HAZUS: Preparedness and Response: Lessons Learned from 2004 Hurricane Season
HAZUS-MH is highly sensitive to hazard input. Priority needs to be given to procedures for obtaining the most accurate hazard data from the National Hurricane Center and other sources.
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Priority needs to be given to pre-disaster coordination and training with Emergency Support Function personnel to ensure that HAZUS-MH analyses is understood, and properly used in future disaster operations.
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It is important to have sufficient HAZUS-MH trained staff to maintain 24 hour operations.
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There are multiple opportunities to enhance the HAZUS-MH inventory with user supplied data. Priority should be given to: Shelter, Hospitals and other Essential Facilities, and Manufactured Housing.
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Future HAZUS-MH validation studies should give priority to comparing predicted damage and loss of function to essential facilities and observed damage. This will bolster confidence in the use of HAZUS-MH analyses for future disaster operations.
Last Modified: Thursday, 25-Oct-2007 22:09:03 EDT