Hazards6-Landslides-slides_15Jan2011.ppt

Learn about landslide measurements

1. Landslides
CERT Basic Training
Hazards

2. A Landslide Is…
●A rapid shift in land mass
Typically associated with
periods of heavy rainfall
or rapid snowmelt
Tends to worsen effects
of flooding that often
accompanies
landslides
L-1CERT Basic Training
Unit 1: Landslides

3. Areas Prone to Landslides
●Existing old landslides
●Bases of steep slopes
●Bases of drainage channels
●Developed hillsides where leach-field
septic systems are used
L-2
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CERT Basic Training
Unit 1: Landslides