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.
For international requests for publications please follow this process:
Send a copy of the request to Lou Fritz in FEMA Security for review and approval of the requested publication order.
Send to: FEMA Security
Attention: Lou Fritz
Portals III
1201 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20472
Include a note, explaining that you would like him to review the order for approval to send.
News from FEMA
- President Declares Emergency For North Carolina
- WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Securitys Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Craig Fugate announced today that Federal aid is available to supplement state and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from Hurricane Earl beginning on September 1, 2010, and continuing.
- FEMA Administrator Fugate Kicks Off National Preparedness Month
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate today kicked off the seventh annual National Preparedness Month, joining local Washington, D.C. officials and students from Ferebree-Hope Elementary School at the Serve DC Commander Ready event to talk about the importance of family and community emergency preparedness, especially as Hurricane Earl approaches the East Coast of the U.S. and other storms continue to form in the Atlantic Ocean.
Last updated: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:22:40 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
Haiti Earthquake
Doug Bausch, FEMA R8 gave a presentation on the National HUG Topic Specific Conference call on February 23, 2010 regarding the Haiti Earthquake. Doug implemented the HAZUS Earthquake Model for Haiti. Click here to download the presentation.

