World HAZUS User Group (WorldHUG)
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Doug Bausch
FEMA Region 8
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Philip Schneider
National Institute of Building Sciences
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Jamie Caplan
Jamie Caplan Consulting LLC
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What We Do
The WorldHUG hopes to be a forum for the international HAZUS user community to develop, collaborate and coordinate on disaster-related projects utilizing the HAZUS methodology.
We hope you will offer technological, academic and strategic assistance to fellow HAZUS users around the world.
News from FEMA
- FEMA Publishes New Flood Risk Maps For Fannin County Texas
- DENTON, TEXAS -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Securitys Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is presenting preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) to communities and unincorporated areas in Fannin County, Texas. The FIRMs will help county officials and local residents identify known flood risks and will be used for insurance and development decisions.
- Final Resident Says Goodbye To FEMA's Community Park In Bridge City
- TEXAS CITY, Texas -- One year after the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) opened a temporary manufactured housing community site in Bridge City to provide disaster housing to 39 households displaced by Hurricane Ike, the last resident has left and the park is closing.
- FEMA Releases Draft National Disaster Recovery Framework
- WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with the interagency Long Term Disaster Recovery Working Group, today issued a draft of the National Disaster Recovery Framework focused onengaging state, local and tribal governments, nonprofit partners, the private sector, and the public to enhance the nations ability to recovery from disasters.
Last updated: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:06:51 EDT
HUG Resources
A GIS-Based Methodology for Exporting the Hazards U.S. (HAZUS) Earthquake Model for Global Applications (PowerPoint Version)
A presentation given by Rich Hansen, CU Denver and Doug Bausch, FEMA Region VIII
A GIS-Based Methodology for Exporting the Hazards U.S. (HAZUS) Earthquake Model for Global Applications (Text Version)
A paper written by Rich Hansen, CU Denver and Doug Bausch, FEMA Region VIII
HAZUS-MH Strategies for Outreach and Education
A presentation given by Jamie Caplan, Jamie Caplan Consulting LLC
Applying HAZUS Internationally
A presentation reviewing the future enhancements that will make HAZUS available world-wide
