HAZUSMH

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HAZUS-MH the Florida HAZUS User Group

• Richard Butgereit
• Florida DEM
• Scott Weisman
• Tallahassee/Leon County
• With material from
• Scott L. Burton, Broward County Sheriff
• Kevin Mickey, Polis Center at Indian University

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

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What is HAZUS-MH
HAZUS-MH is a planning tool that estimates
damage and losses from natural hazards

• It is a planning tool, NOT an engineering tool
• Engineering-level data (i.e. Hydrology
  Hydraulic studies for Flood modeling) can be
  input to increase accuracy, but results still
  produce planning-level estimations
• It estimates physical damage economic losses
• It assesses population needs related to emergency
  management
• It allows users to compare results from different
  study case scenarios, including those that result
  from specific mitigation actions (useful for
  benefits analysis)

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Technical Components

• Software Custom GIS (geographic information
  system)
• Runs on ESRI products ArcGIS and Spatial Analyst
• ESRI products must be acquired separately
• Spatial Analyst required for Flood Model only
• HAZUS-MH is free from FEMA
• Current HAZUS-MH version (MR3) runs on ArcGIS 9.2
• Previous HAZUS-MH version (MR2) runs on ArcGIS
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• Data National data sets
• Inventory of assets (buildings, infrastructure,
  population/demographics, etc.)
• Users may modify data sets or model factors
• Users may add their own data

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Emergency Management
Response
Preparedness
HAZUS-MH
Mitigation (Loss Reduction)
Recovery
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Preparedness

• Develop emergency response plans
• Temporary housing
• Debris removal
• Emergency power and water
• Emergency medical services
• Evacuation/emergency route clearance
• Organize response exercises

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Mitigation

• Mitigation Assessment
• Identify at-risk communities
• Mitigation Measures
• Strengthen existing structures
• Strengthen window/door openings and siding
• Mitigation Programs
• Adopt and enforce hazard-resistant building codes
• Land use planning

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Response

• Post-disaster damage assessment and
  ground-truthing
• Sheltering needs
• Response planning for critical transportation
  outages
• Identify critical infrastructure

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Recovery

• Recovery action planning
• Long-term economic recovery planning
• Post-disaster building inspection capability
• Housing recovery strategy

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Examples
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• Results can be viewed mapped many different
  ways
• Including running mitigation scenarios to compare
  results
• Inventory includes many different classifications
  of general building stock (by occupancy, by
  building type), essential facilities (several
  types), transportation systems (several types),
  demographics and more
• Local data and more sophisticated HAZUS
  techniques enhance the analysis

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Features
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Features
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Nationwide Databases
Non-Proprietary Easily Customized
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Methodology

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

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Scalable

• Region
• Community
• Neighborhood
• Individual Site

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User Groups
Medical Personnel
Legislative Contacts
PRIVATE
FEDERAL
Facility Manager
UTILITIES
HAZUS USER GROUP
STATE
Emergency Response Personnel
UNIVERSITIES
Technical Experts
LOCAL
NONPROFIT
NONPROFIT
Local Planners
GOVERNMENT LABORATORIES
Red Cross
Technical Experts
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Florida HAZUS User Group
flhug.hazus.org Google group training data
management
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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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