Professional Volunteer Disaster Survey Team (PRO-V-DST)
The Professional Volunteer Disaster Survey Team is a program that facilitates a network of professional building inspectors, structural engineers, and architects who form damage survey teams (FEMA, 2000). These teams can be employed by the local governments and state agencies to evaluate the structures and survey the extent of damage to buildings following a disaster (FEMA, 2000). This is important step that need to be carried out and often neglected or taken too much time to carry out.
The PRO-V-DST is an effective method of networking and bringing together the professionals. The program originated in the state of Texas. The participating professionals ...
