2013 EERI Annual Meeting Session: School Seismic Safety

1. EERI Plenary
School Seismic Safety
Moderators: Phil Gould and Yumei Wang
EERI School Committee: Protecting Students in Schools

2. Vision: URM-Free in 2033
• Seismic safety of existing schools poses a life
safety problem in world's seismic hazard zones.
• Problems: Lack of Awareness and $$$$$
• Hear multiple perspectives on how to effectively
improve seismic school safety
– State, federal, parent, academic, and NGO
• Identify obstacles and effective solutions

3. “How to protect students in seismically
dangerous schools by 2033?”
Speakers/Panelists
• Janise Rodgers, Geohazards International
• John Schelling, WA Emergency Management Dept
• Professor Liam Finn, University of British Columbia
• Barbara Thurman , WA Office Superintendent Public Instruction
• Mike Mahoney, FEMA Headquarters, DC
• Edward Wolf, Oregon Parents for Quake-Resistant Schools
Panel discussion, with audience feedback

4. EERI Schools Committee Meeting
5:30-6:30 pm
• Developing Guidelines for Advocates
• Rob Jackson’s Safe Schools Guidelines
• EERI Housner School Project
• Progress in Missouri, Oregon, elsewhere
• 2014 EERI School Session
• Setting Goals: URM-Free by 2033
• Message to public, Roadmap to Safe Schools
• Effective Solutions?
– School inspections and scores
– Embrace other issues (ADA, HVAC, energy)
– Etc