USEHAZUS Forum

HUG National Topic Specific Call -

2011-01-13T17:14:39Z

NCHUG members: Everyone is welcome to join the next HUG National Topic Specific Call.

When: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 3:00 PM-4:00 PM ET
Where: 1-800-320-4330 pin 475141

Shanna Michael, AECOM and Stefan Zink, Michael Baker, Jr.

Next NCHUG Meeting with Interesting Presentation

2011-01-08T16:26:38Z

The next North Carolina HUG meeting is:

Thursday January 20, 2011
3 - 4 PM ET
1-800-320-4330
Pin# 554962
(Web presentation log-in details coming soon)

The NCHUG is pleased to announce an exciting presentation during this meeting.

Joseph Kirby, PE, CFM, Water Resources Department Manager and Garrett Shields, GIS Technician at ESP Associates, P.A. will present:

Leveraging Rich GIS and DFIRM Datasets for Enhanced Risk Assessments and Communication in FEMA Region VI, a Hazus Level 2 Proof of Concept

The purpose for the pilot project was to evaluate varying levels of risk assessments available using FEMA

New HAZUS Technical Support Options

2010-06-03T19:35:34Z

The new HAZUS Help Desk system is online. With this new system comes significant improvements in the support you can expect to receive. To start using the new system, HAZUS users can call the technical hotline, 1-877-283-8789 or e-mail helpdesk at support dot hazus dot us to receive a user name and login. Then he or she will have access to the Help Desk website https://support.hazus.us to submit requests for support, search for solutions in the repository and sign up to receive automatic notifications when information related to specific interests is updated. Users will have access to technical assistance 24/7.

HAZUS-MH Users Now Have Three Choices for Technical Support

1) HAZUS-MH Help Desk
Open a request through https://support.hazus.us for frequently asked questions and solutions.

2) Send an Email
Users can submit a question at https://support.hazus.us

3) Call the Hotline
You can still submit a question at 1-877-283-8789. Those questions will be added to the
Help Desk requests and you will be able to check online for updates and solutions.

HAZUS MR-4 Patch 2 Out Now

2010-06-03T17:48:46Z

MR-4 Patch 2 is out and can be downloaded here: http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=4180

You must have Patch 1 installed before installing this one.

Topic Specific Call: USACE using HAZUS

2010-05-25T12:21:27Z

Next HAZUS Topic Specific Call: USACE using HAZUS

Dare County Success Story

2009-07-17T17:05:14Z

Incorporating HAZUS-MH Methodologies to Assist with Mitigation Planning and Hurricane Operations

Special thanks to Jessica Phillips, Dare County Emergency Management and Eric Coughlin, PBS&J for their work on this story.

Read the story at USEHAZUS News

What HAZUS projects are you working on?

2009-04-08T21:15:05Z

I am currently working on a multi-hazard risk assessment for the Texas Colorado River Floodplain Coalition (TCRFC). The TCRFC consists of 17 counties that intersect the Colorado River basin in SE Texas. This risk assessment is part of the TCRFC hazard mitigation plan update and is intended to support their long-term hazard mitigation planning efforts. The risk assessment results will be used to identify and prioritize appropriate mitigation actions in order to minimize potential losses from riverine and coastal flooding and hurricane wind events.

This is mainly a regional Level 1 HAZUS Analysis focused on Essential Facilities. However, we noticed that many of the EF point locations were spatially off. This caused some problems when performing GIS analysis related to floodplain intersections. Our client gave us the go-ahead to adjust the Essential Facilities point locations. After determining the correct LAT/LONG for each facility I used CDMS for data integration. Other than in the classroom, this was my first time using CDMS live. There were a couple of kinks in the process but that was mostly operator error. Once I figured out what I was doing wrong everything went smoothly. If you haven’t used CDMS yet I can tell you that it makes updating inventory data a breeze.

Mitigation Planning North Carolina

2009-03-26T12:57:55Z

Ashe County in the news. Seeking public input to their updated mitigation plan.
See the link on the NCHUG webpage.

North Carolina HUG Updates

2009-02-17T21:43:33Z

Hi everyone,

The North Carolina HAZUS User Group is forming now.

We’re looking for a quality mix of state and local government, university, utility, private sector and non-profit HAZUS users. From that it would be great to have users from all HAZUS levels; users, developers and decision makers. I know there are solid individuals in all of those fields who would have a lot to add to a diverse and dedicated North Carolina user community.

Please respond here or directly if you’d be interested in joining and helping me form this group. I’d also be interested in words of wisdom or lessons learned from others who have background in forming a UG.

Thanks!!
Eric

Eric C. Coughlin, GISP, CFM
Sr. GIS Analyst
PBS&J - Raleigh, NC
919.431.5292
eccoughlin at pbsj dot com