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Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings for Potential Seismic Hazards: Supporting Documentation. Second Edition

This companion document to the Rapid Visual Screening (RVS) handbook (FEMA 154) provides the technical basis for the updated RVS procedure. The document summarizes results from the efforts to solicit user feedback and describes in detail the development of the Basic Structural Hazard Score and the Score Modifier.

Document Details:

Resource Type:	Document / Report
Audience Categories:	Businesses / Professionals General Public / Households Design and Construction Industry Scientific and Research Organizations / Institutions Hazard Mitigation Officers State, Local and Tribal Representatives Insurance Industry Emergency Personnel and Managers
Hazard Types:	Earthquake
Subjects:	Mitigation Strategies and Techniques Risk Assessment Building Design Policy Emergency Preparedness Technological and Research Methodology
Program:	NEHRP - National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
Last Update Date:	03/02/2012 03:14 PM

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