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Subject: GeoTech Center Webinars
SAVE THE DATE!!
Wednesday, February 18 at 2:00 PM Eastern
GeoTech Center Webinar:
FEBRUARY 2015 WEBINAR
Date and Time:
February 18, 2015, 2:00 PM Eastern
Location:
http://snhu.adobeconnect.com/GeoTechCenterWebinars
Presenter: Cynthia McCoy
Affiliation: FEMA Region III
Title:
HAZUS – MH: Program Methodology, Real World Applications and How to Get Involved
Abstract:
Hazus-MH is a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) based modeling tool. It was developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide a tool, useable by people
with modest to comprehensive scientific knowledge and technical skills, to create a credible risk assessment for their community. The maps, tables and reports that it generates can help a community to better comprehend its risk. It comes complete with population
data, information about the built environment, and a variety of other data for the entire USA in a format that can drive the model. It generates estimates and reports commensurate with the precision of the data that is fed into it.
When used properly, Hazus-MH is an effective tool for quantifying the economic and social impacts of certain natural disasters (riverine
and coastal floods, earthquakes, and hurricane) on a community. It serves as a catalyst for the planning effort by providing a risk assessment that can be an additional reason for convening the “right” people on the planning team, focusing them on the “right”
issues and prompting the “right” questions.
This presentation will cover the HAZUS-MH methodology and an explanation of how data inputs play a large role in the value of the final
risk assessment. Additionally, this presentation will cover applications of HAZUS-MH in the Emergency Management cycle. Finally, information will be provided to explain how the participants can get involved with the HAZUS community.
Length: 40-45 minutes: There will be ample time for questions and answers following the presentation.
Register here: http://www.geotechcenter.org/hazus-ndash-mh--program-methodology-real-world-applications-and-how-to-get-involved.html
The National GeoTech Center will be presenting monthly FREE webinars on the
third Wednesday of each month at 2:00 PM Eastern time.
SAVE the DATES!
Upcoming GeoTech Center Webinars:
·
March 18, 2015, 2:00 PM Eastern:
Speaker: Dr. Joseph Kerski, ESRI: “Using ArcGIS Online for Spatial Analysis and Story Map Creation”
·
April 15, 2015, 2:00 PM Eastern:
Speaker: Andy Mendola, Pictometry International Corp.,
“Applications of Oblique Aerial Imagery”
·
May 20, 2015,
2:00 PM Eastern: Speaker:
Adam Dastrup, GeoTech Center and Salt Lake Community College
Funded
in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Options expressed are those of the authors are not necessarily those of the National Science Foundation. DUE #
1304591.
Thomas R. Mueller, Ph.D., GISP
Advisor: Geography Major with GIS and Emergency Management Concentration
Co - Director: Pennsylvania View
Department of Earth Sciences, California University of Pennsylvania
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