2024 DOB In-House COOP Exercise – NYC Disaster Preparedness: Rapid, Detailed and Substantial Damage Assessment

2024 DOB In-House COOP Exercise –
NYC Disaster Preparedness: Rapid, Detailed and Substantial Damage Assessment

MULTIPLE DATES IN MAY

TIME: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

LOCATION: 280 Broadway 
6th Floor Training Room
New York, NY 

To sign up for a session, reply to jumaldonado@buildings.nyc.gov with seer@seaony.org cc'd no later than Monday, April 15th, 2024.

Please submit the following:

1.      First Name

2.      Last Name

3.      P.E /or R.A.

4.      Your employer/Firm Name/ Affiliations

5.      1st Preferred Session

6.      2nd Preferred Session

Note:

• Sessions will be filled on a first come first served basis.
• Successful registrations will receive a confirmation from DOB Buildings University

Course Description:

The Department of Buildings Emergency Management Unit will conduct a tabletop exercise as part of agency mandate to comply with core components of continuity of operations program. This course will cover:

• Difference between minor and major emergency events.
• Review of most critical components of agency Continuity of Operations Program.
• New York City Building Code requirements pertaining to city flood zone locations.
• Virtual Rapid and Detailed Damage Assessment.
• Introduction to the concept of Substantial Damage (SD) Survey.
• At the end of the session participants will review and discuss completed daily damage assessments results.
  
  Credit: 7.5 LU/HSW

Learning Objectives:

The Department of Buildings Emergency Management Unit will discuss with participants major steps of the City Seasonal Hurricane Preparedness. Agency will perform an annual training exercise to follow Executive Order #107. At this hands-on training, participants will:

• Discuss the importance of Seasonal Hurricane Preparedness.
• Review of agency emergency response role and responsibilities.
• Perform in-class virtual Rapid and Detailed Damage Assessment utilizing 2024 version of Esri Survey 123 mobile application.
• Participants will be introduced to the FEMA Substantial Damage (SD) Survey.

For additional questions or concerns, please contact DOB Chief Emergency Management Officer Dmitri Dits at 917-709-6186, ddits@buildings.nyc.gov or Emergency Management Coordinator Tatiana Kreneva at 646-531-8035, tkreneva@buildings.nyc.gov.