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EmErgEncy managEmEnt InstItutE • 2011-2012 • catalog of coursEs
The Flood model allows users to determine flood
depths, estimate damages and losses, and define
floods of varying magnitudes. Users may also assess
riverine, coastal, and alluvial fan flooding; estimate
potential damages to buildings, essential facilities,
transportation, and requirements; and estimate
direct losses based on physical damage to structures,
contents, and building interiors. Finally, it allows
users to simulate the effects of a disaster and determine
the level and type of damage and economic
loss people may suffer.
The Earthquake model uses mathematical formulas
and information about building stock, local geology,
and the location and size of potential earthquakes,
economic data, and other information to estimate
losses from a potential earthquake. The HAZUS-MH
earthquake module maps and displays ground
shaking, the pattern of building damage, and demographic
information about a community. Once the
location and size of a hypothetical earthquake is
identified, the model will estimate the violence of
the following ground shaking, the number of buildings
damaged, the number of casualties, the amount
of damage to transportation systems, disruption
to the electrical and water utilities, the number of
people displaced from their homes, and estimated
cost of repairing projected damage and other effects.
The Hurricane model provides the means by which
to assess the losses that might be experienced from
a hurricane. Participants are introduced to the capabilities
that the hurricane model provides to model
historic storms, user-defined storms, and probabilistic
scenarios. They are also introduced to the wide
range of output that the model will produce from a
hurricane loss estimation analysis such as building
damage estimates, shelter needs, and economic
impacts.
Selection Criteria: The audience includes Federal,
State, local, and Tribal GIS specialists, participants
and researchers, insurance companies, utilities, and
anyone involved with or interested in planning for
emergencies associated with flooding or earthquake
events.
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Prerequisites: Skills equivalent to those taught in the
E190, ArcGIS for Emergency Managers, course.
Course Length: 4 days
CEUs: 2.8
Comprehensive Data Management for
HAZUS-MH (E317)
This course focuses on the HAZUS-MH inventory. It
is recommended for GIS analysts, database administrators,
and others who will be responsible for
integrating local data into the HAZUS-MH database
structure.
It will include an in-depth discussion of the methodologies
that were used to develop and compile the
HAZUS-MH provided inventory and it will identify
the issues associated with using that inventory for
purposes other than those for which it is intended.
A significant portion of the course will be devoted
to exploring a variety of strategies and techniques
for updating both the site-specific and aggregate
inventory with local data. Update processes for both
the State geodatabases and study region specific data
will be covered. The course will also help participants
effectively prepare for their own data updating
projects by identifying those inventory elements
that have the most impact on the estimation of losses
for flood, earthquake, and hurricane analysis events.
Numerous hands-on exercises will be completed
during the course.
Selection Criteria: The audience includes State and local
emergency managers and GIS specialists, State and
local planners, regional personnel responsible for
mitigation and response activities, and other Federal
agencies. A strong working knowledge of ArcGIS is
recommended.
Prerequisites: E313, Basic HAZUS-MH, course, in field
or resident version and E190, ArcGIS for Emergency
Managers, or previous or current use of HAZUS or
ArcGIS software in performing your job.
Course Length: 4 days
CEUs: 2.8
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