DLS-108: 1.8 Stability Criteria
Channel: USACE Risk Management Center
Date: 20/09/2022

Course Overview
Explore how the RMC estimates consequences of flooding, with a focus on potential loss of life. Participants will gain a thorough understanding of what causes loss of life during a flood event, how to estimate the potential loss of life, and how to build the case to support those estimates. Tools currently used within USACE for estimating loss of life from flooding will be introduced, but tool-specific training is not included through this course.

Learning Objectives
By the end of the training, participants will have the expertise needed to estimate the potential loss of life for a given flood scenario and build the case to support those estimates. In addition, participants will be able to:
• Identify the driving factors that lead to loss of life, or lack thereof, for a series of historic flood events
• Define the role of consequences in understanding risk
• Distinguish the essential elements that must be described when estimating potential loss of life from flooding
• Identify Common methods for assessing each of the essential elements that go into a life loss estimate
• Examine common tools for estimating loss of life from flooding, including an overview of LifeSim
• Outline how to build the case for a life loss estimate
• Summarize brief overview of how to estimate direct and indirect economic damage

Module Objectives
Describe criteria for structure stability, vehicle stability and human stability
Identify five structural stability construction types and two vehicle stability types
Review available literature and research for creating stability criteria that incorporates uncertainty
Discuss ongoing research and limitations of current stability criteria

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