GNGTS 2024 - Atti del 42° Convegno Nazionale

Session 2.3 GNGTS 2024 Seismic risk percepton in italian hospitals: The role of non-structural elements S. Zidarich 1 , M.G. Sestto 1 , M. Crescimbene 2 , G. Musacchio 1 , D. Reitano 3 , D. Perrone 4 , D. D’Angela 5 , G. Magliulo 5 1 Sezione di Milano, Isttuto Nazionale di Geofsica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Milan, Italy 2 Sezione di Roma, Isttuto Nazionale di Geofsica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Roma, Italy 3 Osservatorio Etneo, Isttuto Nazionale di Geofsica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Catania, Italy 4 Università degli Studi del Salento, Lecce, Italy 5 Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy INTRODUCTION The ENRICH (ENhancing the Resilience of Italian HealthCare and Hospital Facilites) project deals with seismic resilience of hospitals and healthcare facilites. It is a three-years project funded by the Ministry of University and Research as part of the major natonal interest programme, PRIN, 2022-2025, led by the University of Neaples Federico II and involving the Universites of Sannio and Salento, the Isttuto per le Tecnologie della Costruzione of the Natonal Research Council and the Isttuto Nazionale di Geofsica e Vulcanologia. Seismic performance of non-structural elements and their functonal adaptability are the two pillars of ENRICH. However, since regulatory provisions are likely to become more efectve if stakeholders are aware of the associated risks and benefts (Solarino et al. 2020; Musacchio et al. 2021), the project couple engineering technological advancement to risk percepton studies. Hospitals are at the forefront of responding to disasters, including those associated with earthquakes, providing essental medical care, public health services and coordinaton eforts to mitgate the impact of disasters on individuals and communites by providing immediate assistance to those afected. Furthermore, in additon to receiving and treatng patents, they must be able to ensure preventon for any epidemics. The disproportonate impact of earthquakes on critcal structures such as hospitals can ofen be atributed to the inadequate seismic response of non-structural elements. While the structural integrity of buildings is crucial, the non-structural components and systems within such buildings play a signifcant role in ensuring the contnued functoning of essental structures during and afer an earthquake. Damaging these elements would mean hindering the overall functonality of healthcare facilites.