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    Disaster damage assessments are conducted after natural disasters to evaluate damage and losses. There are four main types of assessments: initial situation overview, initial damage assessment, damage and needs analysis, and damage and loss assessment. Assessments determine the extent of damage, time for repairs, and inform relief operations. Damage is dependent on the disaster type and intensity. Assessments primarily focus on government-owned structures and those affecting many people. The process involves initial windshield assessments, rapid safety evaluations of all buildings, and more detailed safety assessments of uncertain structures. Assessments use established damage scales to evaluate safety, recommend repair levels, and determine compensation needs.

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    Disaster damage assessments are conducted after natural disasters to evaluate damage and losses. There are four main types of assessments: initial situation overview, initial damage assessment, damage and needs analysis, and damage and loss assessment. Assessments determine the extent of damage, time for repairs, and inform relief operations. Damage is dependent on the disaster type and intensity. Assessments primarily focus on government-owned structures and those affecting many people. The process involves initial windshield assessments, rapid safety evaluations of all buildings, and more detailed safety assessments of uncertain structures. Assessments use established damage scales to evaluate safety, recommend repair levels, and determine compensation needs.

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    Disaster Damage Assessment: Akhila G P 2016103503

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    Disaster damage assessments are conducted after natural disasters to evaluate damage and losses. There are four main types of assessments: initial situation overview, initial damage assessment, damage and needs analysis, and damage and loss assessment. Assessments determine the extent of damage, time for repairs, and inform relief operations. Damage is dependent on the disaster type and intensity. Assessments primarily focus on government-owned structures and those affecting many people. The process involves initial windshield assessments, rapid safety evaluations of all buildings, and more detailed safety assessments of uncertain structures. Assessments use established damage scales to evaluate safety, recommend repair levels, and determine compensation needs.

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    Disaster Damage

    Assessment
    Akhila G P
    2016103503
    Definition
    ❏ Preliminary onsite evaluation of damage or loss caused by an accident or natural event.
    ❏ Record the extent of damage.
    ❏ Time required for repair, replacement and recovery.
    ❏ Good damage assessment would help in effective response and relief operations such as evacuation, sheltering,
    search and rescue, mass casualty management, etc.
    ❏ Damage assessment would be conducted as soon as possible after the disaster, but assessors must put their
    own safety first. The "all clear" should be given by the appropriate authority.
    Four types of Damage Assessment

    ❏ Initial Situation Overview (ISO) : Focuses on issues such as casualties, displacement of the population and
    damage to lifelines and critical facilities
    ❏ Initial Damage Assessment (IDA)
    ❏ Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis (DANA)
    ❏ Damage and Loss Assessment (DALA).
    Objectives

    Depends on Type Depends on Intensity

    ❏ Minor/moderate ❏ Short-Term
    ❏ Estimate total losses ❏ Identify safe/unsafe buildings; estimate
    ❏ Develop rehabilitation procedures losses;status of structures

    ❏ Major ❏ Medium-Term
    ❏ Reassess and quantify losses; assess
    ❏ Extent of damage to structures
    safety status
    ❏ Long-Term
    ❏ Develop rehabilitation procedures; Identify
    deficiencies in implementing technical
    knowledge
    Focus for DA

    Primary Focus Secondary Focus

    Structures Structures

    ❏ Owned by govt. Agencies ❏ Owned by specialised agencies


    ❏ Requiring govt. Funds for repairs ❏ Complex requiring high-level
    ❏ Affecting large number of people technical skills for assessment
    ❏ Buildings; Bridges; Tanks and ❏ Dams; Roads; Harbour; Electrical
    Storage reservoirs generation and transmission
    Procedure for Damage Assessment for
    Buildings

    ❏ Windshield
    ❏ Overall scope of damage
    ❏ Rapid Safety Assessment
    ❏ For all buildings; based on ATC- 20
    ❏ Detailed Safety Assessment
    ❏ For doubtful and buildings considered for compensation; based on international practices
    after elimination of deficiencies.
    ❏ Engineering Evaluation
    ❏ For buildings considered for engineered rehabilitation.
    Rapid Evaluation

    ❏ Evaluate expected and unexpected damage buildings during emergency.


    ❏ Assuming aftershocks and assessing risk.
    ❏ Safety from collapse, falling hazards.
    ❏ Steps:
    ❏ Visual inspection on the building’s exterior
    ❏ Inspecting inside the building for identifying cracks, spalls, delaminations
    ❏ Collect key information about the building, it’s owner, condition and safety status.
    Criteria for unsafe
    buildings and
    inspecting placard
    Based on the placard placed

    ❏ Green
    ❏ Inhabitable, Safe to use
    ❏ Yellow
    ❏ Limited entry/ Restricted
    use
    ❏ Red
    ❏ Unsafe for use.
    Detailed Safety Assessment

    ❏ Recommend grade of damage


    ❏ Assess compensation to household
    ❏ Assess level of intervention required for repair and retrofitting.
    ❏ After a particular period of time post disaster
    Existing Damage
    Scale for Buildings
    ATC- 20 : Rapid Safety Assessment

    HAZUS- 99: Estimating damage value

    EMS- 98: Earthquake Intensity


    Estimation
    Assessment based
    on damage grades

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