2024 EERI Annual Meeting (2024AM)

The Reconnaissance Training Workshop on Tuesday, April 9 will provide instruction in post-earthquake reconnaissance tools and techniques, such as documenting perishable data on geological, geotechnical, structural, and lifelines impacts; utilizing instruments, survey tools, and mobile-based software apps in the field; understanding resources for sharing, publishing, and archiving reconnaissance data; and dealing with the methodological and ethical dimensions of rapid-response research in post-disaster contexts. The workshop will feature presentations from key organizations in the reconnaissance community as well as a presentation from the Washington Geological Survey introducing the multi-hazard Washington Geologic Hazards Clearinghouse, a new framework for coordinating reconnaissance following earthquake, tsunami, landslide, and volcano events impacting Washington State.

Registration is required to attend this workshop.

9:05-9:10 AM: Welcome and Overview

• Elizabeth Angell, EERI


9:10-10:00 AM: Roundtable: Introduction to the Disaster Reconnaissance Community

• Mike Mieler, EERI-Learning From Earthquakes

• Lori Peek, CONVERGE
and SSEER
• David Frost, GEER

• Selim Gunay, StEER

• Joe Wartman, NHERI-RAPID

• Mehmet Celebi, USGS

10:00-10:30 AM: Introduction to the Washington Geologic Hazards Clearinghouse Plan

• Corina Allen, Washington Geological Survey

10:30-10:45 AM: Break

10:45-12:00 AM: Field Readiness: Ethical and Practical Concerns

• Lori Peek, Natural Hazards Center, CONVERGE, and SSEER
• David Frost, GEER 

• Maximilian Dixon, Washington Emergency Management Division

12:00 PM-1:00 PM: Lunch

1:00-1:30: Tools for Friday’s Field Exercise

• Sheelagh McCarthy and Susan Schnur, Washington Geological Survey

1:30-3:30 PM: How to Conduct Reconnaissance: Case Studies and Techniques

• Jeff Berman, NHERI-RAPID

• Steve Angster, USGS

• Brad Wham, University of Colorado

• Rick Wilson, California Geological Survey