The Rapid Visual Screening (RVS) handbook can be used by trained personnel to identify, inventory, and screen buildings that are potentially seismically vulnerable. The RVS procedure comprises a method and several forms that help users to quickly identify, inventory, and score buildings according to their risk of collapse if hit by major earthquakes. The RVS handbook describes how to identify the structural type and key weakness characteristics, how to complete the screening forms, and how to manage a successful RVS program.

FEMA 154, provides a standard rapid visual screening procedure to identify, inventory and rank buildings that are potentially seismically hazardous. This CD contains FEMA P-154, a training manual, and supplementary materials that support the application of information presented in FEMA P-154.