Fwd: Bull Run Branch Dinner Meeting June 7, 2017

[Jeff Tan]

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From: Vic's Gmail <victor.c...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, May 16, 2017 at 1:16 PM
Subject: Bull Run Branch Dinner Meeting June 7, 2017
To: Victor Crawford Gmail <victor.c...@gmail.com>
Cc: Elena Herrera <eher...@pwcsa.org>, Gul Afghan Saleh <guls...@gmail.com>, Mike Yasek <MYa...@ecslimited.com>, Nick Meloy <NMe...@ecslimited.com>, Victor Crawford Gmail <victor.c...@gmail.com>

Dear Members and Associates of the Bull Run Branch;

We are holding our first dinner meeting next month.

Although we will be sending out a constant contact message shortly, I wanted to send you a personal invitation. 

We are charging $25 for dinner which includes a PDH, which is a bargain.

So please plan to join us for dinner and a very interesting presentation.

The message below provides details on the location.

Thanks,

Victor I Crawford, P.E.
President Bull Run Branch
Virginia Section

 

 

When

Wednesday, June 7, 2017 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT

Where

Uncle Julio's
13920 Promenade Commons Street
Gainesville, VA 20155 

 

Contact

Vic Crawford
ASCE Virginia Section - Bull Run Branch
Victor.cr...@gmail.com

 

ASCE Bull Run Branch June Meeting

Please join ASCE Bull Run Branch for our third Branch Meeting, and our first meeting with dinner and a speaker. We are honored to have Mr. Leo Titus, PE, LEED AP, M.ASCE, who will be speaking on his role with the FEMA Urbane Search and Rescue Mission at the Pentagon following the 9/11 attach.  Please reserve your spot for this event. 1 PDH will be earned for the technical presentation portion of this meeting.

Program: The Pentagon - September 11th, 2001 FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue Mission

On September 11th, 2001 the Pentagon was one of the targets of what was the most deadly attack on the United States in its history.  The Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) responded by deploying its Urban Search and Rescue teams (USAR) to both New York and the Pentagon.  These USAR teams specialize in search and rescue in urban disaster situations such as earthquakes, hurricanes and terrorist attacks.

Virginia Task Force One based in Fairfax County, VA (also known as VA-TF1) was the first FEMA USAR team to arrive at the Pentagon at approximately 1:30 p.m. on September 11th.   VA-TF1 is FEMA's most experienced USAR team having been deployed to several disasters around the world including the Oklahoma City bombing, the U.S. embassy bombing in Nairobi; earthquakes in Armenia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Iran, Turkey, Haiti and Japan.

VA-TF1 and the other FEMA USAR task forces played a significant role in stabilizing the damaged structure and escorting the FBI, the United States military and the NTSB into the building during recovery efforts.  Shoring plans were developed by engineers and rescue crews to stabilize the structure.  Over 42 interior columns required shoring in order to safely begin recovery operations in the area of the impact.

Mr. Leo Titus Jr., P.E. of ECS Mid-Atlantic. is a civilian member of VA-TF1 and was one of the Structural Specialists deployed to the Pentagon on September 11th, 2001.  Mr. Titus' presentation will be an overview of the involvement of the FEMA USAR teams at the Pentagon from September 11^th through September 18^th, 2001.  There will be an emphasis on the damage to structural members and the shoring process used to stabilize the building during the first several days following the attack.