Reconnaissance Field Exercise
Description
Pre-registration is required to attend this exercise.
EERI is partnering with the Washington Geological Survey to conduct the first in-person exercise of the new Washington Geologic Hazards Clearinghouse Plan. The exercise will be based on the scenario of a M7.5 earthquake on the Seattle Fault, and will incorporate projected impacts based on new research from USGS and local partners, including the Seattle Office of Emergency Management and the Washington Emergency Management Division.
The exercise will begin at the Sheraton Grand with a morning briefing from the Washington Emergency Management Division and the activation of the Clearinghouse. After the briefing, interdisciplinary field teams of participants will check-out from the clearinghouse and deploy. Each team will then visit a number of stops on a planned route around downtown Seattle, along the waterfront, and in the Pioneer Square neighborhood. In the field, participants will have the opportunity to collect reconnaissance data, including ground deformation, debris deposits, and tsunami inundation, and mock impacts to URM and retrofitted buildings as well as to lifeline systems. Some teams will take the ferry to Bainbridge Island and back to learn more about the deformation front, while others will tour the Seattle Emergency Operations Center and/or retrofitted URM buildings in Pioneer Square. All teams will also visit a waterfront station hosted by the NHERI-RAPID facility for a demonstration of reconnaissance equipment including Lidar scanners and drone cameras. After lunch, teams will return to clearinghouse headquarters at the Sheraton Grand for a debrief session with data sharing and live map visualization, and a happy hour.
Schedule:
8:30-5:00 PM: Introductions and Scenario Briefing
11:00-3:00: Field Exercise and Lunch
3:00-5:00: Afternoon Debrief and Happy Hour