Collapsed Structures Rescue Course – Light Level

EVALUACION LECCION 3
KEY

Name ______________________________ Date__________________

(Value of each correct response 5 points)

1. Complete the following definitions by selecting the words from the

box)

Collective, interact, survive, structure, supporting and transferring, habitability, people,

constructions, adequate conditions, collapsed, set of elements, loads to the ground

• Building: A building is any structures built for many types of use. Some of
the most common uses for a building are residential and commercial. The
importance of understanding a building the use is the occupancy load and
the chances that it was occupied at the time of the incident. A residential
dwelling is more likely to have people trapped inside at the night than a
commercial building..

• Structure: A system or set of elements that interact among themselves, with

the function of supporting and transferring the loads to the ground.

• Void: Space inside a collapsed structure with adequate conditions for

people to survive

2. In the following photographs, observe and indicate where you

believe there is structural damage (SD) and non structural damage
(NS).

_____SD_____ ___NS____

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3. DRAW a line between the definition of the level of building damage

and the concept

MODERATE

SEVERE

LIGHT

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4. Indicate the type of collapse under each drawing

_SUSPENDED_CEILING _PANCAKE__

LEAN TO _______V-SHAPE______

5. Place an X by the correct answers:

The procedures to be used for structure reconnaissance are:

____ Watch for the presence of foreign noises or odors

__X_ Examine the safety of non structural elements
____ Review disconnected services
__X_ Evaluate the structural system from the outside
__X_ Observe the ground around the building for presence of cracks, sinking
__ __ Explain to occupants whether they can remain in the building or evacuate
__X__ Request information from the occupants
__X_ Evaluate the building from the outside
____ Notify so the corresponding procedures can be carried out
__X_ Evaluate the presence of hazards

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