Validation of a measurement procedure for the assessment of the safety of buildings in urgent technical rescue operations

Authors

  • Maria Alicandro DICEAA, Università dell’Aquila
  • Giulio D’Emilia DIIIE, Università dell’Aquila
  • Donatella Dominici DICEAA, Università dell’Aquila
  • Antonella Gaspari DMMM, Politecnico di Bari
  • Stefano Marsella Dipartimento dei Vigili del Fuoco del Soccorso pubblico e della Difesa civile, Ministero dell’Interno
  • Marcello Marzoli Dipartimento dei Vigili del Fuoco del Soccorso pubblico e della Difesa civile, Ministero dell’Interno
  • Emanuela Natale
  • Sara Zollini DICEAA, Università dell’Aquila

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21014/acta_imeko.v10i4.1141

Abstract

This work would like to provide a preliminary contribution to the draft of standard procedures for the adoption of Total Stations by rescuers in emergency situations, so as to offer a reliable and effective support to their assessment activities. In particular, some considerations will be made regarding the effect of the number and positioning of monitoring points on the tilt determination of a building façade, in order to set up simplified procedures, which are quick and easy to implement in emergency situations, at the same time guaranteeing the reliability of the results. Two types of building will be taken into account as test cases, which have different characteristics in terms of height, distance and angle with respect to the Total Station. Some considerations will be made about the aspects to be explored in future work, for the calibration of the method as a whole and the definition of all the steps of a procedure for the evaluation of the safety of a building.

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Published

2021-12-30

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 4 (2021)

Section

Research Papers

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