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Optimizing Your Use of Optimizing Your Use of HAZUS through HAZUS User HAZUS through HAZUS User
Groups and HAZUS.orgGroups and HAZUS.orgModerator: Jamie Caplan, Jamie Caplan ConsultingModerator: Jamie Caplan, Jamie Caplan Consulting
Speakers:Speakers:
Rich Davies, Western Disaster CenterRich Davies, Western Disaster Center
Tom Gates, Calvin, Giordano & AssociatesTom Gates, Calvin, Giordano & Associates
Kevin Mickey, The Polis CenterKevin Mickey, The Polis Center
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Myths, Realities and Solutions
HAZUS is free HAZUS default data is sufficient HAZUS training is all you need
Data developers GIS Professionals Data Users Decision Makers
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Tools to assist use of HAZUS
HAZUS User Groups
www.hazus.org
Supporting the HAZUS user community across the
country, the ultimate on-line resource for everything
HAZUS ...
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HAZUS User Groups
The growing network of HAZUS User groups has proved to be a valuable mechanism for creating partnerships between public and private sector organizations and industry in which mutually beneficial alliances are formed, goals and objectives developed, and projects identified and executed. User groups throughout the country have found enormous benefits and opportunities to develop successful projects through collaboration, combining resources and the sharing of information, data, and tips on software usage.
Kevin Mickey
The Polis CenterChair, Central HAZUS User
Group (CHUG)
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CHUG History
The CHUG (Central HAZUS Users The CHUG (Central HAZUS Users Group) was started in 2005 Group) was started in 2005
CHUG was originally designed to CHUG was originally designed to have regular regional meetings with have regular regional meetings with interim coordination by a strategic interim coordination by a strategic committee.committee. Impractical due to participant travel Impractical due to participant travel
limitations and lack of a funded limitations and lack of a funded logistical teamlogistical team
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Current CompositionCurrent Composition
Strategic Strategic committee committee currently made up currently made up of 25 individuals of 25 individuals from each of the from each of the states in FEMA states in FEMA Region V.Region V.
Committee meets Committee meets monthly by phone monthly by phone conference.conference.
Strategic Committee Responsibilities
Maintain awareness of how HAZUS-Maintain awareness of how HAZUS-MH is being used within the region MH is being used within the region
Encourage use of HAZUS-MH with in Encourage use of HAZUS-MH with in the region among all user sectorsthe region among all user sectors
Create opportunities for HAZUS-MH Create opportunities for HAZUS-MH users to learn about HAZUS-MH thru users to learn about HAZUS-MH thru a website, training, and other means.a website, training, and other means.
Strategic Committee Responsibilities
Serve as the liaison between CHUG users Serve as the liaison between CHUG users and FEMAand FEMA Report major concerns about HAZUS-MH Report major concerns about HAZUS-MH
releases expressed by usersreleases expressed by users Identify suggested improvements to Identify suggested improvements to
HAZUS-MHHAZUS-MH Convey information about HAZUS-MH Convey information about HAZUS-MH
projects occurring within the regionprojects occurring within the region The CHUG works closely with FEMA Region The CHUG works closely with FEMA Region
V which is represented on the Strategic V which is represented on the Strategic CommitteeCommittee
Strategic Committee Member Responsibilities
Report on activities occurring in their states
Promote the agenda of the strategic committee
Serve as the liaison between local participants and the CHUG strategic committee
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Key AccomplishmentsKey Accomplishments
User group kickoff meeting – User group kickoff meeting – Indianapolis 2004 (100+ Indianapolis 2004 (100+ participants)participants)
CHUG Conference – Chicago 2005 CHUG Conference – Chicago 2005 (25+ participants)(25+ participants)
TrainingTraining State sponsored State sponsored FEMA sponsoredFEMA sponsored
CHUG WebsiteCHUG Website
Key Accomplishments
HAZUS Project Documentation Guidelines (metadata with a HAZUS-MH focus) Goal is help users increase the credibility of
their work with HAZUS-MH by creating proper documentation.
Examples of information collected Who created project? What inventory data was modified and how? What local hazard data was integrated and how
was it derived? Were any parameters modified when running
the analysis? Applicable for all HAZUS-MH users
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Future PlansFuture Plans
ChallengesChallenges Ensuring that the strategic committee Ensuring that the strategic committee
remain an activity oriented groupremain an activity oriented group Ensuring that strategic committee Ensuring that strategic committee
members actively promote the goals of members actively promote the goals of the CHUG within their statesthe CHUG within their states
CHUG is all volunteer. We need to CHUG is all volunteer. We need to identify logistical support to facilitate identify logistical support to facilitate the goals of the CHUG across the the goals of the CHUG across the region.region.
OpportunitieOpportunitiess
New flood model features in HAZUS-MH MR3 are expected to significantly increase use of the model across the region.
Opportunities
Identification and promotion of expert resources in the region
Development of additional guidelines Inventory data collection and
dissemination Hazard recommendations
Tom Gates
Calvin, Giordano & AssociatesFlorida HAZUS User Group
(FLHUG)
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Florida HAZUS User GroupFlorida HAZUS User Group
Overview of Florida HUG and sub Overview of Florida HUG and sub chapters such as the Southeast chapters such as the Southeast Florida HUGFlorida HUG
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Southeast Florida HUG
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Similarities / DifferencesSimilarities / Differences
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Why more than a single Why more than a single Florida HUG?Florida HUG?
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When, Why, Who and How the SEHUG was formed
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SW Florida Pilot project SW Florida Pilot project 20042004
Lessons learned / White Paper Available @ Lessons learned / White Paper Available @ A Consortium and repository for State data A Consortium and repository for State data
updatesupdates Ensure data standards are enforcedEnsure data standards are enforced Local & County government data sharing Local & County government data sharing
agreementsagreements
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Supporting User community Supporting User community / enhancing HAZUS / enhancing HAZUS
KnowledgeKnowledge End users / Clients; End users / Clients;
Educate to understand abilities and Educate to understand abilities and limitations, at a minimum enough to ask for limitations, at a minimum enough to ask for what they need or wantwhat they need or want
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Our officers, partners & users
Open to all & made up of a core of advanced HAZUS Modelers / Power users from both public & Private sector
Offering Diversity of Knowledge & Experience not just with HAZUS but GIS & Planning as well
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Florida HUG Goals & Objectives
FEMA / NIBS / Developers / ContractorsFEMA / NIBS / Developers / Contractors FLHUG works closely with these players, to bring FLHUG works closely with these players, to bring
the user community greater understanding of the the user community greater understanding of the models and planned enhancementsmodels and planned enhancements
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Bridging HAZUS and GIS Bridging HAZUS and GIS with the Planner & with the Planner &
Responder communityResponder community Mitigation; Cost benefitMitigation; Cost benefit Operations; Debris Management, Response; Operations; Debris Management, Response;
Overlay National grid for search and Overlay National grid for search and rescue / recoveryrescue / recovery
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Training Opportunities
State funded regional EMI HAZUS curriculumState funded regional EMI HAZUS curriculum Vision to transfer some HAZUS training to Vision to transfer some HAZUS training to
local academialocal academia
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If we work together, we can get it done!
A single person working alone can not accomplish A single person working alone can not accomplish this challengethis challenge
A single person’s effort’s in concert with other A single person’s effort’s in concert with other like minded people working on a common goal is like minded people working on a common goal is an unstoppable force.an unstoppable force.
That is FLHUG!!!That is FLHUG!!!
Rich Davies
Western Disaster CenterBAHUG and www.hazus.org
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Bay Area HAZUS User Group
History Current State
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www.hazus.org
History Current and Future
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Key Resources