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Safety Assessment Program Evaluator Student Manual

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CA Emergency Mgmt. Agency <strong>Safety</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> <strong>Program</strong> <strong>Evaluator</strong> <strong>Manual</strong> April 2011Photo courtesy Cal EMAFigure 5-5 – Block failure of road subsurface, 2005-06 Winter StormsFigures 5-3 and 5-4 show a landslide that occurred in San Francisco. The rock debris at the toeof the slide damaged a building there.Figure 5-5 shows a condition called “block failure.” Oversaturation of soils on hillsides can leadto the hillside moving in large sections, or “blocks,” in this case, taking the roadway with them.Photo courtesy Dave Swanson, EERIFigure 5-6 – Scarp through community in China136

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