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| Middle
Peninsula Planning District Commission Regional Risk Assessment and Mitigation Planning Committee Meeting 28 April 2004 slide 4 |
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| During the Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment stage in the plan development process, the RAMP committee will be using a newly-released software package, HAZUS-MH, to estimate the impacts of floods and hurricanes on the Middle Peninsula. |
| HAZUS-MH is a multi-hazard risk assessment and loss estimation software program developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). |
| The name: HAZUS stands for Hazards US and MH stands for Multi-Hazard. |
| This is a tool we can use to help us plan for minimizing damage and loss of life to prevent natural hazards from becoming natural disasters |
| Covers Earthquakes,
Floods, and Hurricanes The nationwide databases included with HAZUS are non-proprietary and therefore can be easily shared. |
| HAZUS-MH has been designed with an open framework that allows additional local datasets to be easily merged into the existing databases, allowing customization of the databases to produce more accurate results. |
| Janet Nestlerode, of the MPPDC staff, is attending a training session on HAZUS-MH in May. The next 7 slides briefly summarize how HAZUS works and the rationale behind using it for this step in the plan development process for the Flood and Hurricane hazards. |
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