STCS Scientific Unit activity continues also during the weekends

During the seismic emergency, the activity of the STCS Scientific Unit does not stop... and continues also during the weekends. The back-office of the STCS is managed by the SPRINT-lab researchers and it is composed also by expert firefighters and technicians. Several students have also supported the operations.

Professor Stefano Grimaz, the director of the SPRINT-lab, is in the areas affected by the earthquake, supporting the emergency management, as scientific director of the STCS Scientific Unit.

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Central Italy Earthquake 2016 - SCIENTIFIC UNIT

The Scientific Unit of the STCS (Short-term Countermeasures System, Italian National Fire Service) was set-up at the SPRINT-Lab of the University of Udine (Italy).

The Scientific Unit processes the data for STCS personnel, elaborating a safety triage assessment of the buildings damaged by the earthquake of the 24^th August in Central Italy.

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Survey in Portis Vecchio (UD, Italy)

SPRINT-Lab researchers brought the students of the master's degree course in "Safety and Civil Protection" and some Civil Protection personnel to Portis Vecchio (Venzone, UD, NE of Italy). The survey allowed the inspection and comprehension of seismic damage on buildings in an existing scenario. Portis Vecchio was abandoned after the 1976 earthquake, as it was located under an impending rock-fall landslide; nowadays, it shows a situation of “how it was” immediately after the 1976 earthquake. This case of real post-earthquake scenario has been recognized as extremely useful for full-scale exercise sessions purposes.

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Short term countermisures.

The second phase of the exercise SERMex begin.
This phase involves the construction of two short term countermisures. 

All activities can be viewed by anyone interested, through a zone for observers.

SPRINT team at SERM-ex

SPRINT team at SERM-ex

From left to right: Fausto Barazza, Enrico Del Pin, Andrea Dusso, prof. Stefano Grimaz, Fabio Zorzini, Petra Malisan.

Seismic Emergency Rescue Management exercise

SERM-ex (Seismic Emergency Rescue Management exercise) will be held in Venzone 28-30 April and 5-8 May.

The exercise is addressed to the personnel of the National Fire Corps and aims at testing the efficiency of the procedures to undertake in post-earthquake emergency phase.

The STCS (Short Term Countermeasures System) specialists will be involved for the management of structural problems.

The exercise involves scientific and technical staff of the SPRINT-Lab of the University of Udine.