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ANNEX 13: DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
Accurate damage assessment information following a disaster is critical to ensure that the incident commander and mayor can adequately perform the following functions:
· Determine the overall impact of a disaster on the Municipality
· Evaluate what resources are necessary
· Prioritize resource assignments for response requirements.
· Establish objectives for current and future operations periods
Damage assessment activities are most likely to be initiated after a major disaster such as an earthquake.
OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS
A. The Municipality will conduct a rapid assessment of buildings, structures, roadways, and utilities as soon as practicable after a major event has occurred and when conditions are deemed safe by the incident commander. Rapid assessment may consist of agency assessment, windshield survey and aerial surveys, and damage reported by citizens.
B. Municipal agencies should report the status of their facilities, personnel, and equipment to the EOC within 30 minutes of any event that can reasonable have been expected to cause significant damage.
C. All municipal agencies with dispatched vehicles and radio communications should survey the damage and report conditions to the EOC. Emergency responders will complete the windshield surveys as quickly as possibly and will not stop to render aid until the survey is completed unless there is an obvious and immediate threat to life or to mitigate a significant hazard.
D. The Municipality will conduct an aerial survey when necessary to augment windshield survey activities.
E. Reports of damage from citizens will be routed through 911 dispatch or the EOC call taker center and forwarded to the Damage Assessment Unit in the EOC.
F. The Municipality may pre-certify business owners and operators to expedite structural assessments during an emergency.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The responsibilities listed herein are not intended to be departmental checklists. Each agency will develop internal policies and procedures to perform its assigned duties. At the discretion of the incident commander not all functions may be performed and nor all agencies used.
Primary Agencies
Anchorage Office of Emergency Management / Emergency Operations Center
1. Coordinates overall strategic disaster response during a major emergency or disaster.
2. Secures additional resources through state and federal agencies as needed.
3. Coordinates the development and maintenance of damage assessment programs with Development Services, Building Safety.
Development Services, Building Safety
1. Directs the development, coordination, and maintenance of the Municipality’s damage assessment program.
2. Coordinates all damage assessment responses during a major emergency or disaster.
3. Conducts windshield assessments with vehicles on the road and reports to the EOC.
4. Reports the status of its facilities, equipment, and personnel to the EOC.
5. Provides logistical support for damage assessment evaluators in the field.
6. Conducts damage assessment training as needed.
Anchorage Fire Department
1. Conducts windshield assessments with vehicles on the road and reports to the EOC.
2. Reports the status of facilities, equipment, and personnel to the EOC.
Anchorage Police Department
1. Conducts windshield assessments with vehicles on the road and reports to the EOC.
2. Reports the status of facilities, equipment, and personnel to the EOC.
Supporting Agencies
Civil Air Patrol
1. Assists Conducts aerial damage assessment when requested by the EOC or incident commander and dispatches a representative to the EOC to assist ground to air communications.
Health and Human Services
1. Conducts windshield assessments with vehicles on the road and reports to the EOC.
2. Reports the status of facilities, equipment, and personnel to the EOC.
Maintenance and Operations
1. Conducts windshield assessments with vehicles on the road and reports to the EOC.
2. Reports the status of facilities, equipment, and personnel to the EOC.
Merrill Field
1. Reports the status of airfields, facilities, equipment, and personnel to the EOC.
Municipal Light and Power
1. Conducts windshield assessments with vehicles on the road and reports to the EOC.
2. Reports the status of facilities, equipment, and personnel to the EOC.
Parks and Recreation
1. Conducts windshield assessments with vehicles on the road and reports to the EOC.
2. Reports the status of facilities, equipment, and personnel to the EOC.
Port of Anchorage
1. Reports the status of facilities, equipment, and personnel to the EOC.
Public Transportation
1. Conducts windshield assessments with vehicles on the road and reports to the EOC.
2. Reports the status of facilities, equipment, and personnel to the EOC.
School District
1. Conducts windshield assessments with vehicles on the road and reports to the EOC.
2. Reports the status of schools, facilities, equipment, and personnel to the EOC.
Solid Waste Services
1. Conducts windshield assessments with vehicles on the road and reports to the EOC.
2. Reports the status of facilities, equipment, and personnel to the EOC.
Water and Wastewater Utility
1. Conducts windshield assessments with vehicles on the road and reports to the EOC.
2. Reports the status of facilities, equipment, and personnel to the EOC.
MUTUAL AID, STATE, OR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
Additional coordination is required with private companies, state, and federal agencies that have the responsibility for conducting damage assessment of owned or leased facilities, roads and highways, infrastructure, and debris accumulations.
REFERENCES
Anchorage Building Safety Damage Assessment Operations Plan
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