Semi-s uc u ed in e iew guide:
Backg ound In o ma ion
1. Could you please desc ibe you posi ion wi hin you o ganiza ion, he sec o o indus y
whe e you a e employed, and how ea hquake isk is ele an o you ole?
2. When you hea "ea hquake in PR", wha is he i s hing ha comes o you mind and
why?
Pas expe ience wi h any na u al haza ds and unde s anding oles du ing a disas e
3. How has you communi y o egion been a ec ed in he pas by seismic o o he na u al
haza ds?
4. How would you desc ibe he s eng hs, capaci y, and s a e o disas e esponse in PR?
5. Can you desc ibe he ole and expec a ions o go e nmen al o ganiza ions in disas e
esponse (eme gency managemen , FEMA, e c.) as well as nongo e nmen al
o ganiza ions?
a. E.g., wi h managing dona ions and on- he-g ound esponse o elie e o s?
6. How do you hink pas expe iences wi h disas e s in Pue o Rico ha e in luenced he way
Pue o Ricans p epa e o pe cei e na u al haza ds?
7. Ha ing al eady li ed h ough se e al na u al haza d e en s, i you had he oppo uni y o
go back in ime, wha would you ha e done di e en ly? As an indi idual pe son? And as
a membe o he o ganiza ion?
Backup:
● Has you home e e been a ec ed in he pas by seismic o o he na u al haza ds? Could
you sha e i people close o you, o iends wen h ough his expe ience?
Pas ea hquake Expe ience
8. Ha e you el ea hquakes in Pue o Rico? Which one has impac ed you he mos ?
9. How has you agency/o ganiza ion esponded o pas ea hquakes, i applicable?
a. Can you please desc ibe majo challenges you encoun e ed/iden i ied om
esponding o pas ea hquakes?
b. Based on you expe ience, wha would you say a e you majo consequences om
a p o essional pe spec i e compa ed o conce ns o indi iduals who a e no
p o essionally in ol ed wi h seismic haza d/ isk/sa e y?
10. Can you sha e any s o ies o expe iences o some hing ha wen well in he esponse o
eco e y o a pas seismic e en ha s ands ou in you memo y? Ei he pe sonally o
p o essionally.
Backup:
● Wha we e he ulne abili ies iden i ied om his pas e en ? (e.g., people don’
know how o be p epa ed o an ea hquake, in o mal cons uc ion p ac ices, miss
belie s abou ea hquakes, economic c isis o imp o e u ili y sys ems, e c.)
● On a Pue o Rico-wide basis, wha we e he consequences and impac s ha
ma e ed mos o you, you o ganizing, and communi y ha you we e able o
iden i y om pas e en s? (e.g., inju ies o people, economic losses, in as uc u e
damage, loss o homes, e c.)
Unde s anding consequences ha ma e o s akeholde s
11. Do you wo y abou you own sa e y because o ea hquakes o o he na u al haza ds in
Pue o Rico? How so?
12. Pic u e a po en ial disas e due o a seismic e en in PR. Can you desc ibe he ea hquake
and impac s?
13. Fo a seismic e en o be classi ied as a disas e , wha kinds o consequences a e you
mos conce ned wi h? Why? Wha is a possible h eshold wi hin hose ca ego ies?
a. Impac s o pa icula geog aphical egions/municipali ies
b. Impac s o buildings (speci ic building ypes?)
c. Impac s o c i ical in as uc u e
d. Impac s o he economy, educa ion, e c.
e. Impac s o men al heal h
Ea hquake Scena ios
Disclaime : Fo his pu pose: An ea hquake scena io ep esen s one ealiza ion o a po en ial
u u e ea hquake by assuming a pa icula magni ude, loca ion, and aul up u e...
14. Desc ibe how ea hquake scena ios a e used in you o ganiza ion.
a. Wha ypes o scena ios does you o ganiza ion ca y ou and o how long?
b. I you ha e ne e been in ol ed wi h he de elopmen , execu ion, o applica ion
o a scena io exe cise, desc ibe wha hings you would conside essen ial o i s
e ec i eness.
15. Desc ibe how ea hquake scena ios in you o ganiza ion a e de eloped: who is in ol ed,
and a wha s age(s)?
16. Wha challenges do you ace in de eloping o conduc ing he scena io exe cises?
a. Does i aid in designing s uc u es, eme gency esponse, o o he p ocedu es? Is i
in eg a ed in o a aining p og am?
b. A e ob aining he ea hquake scena io, wha a e he ways in which i is u ilized?
Is i s use p ima ily in e nal o ex e nal?
17. I a s ong seismic e en we e o occu in he u u e, wha consequences would you be
in e es ed in knowing be o ehand in o de o exe cise a be e p epa edness plan? Wha
would be you bigges conce ns knowing he s a us o PR in e ms o i s o mal and
in o mal p ac ices, he obus ness o ce ain u ili ies, e c.?
Risk communica ion s a egies
18. Wha sou ces o in o ma ion on na u al disas e s and mi iga ion in you opinion gene a e
mo e con idence when dissemina ing in o ma ion and why?
a. Wha educa ion o in o ma ion dissemina ion s a egies on seismic e en s and
mi iga ion would you ecommend? Why do you hink hose s a egies would be
e ec i e?
