Rocky Mountain HAZUS User Group (RMHUG)

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Jeff Brislawn
Hazard Mitigation Lead/Sr Project Manager, CFM
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Casey G. Zuzak, GISP
Risk Analyst
FEMA Region VIII-MT
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What We Do

The Rocky Mountain HAZUS User Group (RMHUG) has been established to support HAZUS users across the Rocky Mountain Region, including the states of Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico.  The RMHUG will help facilitate idea and resource sharing, specifically concerning the HAZUS-MH flood and earthquake models.  Conference calls and meetings will be periodically held to create a forum for sharing successes, failures, technical issues and to form relationships and build a user community.  Resources and important links will be available on the website including notices of upcoming training opportunities. 

The RMHUG is informal and open to any interested parties, but suggested participants include local, state, and federal emergency management staff, GIS users or professionals, and other HAZUS practitioners.

News from Region VIII

FEMA Provides An Additional $17.6 Million To Colorado For Covid-19 Response
FEMA Provides An Additional $17.6 Million To Colorado For Covid-19 Response

DENVER – FEMA has approved more than $17.6 million in additional Public Assistance funding for the COVID-19 response in Colorado. The assistance was made available under a major disaster declaration issued April 4, 2020. FEMA has provided more than $963 million for the Colorado COVID-19 response to date.

The latest round of FEMA funding includes:

  • $14.3 million to the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Finance for vaccines.
  • $3.3 million to Denver County for labor, contracts, and materials to set up tents and owned mobile units to conduct COVID-19 testing at the Pepsi Center and various locations throughout the Denver Metro Area.

This funding is authorized under the January 21, 2021, Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense & the Secretary of Homeland Security and Section 403 of the Robert T. Stafford Act.

For the COVID-19 response, FEMA has simplified the Public Assistance application and funding process to address the magnitude of this event and to allow local officials to receive eligible funding more quickly. These reimbursements play a critical role as state, tribal and local officials work tirelessly to assist their communities during this response.

Additional information about FEMA’s Public Assistance program can be found at www.fema.gov/assistance/public.

anthony.mayneWed, 09/08/2021 - 17:13
FEMA Provides an Additional $4.1 Million to Utah for COVID-19 Response
FEMA Provides an Additional $4.1 Million to Utah for COVID-19 Response

DENVER – FEMA has approved more than $4.1 million in additional Public Assistance funding for the COVID-19 response in Utah. The assistance was made available under a major disaster declaration issued April 4, 2020. FEMA has provided a total of $113 million for the Utah COVID-19 response to date.

The $4.1 million was received by the Utah Department of Health for contract services to reserve facilities that will be used as Long-Term Care (LTC) facilities for COVID-19 positive LTC patients. LTC patients who tested positive for COVID-19 and were discharged from acute care were transferred to these designated LTC facilities for high-quality nursing care to mitigate the transmission of COVID 19.

This funding is authorized under the January 21, 2021, Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense & the Secretary of Homeland Security and Section 403 of the Robert T. Stafford Act.

For the COVID-19 response, FEMA has simplified the Public Assistance application and funding process to address the magnitude of this event and to allow local officials to receive eligible funding more quickly. These reimbursements play a critical role as state, tribal and local officials work tirelessly to assist their communities during this response.

Additional information about FEMA’s Public Assistance program can be found at www.fema.gov/assistance/public.

anthony.mayneWed, 09/08/2021 - 17:11
FEMA Provides an Additional $7.6 Million to Colorado for COVID-19 Response
FEMA Provides an Additional $7.6 Million to Colorado for COVID-19 Response

DENVER – FEMA has provided $7.6 million in additional Public Assistance funding for the COVID-19 response to the Colorado Department of Public Health – Environment (CDPHE). The assistance was made available under a major disaster declaration issued March 28, 2020. FEMA has provided a total of $960.5 million for Colorado’s COVID-19 response statewide. 

The $7.6 million was provided to CDPHE for outreach efforts including translation and language services, media campaigns, and temporary staffing. The department also used this funding for equipment, and contractor support services.

This funding covers work between May 21, 2020 and September 30, 2021.

This funding is authorized under the January 21, 2021, Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense & the Secretary of Homeland Security and Section 403 of the Robert T. Stafford Act.

For the COVID-19 response, FEMA has simplified the Public Assistance application and funding process to address the magnitude of this event and to allow local officials to receive eligible funding more quickly. These reimbursements play a critical role as state, local and tribal officials work tirelessly to assist their communities during this response.

Additional information about FEMA’s Public Assistance program can be found at www.fema.gov/assistance/public.

anthony.mayneWed, 08/25/2021 - 20:29

Last updated: March 28, 2024 - 10:13 AM

Announcements

The release of Hazus 4.1 has been postponed, however a patch for hurricane wind is available from the MSC

Hazus Users Conference Oct. 16-18 in Charleston, SC has been postponed click for more information

RMHUG Call on August 22th Recap

For those of you that joined, thanks for making our second call a success.  In short, we covered updates and upcoming enhancements to Hazus version 4.1, a discussion on a forthcoming survey to tailor future calls, and open discussion on the state of the RMHUG.  Below are links to the meeting notes and presentation.  Additionally, we will hosting Hazus for Risk Assessment training in Boulder the November 6-9 -
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Meeting Notes
Presentation

We are looking to host our next call the week of December 11th.  Please identify here which times work best for you.

Rejuvenating the RMHUG

With the recent release of Hazus 4.0 and the first deployment of the Hazus Tsunami Model, Jeff and I would like to rejuvenate the Rocky Mountain Hazus User Group!  Over the last year, there have been multiple updates and expansions to the Hazus tool, and we’d like to keep everyone informed on the latest versions.  The RM HUG provides a platform to provide upcoming insights and a user community for questions and idea sharing.  We hope you’re able to join on our next Rocky Mountain HUG conference call on Thursday, May 25th at 10:00 am Mountain. 

 

Hazus 4.0 and Hazus Tsunami Model

The Tsunami Module represents the first new disaster module for the Hazus software in almost 15 years and is the culmination of work completed on the Hazus Tsunami Methodology Development (FEMA, 2013) by a team of tsunami experts, engineers, modelers, emergency planners, economists, social scientists, geographic information system (GIS) analysts, and software developers. A Tsunami Oversight Committee provided technical direction and review of the methodology development.

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