BIPS-04: Integrated Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings

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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.

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