Post Disaster Safety Assessment Program (SAP) Training

AIA NW Florida Chapter

offers

"Post-Disaster Safety Assessment Program (SAP) Training"

Thursday, August 18, 2011

AIA Members:  $125.00

BOAF Members:  $140.00

Others:  $199.00

Earn 6 AIA CEU - HSW

Location:  Bowden Building

120 Church Street, Downtown Pensacola

The training, which is gaining popularity among Florida’s architects, engineers and construction professionals, educates you on assisting local law enforcement and emergency services organizations after a disaster strikes.

Developed by the California Office of Emergency Services (OES), in conjunction with FEMA and Homeland Security, SAP is a six hour post-disaster assessment certification course that allows architects (and other professionals such as engineers and building officials) to become certified Post Disaster Safety Evaluators. Florida now has a total of 89 trained design and construction professionals who are ready to provide damage assessments. To date, Florida is now one of barely a handful of southeastern states offering architects damage assessment training; and is the only southern state that has ongoing efforts to create a comprehensive program similar to California’s.

The training will be spearheaded by AIA Florida Vice President, Michael Lingerfelt, AIA, LEED AP who worked with California’s OES to get Florida architects certified. Lingerfelt, who became a California certified evaluator in 2003, was trained as a certified trainer in 2008.

California’s SAP is a fully integrated program offered through the state’s Governor’s Office. The SAP process allows professional organizations such as AIA Florida to train evaluators (architects, engineers and building inspectors) to perform facility evaluations for various disasters. The goal is help local government perform accurate facility safety assessments as quickly as possible.

For more information about SAP, visit www.oes.ca.gov