Regional HAZUS User Groups

HAZUS User Groups (HUGs), which exist throughout the country, provide resources to HAZUS users and non-users in the emergency management community. Visit one of the HUG Web pages today and begin to network with users in your region.

USEHAZUS is happy to provide Web pages for any of the HAZUS User Groups interested in this free service.

HAZUS User Groups Sorted by FEMA Region

FEMA Region 1

New England HUG
Contact: Jonathan Salomon

FEMA Region 2

New York Metropolitan Area HUG
Contact: Lynn Seirup

FEMA Region 3

Pennsylvania HAZUS Network
Contacts: Tom Mueller, George Heake
Three Rivers HUG
Contact: Tom Mueller
Southeast Pennsylvania HUG
Contact: George Heake
National Capitol Region HUG
Contact: Tom Durham
Delaware HUG
Contact: Todd Keyser
Virginia HUG
Contact: Brian Crumpler

FEMA Region 4

Florida HUG
Contact: Rick Burgess
FEMA Region IV (Southeast) HAZUS Technical Team
Contact: Joe Rachel

FEMA Region 5

Central U.S. HUG
Contact: Kevin Mickey

FEMA Region 6

Arkansas HUG
Contact: Ed Leachman
Louisiana HUG
Contact: John Pine
Texas HUG
Contact: Tom LeBlanc

FEMA Region 7

Heartland HUG
Contact: Jim Taylor

FEMA Region 8

Big Sky HUG
Contact: Val Jaffe
Salt Lake HUG
Contact: Bob Carey

FEMA Region 9

Bay Area HUG
Contact: Rich Davies
Southern California HUG
Contact: Elizabeth Wojdak
California Valley HUG
Contact: Ken Leep
Hawaii HUG
Contact: Andrea Chatman
Nevada HUG
Contact: Ron Hess

FEMA Region 10

Oregon HUG
Contact: Andre LeDuc
Washington HUG
Contact: Nickolas Delmedico

HAZUS User Groups Sorted by State

Note: If you don't find a HAZUS User Group in your state please contact the appropriate FEMA Regional Representative or email@usehazus.com for more information.

Using HAZUS in Southern California?

Liz Wojdak, Senior GIS Analyst, Southern California Association of Governments and the SoCalHUG Leader sent an informal survey to the SoCalHUG membership and approximately 500 GIS analysts and emergency managers requesting information about their HAZUS use. The idea for the survey came from a training held at Cal Poly Pomona where training participants thought it would be helpful to know who in their region uses HAZUS and what type of projects they are using it for. The questions included were related to HAZUS training, conference participation and the Golden Guardian 2008 exercise. The survey is in the form of a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and probably takes about ten minutes to complete. The SoCalHUG hopes that the answers to the informal survey will generate a clearer picture of who uses HAZUS in the region. They also hope to get specific data regarding who would like HAZUS training. To date over thirty surveys have been returned. If you would like to participate in the SoCalHUG HAZUS survey you can visit www.usehazus.com or contact mappergal@sbcglobal.net.

Download the SoCalHUG HAZUS Survey