HAZUS News and Articles

Below is a collection of news stories articles about how HAZUS may be used to help state and local communities and businesses plan, prepare, respond, and recover from hazard events.

Use of HAZUS-MH to Support Individual Assistance

Since the late 1990s, HAZUS has been used to support analysis of shelter requirements, displaced households, and residential losses from earthquakes, floods and hurricanes. This analysis has important potential applications for FEMA’s Individuals and Households Program (IHP). Many of these applications fall under the Individual Assistance Program and Emergency Support Function #6 (Mass Care).

Potential applications include:

Further details and examples are available: Use of HAZUS-MH for Individual Assistance Program.

HAZUS: FEMA Employs New State-of-the-Art Technology to Predict Losses from Hurricane Isabel

As Isabel threatened the east coast of the U.S., FEMA got a chance to test out the newest innovation in predicting losses from natural disasters. In mid-September, FEMA’s Mitigation Division was performing acceptance testing on the latest version of HAZUS-MH (Hazards-US-Multihazard), its state-of-the-art geographic information system loss estimation software. Download the FEMA Employs New State-of-the-Art Technology to Predict Losses from Hurricane Isabel.

HAZUS: Battling Hazards with a Brand New Tool

Which buildings, roads, and bridges may be damaged and how great would the damage be? Which roads may be shut down? Which areas may be affected if utilities go down? Which businesses will close?

Without answers to these questions, communities are hampered in their efforts to plan responsibly for future development, safe and effective evacuation routes, and appropriate emergency shelter locations-and to take steps that will make their communities safer places to live and work. This article answers complex questions about how HAZUS-MH can help communities in planning and preparing for, responding to, and recovering from hazard events. Download Battling Hazards with a Brand New Tool.

HAZUS: Getting Back to Business

Where will you be when disaster strikes? Modeling scenarios can help managers ensure that employees can get home, or back to work, after an earthquake or other catastrophe.

When disaster strikes, the ability of a business to return to operation depends substantially on how well that company has planned its response strategies and documented the steps required to getting back to business at its various locations. To accomplish this, some larger companies employ professionals in risk assessment, disaster response, and business recovery planning. Download HAZUS: Getting Back to Business.

Last Modified: Monday, 22-Oct-2007 16:45:50 EDT