The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Field Operations Guide (FOG) has been prepared to guide Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/FEMA Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) personnel to perform Federal disaster response operations during major disasters or emergencies. The pocket guide details such items as structural collapse patterns, hazard identification and building monitoring, rapid assessment of buildings, building triage and marking systems, advance shoring and shoring calculations. Version 9 is the Latest.
A pro tip from @reconresponse – use 3m post-it tabs to make it quick to find details in the guide
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The Field Operations Guide (FOG) is Available for Free in PDF form 2015
or for purchase in a Sprial bound form from various online sources.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers USAR SHORING OPERATIONS GUIDE (SOG) has been prepared to guide smaller US&R teams and local fire/rescue department personnel to perform search, building assessment, and shoring operations during major disasters or emergencies. It consists of chapters 1 through 4 of the FOG.
DHS offers Field Guide for Building Stabilization and Shoring Techniques (2008)
and 2011
