HAZUS Program Utilization
In fiscal year (FY) 2004, the Hazards-U.S. (HAZUS) program made significant progress, including a major increase in utilization. The number of HAZUS users has nearly tripled during the past four years from an estimated 1,300 users in 2000 to an estimated 4,200 users in 2004. To arrive at these utilization figures, FEMA conducted a market study and tracked distribution of the HAZUS operating system software. View the HAZUS Annual Progress and Utilization Report for Fiscal Year 2004.
In March 2004, FEMA's Mitigation Division publicly released HAZUS Multi-Hazard (HAZUS-MH) with enhanced capabilities. In the past year, the user base has nearly doubled. In addition, the HAZUS Strategic Plan, developed in January 2001, estimated that there would be 4,000 users in FY 2004 and 7,000 users in FY 2005. The estimated 4,200 identified HAZUS users exceeded the strategic plan FY 2004 goal of 4,000 users. The HAZUS Market Study estimated a market potential for HAZUS of 19,600 users by 2008. Current usage, based on the first six months HAZUS-MH has been available, already represents 21 percent of this potential market.
Last Modified: Thursday, 18-Oct-2007 16:18:30 EDT