Agreement number: ECHO/SUB/2014/695550First Progress Report • October 23rd, 2015
The occurrence of seismic swarms or foreshocks may require Civil Protection (CP) authorities to promptly assess a threatened area’s vulnerability. This is especially true for regions where there is a dearth of up-to- date and reliable information. Similarly, methods are also required for assessing an area’s vulnerability prior to a seismic (or any) hazardous event for risk estimation and response planning. The aim of SIBYL is therefore to develop an operational framework for CP authorities to rapidly and cost-effectively appraise the seismic vulnerability of the built environment, and to efficiently use the acquired information prior to, or given the occurrence of a damaging event, to optimize the management of the subsequent emergency situations. Such a framework will advise decision makers as to the most appropriate preventative actions to take and will consider when there is a need for short-notice vulnerability assessments in a pre-event situation, as well as monitoring the built e
