JASON MASTERS

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JASON MASTERS

• UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
• SENIOR
• ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES - PUBLIC POLICY AND
  MANAGEMENT

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POST-GRADUATE PLANS

• Pursue M.S. at USC in Policy, Planning and
  Development
• Focus on Environmental Planning

• Return to the Big Island
• Work with Government in newly created
  Environmental Planning Position

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Hobbies

• Avid Fisherman
• Love all water sports
• Football
• Soccer
• Hiking
• Reading

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SCEC CEO/HAZUS Intern

• CEO Intern
• Provide miscellaneous support
• Helping upgrade SCEC web site utilizing Adobes
  Go Live 6.0 software
• Gathering information from both current and past
  interns- contact Database
• Helped set up, break down, and assist in
  Landslide Hazard Mitigation Workshop
• Identify status of SCEC web sites to speed up
  transformation process

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HAZUS

• Hazards US
• Hazard Loss Estimation Software
• Understand its value, but havent had the
  opportunity to use it yet
• Only major difficulty this summer- trying to
  contact HAZUS experts to work with

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Analyses Modules
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Earthquake Scenario Options
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Example of HAZUS Results

• Damage
• Building Stock
• Schools
• Hospitals
• Fire Stations
• Police Stations
• Emergency Operation Centers
• Transportation Systems
• Utility Systems
• Social Impact
• Minor Injuries
• Major Injuries

• Deaths
• Displaced Households
• Shelter Needs
• Induced Losses
• Debris
• Fire Ignitions
• Economic Impact
• Building Stock
• Business Interruption
• Transportation Systems
• Utility Systems
• Change in Employment
• Change in Income

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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED EARTHQUAKE LOSS AT THE
COUNTY LEVEL

• California 74
• Los Angeles County 25

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Whats next???

• Contact City of Los Angeles Office of Emergency
  Services (OES)
• Hope to learn how to run HAZUS software through
  them
• Continue contacting Past Interns
• Continue to identify status of SCEC web pages to
  facilitate their transformation