What is Involved in Seismic Retrofitting?

Earthquake damage prevention work refers to the organization of earthquakes organized by governments at all levels, relevant functional departments, and the general public in order to strengthen the society's ability to resist earthquake disasters and deal with losses caused by destructive earthquakes that may occur in the future before destructive earthquakes occur. Engineering defense measures such as zoning, seismic fortification, and seismic reinforcement, as well as non-engineering measures such as earthquake prevention and mitigation laws and regulations, policy formulation, and scientific popularization of earthquake prevention and mitigation, education and training, emergency drills, and material storage.

Earthquake defense

Earthquake damage prevention plays a very important role in the overall work of earthquake prevention and mitigation. Its main defense objects include cities, rural areas, major infrastructure, lifeline projects, and projects and potential source areas that are likely to cause secondary disasters. The establishment of the earthquake disaster prevention system should aim at improving the earthquake prevention and disaster reduction capabilities of various projects in urban and rural areas, and gradually improve the relevant index factors that constitute the earthquake disaster prevention and reduction capabilities as measures. Efforts should be made to ensure the earthquake safety of "high-risk cities"; change the status of "undefended villages" as soon as possible; enhance the seismic resistance of major projects, lifeline projects, construction projects that may cause serious secondary disasters, and nuclear power plants and facilities; Fortification level; improve the scientific and technological level of earthquake damage prevention and improve the technical support system; improve the laws, regulations, policies, organization, management, publicity and education support system for earthquake disaster defense. ^[1]

Earthquake damage prevention involves all aspects of society. For the earthquake department, the main tasks include: first, to conduct in-depth research on development strategies, public policies, and work ideas, and to determine the development plan and action plan for earthquake damage prevention; second, to establish and improve earthquake damage The regulations, rules and technical standards of defense management provide the basis for rule-of-law management and standardized management. Third, it is necessary to establish coordination channels for coordination, harmony, close coordination, and joint management among relevant government departments to ensure all aspects of earthquake damage prevention Implementation: Fourth, we must strengthen industry management and lead China's earthquake damage prevention work to continue to develop. Fifth, we must strengthen guidance for the use of earthquake damage prevention measures in urban planning, construction, municipal, and transportation industries. Full supervision and management of permits to grasp the key links in the management of earthquake damage prevention; Seventh, extensive administrative law enforcement and legal supervision activities should be carried out to ensure the implementation of laws, regulations and technical standards; For government decision-making, urban planning, engineering construction, scientific research, public Seeking to provide comprehensive services; nine to strengthen the earthquake disaster reduction propaganda, to the community to provide multi-channel, multi-faceted, diverse, easy to accept promotional products; ten to strengthen the guidance of the industry, especially in rural residential earthquake-proof.