AIA-American Institute of Architects
ASCE-American Society of Civil Engineers
BOMA-Building Owners and Managers Association
Bootheel-Southeastern corner of the State of Missouri; so named because of its shape.
CECMo-Consulting Engineers Council of Missouri
CERT-Community Emergency Response Teams
CES-Center for Earthquake Studies (Southeast Missouri State University - Cape Girardeau)
CSR-Code of State Regulations (Missouri)
CUSEC-Central United States Earthquake Consortium
DGLS-Division of Geology and Land Survey
DNR-Department of Natural Resources
DPS-Department of Public Safety
EERI-Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
EMAC-Emergency Management Assistance Compact
ESFs-Emergency Support Functions (see FRP)
FEMA-Federal Emergency Management Agency
FRP-Federal Response Plan
ISTEA - Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
LEPC-Local Emergency Planning Commissions
LEPCs-Local Emergency Planning Commissions
MEPA-Missouri Emergency Preparedness Association
MFDA-Missouri Funeral Directors Association
MFDADRT-Missouri Funeral Directors Association Disaster Response Team
MIRMA-Missouri Intergovernmental Risk Management Association
MML-Missouri Municipal League
MoDOT-Missouri Department of Transportation
MSPE-Missouri Society of Professional Engineers
MSSC-Missouri Seismic Safety Commission
Mercalli-Qualitative effects of earthquake damage
NEHRP-National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program
PSC- Public Service Commission
RISC-Regional Interagency Steering Committee (see FEMA)
SAVE-Structural Assessment and Visual Evaluation
SEMA-State Emergency Management Agency
UBC-Uniform Building Code
US&R-Urban Search and Rescue
USGS-U. S. Geological Survey
USGS-U. S. Geological Survey
USSC-Utah Seismic Safety Commission
Hazard - an act or phenomenon that has the potential to produce harm
or other undesirable consequences to people or objects.
Hazardous structure - a structure whose condition creates
an imminent danger of physical injury, harm or damage to people or objects
within or nearby.
Non-structural hazard - a condition or phenomenon in a structure
that is unrelated to the structural system but which has the potential to
produce harm or other negative consequences to people or objects within or
nearby. Examples include non-load-bearing architectural elements and
mechanical and electrical components of the building system.
Risk - the probability that the potential harm
or negative consequences of
a hazard will be realized. This is the combination of the underlying hazard
and vulnerability.
Structural hazard - a structural condition in a structure that has the
potential to produce harm or other negative effects on people or objects within
or nearby. This is due to the failure of the structure to withstand the
vertical gravity loads or lateral seismic forces acting on the structure.
Vulnerability - susceptibility to injury, harm, damage or economic loss.
Last Changed 02/04/97
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