FEMA Region IV (Southeast) HAZUS Technical Team (R4HTT)
Explore R4HTT
External Links
- Alabama Emergency Management Agency
- Florida Division of Emergency Management
- Florida HAZUS User Group
- Georgia Office of Homeland Security
- Kentucky Division of Emergency Management
Contact R4HTT
- Rick Burgess
- HAZUS Program Manager
- FEMA Region IV
- p: 770.220.5426
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What We Do
Since April, 2004, FEMA Region IV (Southeast) HAZUS Technical Team has put the groundwork in building HAZUS capabilities in the Southern United States. Through these efforts, the , FEMA Region IV (Southeast) HAZUS Technical Team has now established the Center of HAZUS Expertise to support the rapid needs assessments and response operations for land falling hurricanes.
HAZUS-MH has been used extensively for supporting the Region IV Regional Response Coordination Center (RRCC) and the National Response Coordination Center (NRCC) for the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons. In the first quarter of 2007, the Region IV Center of HAZUS Expertise assisted FEMA Region VI to examine a potential scenario if Hurricane Dean had made landfall in southern Texas. Following this exercise, Region IV was granted by the FEMA Headquarters Program Office the authority to use HAZUS-MH for supporting NRCC and Hurricane prone regions and states.
Region IV activities go beyond support for disaster operations. Relying on in-house expertise, knowledge, and experience, Region IV has a vast portfolio of services that can be provided to nationwide HAZUS-MH users in government, the private sector and academia.
Mission
The mission of the FEMA Region IV (Southeast) HAZUS Technical Team is to:
- Implement FEMA's HAZUS-MH loss-estimation software in all eight FEMA Region IV states
- Develop partnerships with national research laboratories, universities, corporations, utilities, and nonprofit organizations as well as federal, state and local governments
- Understand the steps required for implementing the HAZUS-MH
- Use results generated from HAZUS-MH pilot projects for mitigation planning to meet the requirements of mandatory Disaster Mitigation Act (DMA) 2000 mitigation plan development
- Organize the SEHUG to use HAZUS and share results from scenario exercises and response situations
- Share project successes nationwide
Goals
Reduce the loss of life and property of natural and manmade hazards in the Southeastern United States by utilizing HAZUS-MH software for all phases of emergency management.
Objectives
- Create comprehensive multi-hazard risk assessments using HAZUS-MH
- Network all levels of government, emergency management professionals, GIS professionals, and private industry
- Train all levels of government, emergency management professionals, GIS professionals, and private industry in HAZUS-MH. Provide the knowledge, tools, and resources for members to run HAZUS-MH independently.
- Improve the databases with HAZUS-MH to allow SEHUG to run HAZUS-MH Level 2 analyses within each state.
- Integrate HAZUS-MH in each state’s and FEMA’s emergency management protocol system for response
- Demonstrate and communicate HAZUS-MH implementation strategies and applications for DMA 2000 plan requirements in Region IV
- Assist state and local governments with mitigation planning to meet the requirements of DMA 2000 within the statutory deadlines
- Share successful HAZUS-MH implementation and application strategies
News from Region IV
- FEMA Grants $2.5 Million to Help Repair Gustav Damage in Waveland
- ATLANTA, Ga. -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved a $2.5 million award to help the city of Waveland, Miss., recover from Hurricane Gustav.
- Assistance to Floridians From Tropical Storm Fay Continues to Flow
- ORLANDO, Fla. -- As 2008 comes to a close, state and federal partners continue to provide assistance and work in partnership toward recovery for the people and communities in Florida counties impacted by Tropical Storm Fay.
- Hurricane Season Has Ended But We Should Always Be Prepared
- BILOXI, Miss. -- Even though the 2008 hurricane season is officially over, disaster preparedness is important for all Mississippians year-round, said officials of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agencys (FEMA) Mississippi Transitional Recovery Office (TRO).
Last updated: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:52:00 EST
Announcements
- HAZUS-MH Training Class
- Sign up today to attend the Basic HAZUS-MH class in Savannah.
