Date:    January 22-25, 2007

Course Information:  This 3 ½-day course is designed to provide in-depth instruction on the use of HAZUS-MH for advanced applications related to wind-loss modeling.  The Hurricane Model allows users in the Atlantic and Gulf Coast regions of the U.S. to estimate hurricane winds and potential damage and loss to residential, commercial, and industrial buildings.  It also allows users to estimate direct economic loss, post-storm shelter needs, and building and tree debris quantities.

Audience:  State and local emergency managers and GIS specialists, State and local planners, regional personnel responsible for wind mitigation and response activities, and other Federal agencies.  A strong working knowledge of ArcGIS is recommended.

This is the only offering of E170 for Fiscal Year 2007. Applicants will be enrolled on a first come, first served basis.

Course:  E174 Advanced HAZUS-MH for Earthquake

Date:     February 5-8, 2007

Course Information:  Only one offering this fiscal year, the course is designed to provide in-depth instruction on the use of HAZUS-MH for advanced applications related to earthquake-loss modeling. The Earthquake Model, like its predecessor HAZUS99-SR2, continues to provide loss estimates of damage and loss to buildings, essential facilities, transportation lifelines, and utility lifelines, and population based on scenario or probabilistic earthquakes. The model addresses debris generation, fire-following, casualties and shelter requirements. Direct losses are estimated based on physical damage to structures, contents, inventory, and building interiors.
Audience: State, local, and tribal emergency managers and GIS specialists, State and local planners, FEMA regional personnel with responsibility for earthquake mitigation and response activities, and other Federal agencies with risk assessment responsibilities. A strong working knowledge of ArcGIS is recommended.

Course:  E190 Introduction to ArcGIS for HAZUS-MH Users

Date:    April 16-19, 2007

Course Description: The 3 ½-day course is designed to provide the essential ArcGIS skills and knowledge to effectively use the HAZUS-MH software.  The course combines lectures with hands-on exercises that present practical examples of how to use GIS for disaster mitigation and response.  Course topics will include an introduction to GIS concepts, tools for symbolizing data, tools for querying and analyzing data, data management, manipulating tabular data, understanding coordinate systems, basic editing, spatial data adjustment, geo-coding, and a survey of some of the advanced options provided by ArcGIS and the Spatial Analyst extension through the use of geo-databases and raster data.  The course will conclude with an introduction to HAZUS-MH with a focus on how to apply the tools and techniques covered in the proceeding sections of the class.

Audience:   This course is intended for State and local emergency managers, GIS specialists responsible for risk assessment activities, regional personnel responsible for mitigation and response activities, other Federal agencies with a need to conduct risk assessment, and State and local planners.

This is the last offering of E190 for Fiscal Year 2007.  Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

Course Length:  Courses start Mondays at 8:30 a.m., and end Thursdays at 5:00 p.m.  Buses depart from the NETC campus Friday at 9:30 a.m.

Location:  National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Maryland

To Apply:  Complete a FEMA Form 75-5, General Admissions Application with student signature and supervisor or sponsoring office signature through the State emergency management training office and fax to the National Emergency Training Center Admissions Office at (301) 447-1658.  For further information, please refer to the course web site at: http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/EMICourse.asp or contact Rick Kaushal, course manager at (301) 447-1276 or email at rakesh.kaushal@dhs.gov