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FEMA Education Course Overview

Contractors who complete this training will be eligible to be included in the Earthquake Soft Story (ESS) Contractor Directory. All ESS participating homeowners must use this Directory to select a contractor to complete their retrofit.

The goal of this Seismic Rehabilitation Training is to educate California-licensed contractors and design professionals about the seismic vulnerabilities of houses with living space over garage (LSOG) during an earthquake. Completing this training will help you learn to identify common seismic vulnerabilities, and learn about rehabilitation approaches and available guidelines.

This training was developed from FEMA P-1100 and funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). You can review the training below, but in order to take the quiz and complete training, and be added to the Contractor Directory, you must first Register.

Program Rules

Program Rules

First, review the Participating Contractors - What You Need To Know to ensure you are familiar with all the rules and requirements of the Earthquake Soft Story Program.

• Read the ESS Program Rules (PDF)

 

 

Take the Quiz
 

In order to take the quiz and complete training, and be added to the Contractor Directory, you must first Register.
 

Section 1 - General Contractor Training

General Contractor Training

Module 1C provides a general introduction to assessment and retrofit using the FEMA P-1100 documents.  

This section of the course is a video presentation. If you cannot play the video, refer to the PDF below.

This section of the course is a video presentation. If you cannot play the video, refer to the PDF below.

Watch Now
 

This is a text document version of the slides and script presented in the video.

Review
 

Take the Quiz
 

In order to take the quiz and complete training, and be added to the Contractor Directory, you must first Register.

Section 2 - Plan Set Training for Contractors

Plan Set Training for Contractors

Module 3 addresses the FEMA P-1100 provisions for Living Space Over Garage (LSOG) dwellings and provides simple tools for assessment and retrofit of LSOG dwellings.

This section of the course is a video presentation. If you cannot play the video, refer to the PDF below.

This section of the course is a video presentation. If you cannot play the video, refer to the PDF below.

Watch Now
 

This is a text document version of the slides and script presented in the video.

Review
 

Take the Quiz
 

In order to take the quiz and complete training, and be added to the Contractor Directory, you must first Register.