Adopted Recommendations

WSSPC Policy Recommendations

Policy recommendations approved by the WSSPC membership are reviewed for currency on a three year cycle.  Following are current policy recommendations issued by WSSPC:

Risk Reduction Strategies

Policy Recommendation 21-2: Developing Earthquake and Tsunami Risk-Reduction Strategies

Policy Recommendation 21-6: Functional Recovery of Buildings

Hazard Identification and Assessment

Policy Recommendation 21-1: Earthquake and Tsunami Planning Scenarios

Policy Recommendation 21-3 Definitions of Recency of Surface Faulting for he Basin and Range Province

Earthquake Monitoring and Early Warning

Policy Recommendation 20-3: Earthquake Monitoring Networks

Policy Recommendation 20-7: Earthquake Early Warning Systems

Building Codes

Policy Recommendation 19-4: Seismic Provisions in the 2018 International Building Codes

Policy Recommendation 21-4: Identification and Mitigation of Non-Ductile Buildings

Policy Recommendation 20-4:Identification and Mitigation of Unreinforced Masonry Structures

School Building Safety

Policy Recommendation 19-10: Joint WSSPC and EERI Policy for the Evaluation and Seismic Remediation of School Buildings 

Policy Recommendation 20-8: Seismic Design and Construction of New Schools

Lifelines

Policy Recommendation 21-5: Resilience of Lifeline Infrastructure and Services

Policy Recommendation 19-12: Earthquake-Actuated Automatic Gas Shutoff Devices

Tsunami

Policy Recommendation 19-1: Rapid and Effective Tsunami Identification and Response

Policy Recommendation 20-11: Improving Public Education and Warning Procedures for Distant and Local Tsunami

Post-Event Management

Policy Recommendation 19-3: Post-Earthquake Technical Clearinghouses

 

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Policy Statements

EERI has adopted the following policy statements:
Schools shall be URM Free by 2033

Mitigation of Nonstructural Hazards in Schools

Creating Earthquake Resilient Communities

National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program

Improve Reliability of Lifeline Infrastructure Systems