimed at ● Post-earthquake building documenting important tagging observations and ● Support for detailed identifying research analysis, repairs, or topics and lessons for reconstruction. practice.
EERI’s Response to Earthquakes ● Virtual Clearinghouse Websites ● The Virtual Earthquake Response Team (VERT) ● EERI reconnaissance teams ● Participate in physical clearinghouses ● Coordination of international reconnaissance teams ● Topic-focused teams
Physical Clearinghouse Operations ● A physical clearinghouse is a location where field investigators can come together to coordinate and share observations ● Set up & running within 24 hours after an earthquake ● As near to area of earthquake as practical ● Co- located with FEMA’s DFO or other local response field office if possible Clearinghouse Exercise, Nov. 2004
Virtual Clearinghouse Operations ● A virtual clearinghouse website will be activated ~24 hours after an earthquake ● Main location for disseminating reconnaissance photos, data, and reports ● 24 virtual earthquake clearinghouses established since 2009
2014 South Napa Activation Timeline ● August 24, 2014 ● 3:20 AM: : Earthquake ● 4:11 AM: M: Clearinghouse Management notified of EQ ● 5:00 AM: : Following Clearinghouse call-down procedures, conference call scheduled for 7:00 AM ● 7:00 AM: : Clearinghouse activated during call ● 10:00 0 AM: M: Physical Clearinghouse location provided by Caltrans near central Napa (w/ satellite Nightly Physical Clearinghouse briefing at a Caltrans communications truck) facility in Napa ● 2:00 PM: : EERI Virtual Clearinghouse website live ● 3:00 PM: : Physical clearinghouse location operational ● August 26, 2014 ● 8:00 PM: : Physical clearinghouse location deactivated Caltrans mobile satellite communications equipment at the physical Clearinghouse
2017 Puebla, Mexico Earthquake ● Launched new Virtual Clearinghouse website to support information sharing, which includes improved: ● Resource Library ● Data Map ● Photo Gallery ● Served in a coordination role to support collaboration among more than 20 international and U.S. reconnaissance teams ● Regular coordination calls ● Team tracking ● Deployed topic-focused team on Earthquake Early Warning ● Selected and deployed two reconnaissance Co-Leads ● Activated the Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team
Virtual Clearinghouse Photo Gallery
Virtual Clearinghouse Data Map
Questions?
Tools Training & Demonstration Omar Plata Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
How is Reconnaissance Data Collected? ● EERI encourages members to use one of two data collection methods: ● Batch Upload Tool: desktop app for uploading batches of geotagged photos ● Fulcrum Data Collection App: smart phone app for use in the field ● Both methods feed into virtual clearinghouse photo gallery and data map
EERI Photo Upload Tool:Photo Gallery ● Photo Gallery is EERI’s main tool for post-reconnaissance Each Clearinghouse has its own Photo Gallery ● ● Users can upload pictures to the Photo Gallery ● Users can also download the Photo Gallery as a CSV file.
Introduction to Fulcru m and Its Uses ● Data Collection Mobile App Easy for users to access and use ● ● users can upload pictures Great for field data collection ● GPS enabled ● ● Has an array of “ Record Types ” ● Fulcrum data is synced to the Photo Gallery web site ● Ideal for situations, when internet is not available
Fulcrum Format ● “User’s Information” ● “User Information” will be auto - populated after the first entry ● Form Type ● Detail ● “Basic Information” and relevant record questions ● Quick ● Only requires “Basic Information” ● Record Types
Different Record Types There are 9 different record types in EERI’s Fulcrum Form: ● Buildings ● Lifelines (Electric, Water, Communications, etc.) ● Bridges ● Observed Emergency Response Activity ● Liquefaction ● Landslide ● Fault Ruptures ● Tsunami ● Other Observations
Different Record Types (Detailed Form) Continued ● Each record type has relevant questions for that specific record ● For example... Bridges record type ask for the ● number of lanes, length of the bridge, and width of bridge Building record type ask for number ● of stories above and below ground, and etc.
EERI’s Photo Gallery and Fulcrum App ● Photo Gallery Batch uploader is for desktops ● Fulcrum App for mobile data collection ● Both feed to the same virtual clearinghouse photo gallery and data map
Fulcrum Login Info Use these e-mail accounts to login to the Fulcrum App only... Group Name Username Password Group A, B Group C, D Group E, F ...But use your own e-mail accounts when recording observations!
Quick Form Walkthrough
Detailed Form Walkthrough
Questions?
15 minute Break
Field Exercise Instructions
Activity Instructions ● Find your Group ! ● Head out to your first stop ● Continu inue e clockwise ise around the room spending 10 minutes at each poster ● Talk with your group! ● Use Fulcru rum to collect your data
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