Credit: 15 PDH
Course Fee: $230.00
174 pages

Course summary:

This course highlights issues for consideration in the seismic design, installation, ongoing inspection, maintenance, and use of steel single selective pallet storage racks located in areas of retail warehouse stores and other facilities accessible to the general public.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this course the participant will learn:

1. Damage to Steel Pallet Storage Racks and Content Spillage in Recent Earthquakes
2. Codes and Standards for Storage Racks
3. Current Storage Rack Seismic Design Practices
4. Performance Expectations for Storage Racks in Areas Accessible to the Public
5. Suggested Improvements to Current Storage Rack Seismic Design Practices
6. Guidelines and Responsibilities for Specifying, Purchasing, and Installing Pallet storage Racks
7. Purchasing, and Installing Pallet storage Racks
8. Suggested Improvements for Securing Contents Within Storage Racks
9. Suggestions for Storage Rack Installation, Operation, Inspection, and Maintenance
10. Suggested Considerations for Quality Assurance Programs
11. Review of Past Seismic Research on Storage Rack Systems and Subassemblies
12. Inspection of Storage Racks and Recovery of Merchandise After Earthquakes
13. This document is free to download. The quiz is also free to download and take as many times as the participant wants until passed before purchase.

Review the quiz before studying the course.

Course Content

Course Author: Federal Emergency Management Agency

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