HAZUS MH

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Earthquakes,
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Earthquakes, Hurricanes,
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Earthquakes, Hurricanes, and FloodsWill Continue
to Occur
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Earthquakes, Hurricanes, and FloodsWill Continue
to Occur

• How can we plan to minimize damage and loss of
  life to prevent natural hazards from becoming
  natural disasters?

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HAZUS-MH Features
GIS Technology
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HAZUS-MH Features
GIS Technology Nationwide Databases
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HAZUS-MH Features
GIS Technology Nationwide Databases Nationally
Standardized Loss Estimation and Risk Assessment
Methodology
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HAZUS-MH Features
Physical Impacts Economic Impacts Social Impacts
GIS Technology Nationwide Databases Nationally
Standardized Loss Estimation and Risk Assessment
Methodology
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GIS Technology

• Spatial Relationships
• Layers
• Computations

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GIS Technology

• Spatial Relationships
• Layers
• Computations

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GIS Technology

• Spatial Relationships
• Layers
• Computations

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GIS Technology

• Spatial Relationships
• Layers
• Computations

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GIS Technology

• Spatial Relationships
• Layers
• Computations

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GIS Technology

• Spatial Relationships
• Layers
• Computations
• Risk Communication
• Risks
• Solutions

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Nationwide Databases

• Demographics Population, Employment, Housing
• Building Stock Residential, Commercial,
  Industrial
• Essential Facilities Hospitals, Schools, Police
  Stations, Fire Stations
• Transportation Highways, Bridges, Railways,
  Tunnels, Airports, Ports and Harbors, Ferry
  Facilities
• Utilities Waste Water, Potable Water, Oil, Gas,
  Electric Power, Communication Facilities
• High Potential Loss Facilities Dams and Levees,
  Nuclear Facilities, Hazardous Material Sites,
  Military Installations

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Nationwide Databases
Non-Proprietary Easily Customized
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Nationally Standardized Loss Estimation and Risk
Assessment Methodology

• Engineering Analysis
• Hazard-Specific Oversight Committees
• Expert Practitioners
• Academics
• Non-Proprietary
• Well Documented

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HAZUS-MH is for a study area of any size

• Region
• Community
• Neighborhood
• Individual Site

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HAZUS-MH and Risk Management
Prepare
Recover
Mitigate
Respond
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Preparing for a Natural Hazard

• What are our risks?
• Where are the best locations for shelters and
  do we have enough space?
• Where should we target outreach activities?

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Mitigating the Effects of a Natural Hazard

• Where should we put our resources to achieve
  maximum benefit?
• How much will this mitigation strategy decrease
  our losses?
• Where are we in our mitigation plan? How have we
  progressed?

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Responding to a Natural Hazard

• How many injuries do we expect?
• What are the best evacuation routes?
• What hospitals were damaged and where should we
  take our injured?

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Recovering from a Natural Hazard

• What is the demand on recovery staff?
• How much debris do we have to remove?
• How much funding does the community need to
  request to recover?

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HAZUS-MH Analysis Levels
Parameter Modification
InCAST Inventory Collection and Survey Tool BIT
Building data Import Tool FIT Flood
Information Tool
Level 1 and 2 analyses can usually be performed
by emergency services or planning staff Level 3
analysis typically requires technical expertise
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HAZUS-MH Models
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Study Region Fault Traces
Portland, OR Local Crustal Faults
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Portland Building Inventory
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Wood Construction
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Precast Tiltup Construction Damage
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Direct Economic Losses
Greatest Economic Losses
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Damaged Highways and Schools
HAZUS-MH FEMAS SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR
ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS
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Building Damage Survey
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A Flood Study - Mecklenburg, NCStudy Results
Sugar Creek
Future Building Inventory

• Support Adoption of New Floodplain Studies
• Saved the County 74 Million Dollars in Damage
  Reduction Through Increased Floodplain
  Regulations

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Current Building Inventory
Current Building Inventory
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1975
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HAZUS Reaching Beyond Natural Disasters

• ALOHA Dispersion Modeling
• FLDWAV Dam Breach Modeling

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HAZUS User Groups
Medical Personnel
Legislative Contacts
PRIVATE
Facility Manager
FEDERAL
UTILITIES
HAZUS USER GROUP
STATE
Emergency Response Personnel
UNIVERSITIES
Technical Experts
LOCAL
NONPROFIT
Local Planners
GOVERNMENT LABORATORIES
Red Cross
GIS Specialists
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Summary

• HAZUS-MH allows you to
• IDENTIFY vulnerable areas that may require
  planning considerations (e.g., land use or
  building code requirements)
• ASSESS the level of readiness and preparedness to
  deal with a disaster before the disaster occurs
• ESTIMATE potential losses from specific hazard
  events, including pre-event, near real-time, and
  post-event report capability
• DECIDE on how to allocate resources for the most
  effective and efficient response and recovery
• PRIORITIZE the mitigation measures that need to
  be implemented to reduce future losses

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helping develop, implement, and track local
and state risk assessment and mitigation plans
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HAZUS-MH Information

• Visit the HAZUS website http//www.fema.gov/plan/
  prevent/hazus
• or email inquiries to
• FEMA-HAZUS_at_dhs.gov