Tools and Resources

WABO Emergency Management Committee

AIA-WA Council, AIA Seattle Adaptation and Resilience Committee

ASCE – Seattle Section

SEAW Disaster Preparedness and Response Committee

WAserv Portal (for volunteers to enroll or update their WAsafe profile)

The Washington State Emergency Management Division (EMD)

Legal basis and protocols for WAsafe are embodied in these two sections of the Washington Codes: 

  Revised Code of Washington (RCW) 38.52 Emergency Management

  Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 118-04 Emergency Worker Program

There is a separate Good Samaritan law intended to protect "neighbors who are helping neighbors." Individuals working under this law are not operating under WAsafe, the local building official, or AHJ.

   RCW 4.24.311 Immunity from liability for certain care or assistance at scene of emergency or disaster

FEMA INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSES

These courses are not required to enroll as a WAsafe Building Safety Evaluator, but the links are provided in case they are required or desired by a jurisdiction. Courses Are Free and Online

IS-100: Introduction to the Incident Command System

IS-200: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response

IS-700: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System

IS-800: National Response Framework, An Introduction

IS-2200: Basic Emergency Operations Center Functions

NIMS RESOURCE TYPES

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has established national standards for Building Safety Evaluators, referred to as the NIMS Resource Types on this website.  For many reasons, WAsafe is not using the NIMS classifications.  However, some jurisdictions may desire to use the NIMS Resource Types for requesting BSEs, or volunteers from other states may already have the qualifications.  For those cases, links to the NIMS classifications and a mapping of NIMS Resource Types to WAsafe BSE types are provided on the NIMS Resource Types page. 

OTHER FEMA REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

FEMA P-2055 Post-disaster Building Safety Evaluation Guidance

FEMA P-2055-2 Recommendations for Cordoning Earthquake-Damaged Buildings (coming soon)

British Columbia Housing – Post-Disaster Building Assessment Program 

Cal OES Safety Assessment Program (SAP)

Missouri SAVE Coalition

OrSAP (Oregon's newly-launched BSE program.)

ICC/NCSEA Disaster Response Alliance 

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Disaster Assistance Program

ATC Field Manuals for post-earthquake, post-flood, and post-windstorm evaluations. The ATC is located in California. The WABO Bookstore is located in Olympia, WA and keeps Field Manuals in stock.

Applied Technology Council

WABO Bookstore