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New for FY2009! FEMA Introduces HAZUS-MH Training and Credentialing Program
FEMA is launching a new initiative that recognizes emergency managers, GIS professionals and others who complete a structured HAZUS curriculum that has two tracks: HAZUS-MH Trained Professional – that provides a foundation of basic HAZUS-MH skills plus focused instruction on at least one hazard; and HAZUS-MH Practitioner Track – that expands on the HAZUS Trained Professional Track by incorporating specialized training.
This new initiative, which was unveiled at the 2008 Annual HAZUS-MH Users Conference, provides recognition to HAZUS-MH users who have achieved a higher level of knowledge and expertise in one or more of the models. Emergency managers and GIS professionals who attain the HAZUS-MH Trained Professional designation have demonstrated a proficiency in the use of the model, including an understanding of the underlying data structure. The HAZUS-MH Practitioner designation is given to users of the model who have also completed courses in the use of HAZUS-MH for disaster operations, risk assessment or mitigation planning.
The HAZUS-MH training and credentialing initiative is an important development in ongoing efforts to increase technical capacity in the use of HAZUS-MH. It will enable FEMA and the states to identify and quantify the distribution of HAZUS-MH expertise across the nation, important factors in strategic planning for HAZUS-MH.
HAZUS Trained Professional Track: Provides a foundation of basic HAZUS-MH skills plus focused instruction on at least one hazard. HAZUS Trained Professional logo
* E190 ArcGIS for Emergency Managers (prior GIS experience may substitute)
* E313 Basic HAZUS-MH
* E317 Comprehensive Data Management
* Minimum of ONE of the following: E170 HAZUS-MH for Hurricanes; E172 HAZUS-MH for Floods; or E174 HAZUS-MH for Earthquakes
HAZUS Trained Professionals
Kingsley M. Allan, University of Illinois
Melony Barrett, University of Illinois
William Booth, DTRA Reachback Meteorologist
Rick Burgess, FEMA Region 4
Stephen W. Cowdin, CA Department of Water Resources
Danielle Calhoun, Environment & Engineering, Inc.
Sean Donovan, FEMA Region 5
Sue Evers, FEMA Region 7
Lisa Gaff, University of Illinois
Joshua S. Friedman, New York City OEM
Tracy Ferguson, US Coast Guard-Maritime Security & Infrastructure Protection
Kathleen E. Fischer, Yurok Tribe Planner
Vanessa Glynn-Linaris, FEMA Region 3
William Goettlicher, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Rich Hamilton, Town of Hilton Head Island, SC
Katherine Hurley, Hennepin County Public Works Administration, MN
John Ingargiola, FEMA Headquarters
Allen W. Knipher, Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency, AL
Tom LeBlanc, Texas Governor’s Division of Emergency Management
Miguel A. Lopez, Municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Michael Lowry, Northrop Grumman Information Systems Meteorologist
Shanna Michael, Watershed Concepts, AECOM Water
Robert B. Murray, HDR Engineering Inc, CA
Carole L. Neidich-Ryder, Bowne AE & T Group
Kyle Ness, URS Corporation
Rodney Odom, FEMA Region 7
Jessica Phillips, Dare County North Carolina
Stacy Robinson, PBS&J
Matt Rummel, Christopher B. Buke Engineering, Inc.
Philip Schneider, National Institute of Building Sciences
Julie B. Sendra, Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security
Mohamad Sleiman, FEMA Region 4
Lynn Seirup, New York City Office of Emergency Management
Brian Shumon, FEMA Region 2
Tracy Toutant, National Geospatial-Intel Agency
Jamie Tyson, Watershed Concepts, AECOM Water
Scott Wade, East Carolina University
Samuel Moses Wilkins, FEMA Region 4