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BIPS-04: Integrated Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings - gulilero - 11-08-2012 BIPS-04: Integrated Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings Author: Homeland Security, Science and Technology | Size: 20 MB | Format: PDF | Quality: Original preprint | Publisher: Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate, Infrastructure | Year: September 2011 | pages: 313
BIPS 04/September 2011 Since the events of September 11, 2001, government officials, law enforcement, the design community, public and private stakeholders, and first responders have understood that the risk environment has changed and that the Nation’s critical assets must be protected. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has sponsored the development of a methodology for assessing the risk and resilience of buildings to terrorist attacks and selected natural hazards. The methodology, referred to as the integrated rapid visual screening (IRVS) for buildings, was developed by the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T), Infrastructure Protection and Disaster Management Division (IDD), and public- and private-sector stakeholders involved in the design, operation, and management of critical infrastructure. The IRVS is intended to provide an assessment of the risk and resilience of the buildings in our Nation’s cities and communities that can be used by law enforcement, the design community, building managers, and first responders. The IRVS is intended to be used in a tiered assessment of the critical vulnerabilities of buildings. A tiered assessment consists of successively more refined analyses such as the framework set forth in FEMA 452, Risk Assessment: A How-To Guide to Mitigate Potential Terrorist Attack Against Buildings (FEMA, 2005). The information gathered as part of this procedure can also be used to support and facilitate higher level assessments by expert investigators. The result of an IRVS for buildings is a quantifiable assessment of the risk to a given building to a terrorist attack or natural disaster that leads to catastrophic losses (fatalities, injuries, damage, or business interruption) and a quantifiable assessment of the resiliency of the building (ability to recovery from such an event). The methodology is intended to be applicable nationwide for all conventional building types. Code: *************************************** |