Ian Reeves, AIA, Vice President of ADG, has recently completed the required training to become a registered Safety Assessment Evaluator which prepared him to help local governments across Florida, California and the nation with accurate evaluation of facilities, buildings, and infrastructures in the aftermath of a disastrous event.  The training and certification was administered through the Florida and Orlando Associations of the American Institute of Architects in partnership with California’s Office of Emergency Services (OES).

This program is only offered to licensed architects, registered engineers, or certified building officials and inspectors.  Reeves now joins a select group of some sixty plus certified assessors in the State of Florida.  All of these individuals are trained in the following categories: concepts of emergency operations; earthquake effects on structures; windstorm and flood effects; and explosion effects.  Each event is unique and brings with it its own set of complicated effects.  The assessor’s role is to evaluate the magnitude of these effects and translate that into the safety level of the structures in the area affected by the event.  A detailed evaluation process is utilized to identify those structures that may be occupied and those that are not safe for habitants.  All of the individuals that are involved with the SAP (safety assessment program) provide their services on a volunteer basis and are not compensated by the local government entity which they are serving.