Safety Assessment Program Evaluator Student Manual

CA Emergency Mgmt. Agency Safety Assessment Program Evaluator Manual April 2011The detailed evaluations for infrastructure that are part of the Safety Assessment Programinclude:Geotechnical Evaluation (applicable to both buildings and infrastructure)Transportation Systemso Airportso Bridgeso RoadsWater and Wastewater Systemso Pipelineso Pump Stationso Tank Reservoirso Wastewater Treatment Plantso Water Treatment PlantsThe evaluations that will be performed for these are Detailed Evaluations, and if placards areused, they are the same as those used for buildings. Bridges, roads, and pipelines are not likelyto be placarded, but the jurisdiction will be informed at once if the SAP team‟s findings areRESTRICTED USE or UNSAFE, so proper measures for public safety can be taken. Airports,water treatment plants, and wastewater treatment plants are complex and can have findings onthe various features therein, some with placards, some not. Pump stations and tank reservoirscould be placarded. The posting of the various types of facilities is discussed in detail at the endof each of the units. (All Assessment Forms can be found in the Appendix of this manual.)5.1 Assessment Form HeadingAll of the lifeline systems forms use the same header; therefore, Section A of these forms will bereviewed before beginning the discussion on each of the infrastructure forms. See Figure 5-1.On these forms, Facility Name, Address, and County/City are self-explanatory. The facilityname should be the name provided by the jurisdiction or used by the jurisdiction during day-todayoperations. The address is the street address used by the jurisdiction for the facility.“County/City” should be the name of the county or city, depending on who has jurisdiction overthe facility or system.Mo/Day/Yr refers to the date of the evaluation being performed. Time is the time of day theevaluation was being performed. Please note that the time should be shown using the 24-hourclock (examples: “0800” for 8:00 a.m., and “1600” for 4:00 p.m.)Type of disaster describes the type of event that made the safety evaluation necessary. Forexample, this could be an earthquake, flood, wild land fire, etc. The actual name of the eventcould be used if that is known.At the right top of the form is where the evaluators put in their SAP ID numbers foridentification purposes. The jurisdiction that the evaluation is being done for may have its ownpolicy on this, and may ask the evaluator to put their name on the form. That is certainlypermissible.132