FEMA Region IV (Southeast) HAZUS Technical Team
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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
- Mississippi Emergency Management Agency
- North Carolina Emergency Management Division (NC Dept. of Crime Control and Public Safety)
- South Carolina Emergency Management Division
- Tennessee Emergency Management Agency
Contact
- Joe Rachel
- HAZUS Program Manager
- FEMA Region IV
- p: 770.220.5426
- e: joseph.rachel@dhs.gov
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
- Weekly Update: Florida Disaster Recovery Gains Speed
- ORLANDO, Fla. -- State and federal recovery programs are helping Floridians in need of disaster assistance after Tropical Storm Fay saturated large portions of the state for 11 days in late August.
- Disaster Recovery Centers to Suspend Operations Thursday;
- ORLANDO, Fla. -- Eight State-FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers will suspend operations at noon, Thursday September 4, as a precautionary measure due to Tropical Storm Hanna.
- Qualified Aliens Eligible for Federal Disaster Assistance
- ORLANDO, Fla. -- People affected by Tropical Storm Fay who possess legal, permanent resident cards (INS Form I-551, often referred to as a "Green Card") are eligible to apply for federal disaster assistance if they reside in one of the 10 Florida counties - Brevard, Duval, Hendry, Lee, Leon, Okeechobee, Seminole, St. Lucie, Volusia and Wakulla - that received a major disaster declaration by President George W. Bush.
Last updated: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:30:32 EST
Announcements
- HAZUS-MH Training Class
- Sign up today to attend the Basic HAZUS-MH class in Savannah.
