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CA Emergency Mgmt. Agency Safety Assessment Program Evaluator Manual April 2011standard, one of the following credentials is required in order for a person to be registered intothe statewide SAP cadre:Professionally registered civil, structural, or geotechnical engineers (from any state);Professionally licensed architects (from any state);Professionally registered geologists or engineering geologists;Certified building inspectors or officials as follows: Building Inspector (ICC), BuildingPlans Examiner (ICC), Combination Inspector (ICC) Certified Building Official (ICC),Commercial Building Inspector (ICC), Master Code Professional (ICC), ResidentialBuilding Inspector (ICC), Residential Combination Inspector (ICC), Combination PlansExaminer (ICC), Combination Plans Examiner (ICC), Building Code Official (ICC),Construction Inspector Division II (ACIA), Division of the State Architect Class 1 & 2,and OSHPD Class A; orCertified public works inspectors with a Construction Inspector Division IV certificate(ACIA) or a City of Los Angeles Construction Inspector certificate. (For a current list ofrecognized credentials, please visit the SAP web page at the Cal EMA website,www.calema.ca.gov ).CALBO resources must be employed by a local government and be responsible for inspection,plan checking, professional design of facilities, or otherwise engaged in the use of theircredentials.Those not possessing these credentials at the time of the class will receive a class attendancecertificate instead of a SAP ID card. When someone obtains one of the approved credentials inthe future, Cal EMA can then issue a SAP ID card to that person.Persons with professional licenses from other states can have their licenses temporarilyrecognized by the State of California for the purpose of the disaster response under Article 5 ofEMAC.Individuals sought for the statewide cadre must also have the following attributes:A general knowledge of construction – the evaluator must be able to look at any sort offraming system and rapidly identify it, how it works, and the corresponding load path.Professional experience – the evaluator must have practical experience working with thevarious framing systems. This experience may come from designing and detailingsystems, reviewing the designs and details prepared by others, or inspecting the actualconstruction of the systems.Good judgment – above all else, evaluators must be able to look at a damaged orpossibly damaged system and make a judgment on the ability of that system to withstandan aftershock of similar magnitude to the original earthquake.Determining an UNSAFE or an INSPECTED (safe) building condition may be relatively simplein many cases. It is the RESTRICTED USE determinations that normally require the wisdomand understanding of experienced personnel to properly determine.SAP Evaluators available to help local governments fall into three Disaster Service Worker(DSW) categories:12
CA Emergency Mgmt. Agency Safety Assessment Program Evaluator Manual April 2011DSW – Volunteer – individuals from the private sector who are dispatched throughvolunteer organizations (SEAOC, ASCE, AIA, and ACIA).DSW – Local – local government personnel deployed through mutual aid.DSW – State – state employees deployed by Cal EMA “mission tasking.”In addition, SAP Coordinators can also be deployed through mutual aid to help affected localgovernments to request and manage the SAP Evaluator personnel. This is a different trainingfrom this SAP Evaluator course.1.3 Deputizing of IndividualsDuly authorized representatives of a jurisdiction are the only persons who can post the officiallyadopted placards of that jurisdiction. For that reason, Cal EMA strongly recommends that localgovernments deputize the SAP evaluators sent to them.Formally adopted placards will have the jurisdictional seal on them, and will have a reference tothe adoption ordinance, as well as warnings against unlawful removal if a removal statute hasbeen included in the law. Placards without these features, such as those found in this manual,can be regarded as “generic placards,” without the force of law to back them. (Jurisdictionsinterested in creating their own official placards and adopting them can download .jpg versionsof the placards from the SAP website under “SAP Forms” and add the pertinent features.) Ingeneral, if the jurisdiction receiving SAP assistance wants to have their official placards used bythe responding personnel, they must do one of the following:Deputize the responding personnel;Send one of their own local building inspectors with each team so that person can postthe official placards; orSend a building inspector out after the buildings are examined by the responding SAPevaluators to post the buildings based on their recommendations.The most efficient method among these is the first one, so this is what Cal EMA recommends.Some jurisdictions have expressed concern that they will become liable for worker‟scompensation if they deputize SAP evaluators, but this is simply not true, as we will see in thesection dealing with worker‟s compensation in this chapter.1.4 Liability IssuesThere is liability protection available for those responding to disasters in the State of California.This is a major issue in other places around the country in regards to post-disaster safetyassessment of structures; in California, there are several ways in which protection is afforded tothose assisting in the Safety Assessment Program here.California‟s „Good Samaritan‟ Law provides general immunity from liability for personshelping others; this law was not intended originally for disaster situations, but nonethelessprovides some liability protection.Private sector engineers, architects, and building inspectors who are California residents areregistered by Cal EMA as Disaster Service Workers (DSWs). This liability protection applies13
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