OrSAP Training

Fall OrSAP/ATC 20/45 training opportunity: The state of Oregon Safety Assessment Program (OrSAP) was created after the passing of House Bill 2206 in 2019.

The program creates a verified and maintained list of credentialed Building Safety Evaluators (BSEs) that can be called out in an emergency.  Building safety evaluations follow the ATC 20 Post-Earthquake Safety Evaluation of Buildings and ATC 45 Safety Evaluation of Buildings after Windstorms and Floods procedures. 

The training and credentialling meets FEMA standards and provides a resource for jurisdictions in need following a disaster.  The system can be used to credential government employees that can be shared between jurisdictions in smaller emergencies and for qualified volunteers that can be called up and deployed when a state of emergency is declared.  Qualified volunteers would typically be licensed engineers and architects of varying levels of experience.  Government employees would commonly be certified inspectors and plans examiners employed by a jurisdiction.  This OrSAP training course provides a mixture of ATC 20 and ATC 45 training, a basic overview of FEMA’s National Incident Management System (NIMS) process, as well as Oregon specific hazards and OrSAP functionality.