Structural Engineering Emergency Response (SEER) Committee

The Structural Engineering Emergency Response (SEER) Committee mission is as follows:

Training – Facilitate and/or deliver training to design and construction professionals to qualify them to participate as 2nd responders at a local, State or national level.
Roster Management – Assist in the management of the Disaster Response Alliance volunteer system, a national 2nd responder database created in 2018 by the International Code Council and the NCSEA SEER Committee.
Assistance Coordination – Coordinating and/or providing 2nd response assistance to local, State and national AHJs as well as other stakeholders.
Advocacy – Advocate through education: AHJs, allied associations, members and the public on the benefits of having engineers participating in 2nd response.

Yun Luo - Co-Chair

Alberto Marquez - Co-Chair

Volunteer as a Second Responder

Preferred skills for Second Responders affiliated with SEAoNY SEER:

• CALOES SAP training on ATC-20 and ATC-45 standards so that you are trained to perform standardized post-disaster safety assessment using procedures described in the Applied Technology Council (ATC) publications.
• NYC Department of Buildings’ Continuity of Operations Program Exercise (COOP), usually offered once a year, so that you are familiar with chain of command and assessment processes utilized by New York City agencies
• OSHA 10-hour Outreach Course so that you can recognize, abate, and prevent site hazards

Please register here, www.disasterresponse.org, if you are interested in serving as a 2nd responder to assist local, state or federal entity who needs skilled, trained and certified building safety professionals in the aftermath of a disaster.

Please note that the Disaster Response Alliance volunteer system is managed by NCSEA that SEAoNY adopted since January 2020. If you have registered with SEAoNY prior to that (by emailing a form), you need to register yourself again. Thank you for your understanding.

The COOP-Trained AAACE Mission to Provide Relief after the 2019 Albanian Earthquake
by Sokol Huta, PhD, RA, Cross Section 2020 VOL. 25 No.1 

Interview with T. Lynch
By Alice Oviatt-Lawrence, Cross Sections 2020 VOL 25. No. 1