1. Hazardous Extremes Risk Assessment
HERA
Hazardous Extremes Risk Assessment

2. Focus Areas:
Climate and Water
Coastal Climate
Climate and Public Health
Climate Communications and Outreach
Ashley Ward, PhD; Climate Integration and Outreach Associate; CISA

3. Thoughts or suggestions on the concept? In your experience:
Requests for feedback
Thoughts or suggestions on the concept?
In your experience:
What types of decisions are being made?
What information is needed to make these decisions?

4. HERA: Hazardous Extremes Risk Assessment
HERA is a decision-support tool designed to assist community agencies in planning and preparedness for extreme events.
The tool provides support through:
Data visualizations
Providing county-level data and information on extremes
Providing probabilities and recurrence intervals for extreme events
Comparisons across counties and to state averages
Information on event-specific impacts

5. Effective date: November 2017
HERA
Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMMS) Emergency Preparedness Rule
Effective date: November 2017
Link: Certification/SurveyCertEmergPrep/Emergency-Prep-Rule.html

6. INCORPORATED EVENTS - NOTES
HERA Events
HERA Extreme Events
PRIMARY EVENT NAME
INCORPORATED EVENTS - NOTES
Tropical Storm/Depression
Hurricane
Extra Tropical Cyclone
Nor’Easter
Thunderstorm
Hail, Thunderstorm Wind, Lightning, Flash Flood, Flood, Heavy Rain, Squall Line 
Heavy Precipitation
Heavy Rain, Flash Flood, Flood (not associated with other storm event) 
High/Strong Winds
 Non-Convective
Winter Weather
 Heavy Snow, Snow, Sleet, Ice, Freezing Rain, Mixture, Cold/Wind Chill, Extreme Cold, Winter Storm, Winter Weather, Frost/Freeze
Dense Fog
Excessive Heat
Drought
Wildfire
Storm Surge/Tide
Not associated with other storm event 
Rip Current
Tornado
Includes those spawned from hurricanes, thunderstorms, and tropical storms as well as waterspout from the same.

7. HERA: Data Sources Storm Data, NCEI 1996-2016
Death Certificates, NC Vital Records,
Flood Plain Maps, FEMA
NFIP claims, FEMA
Top Heavy Precipitation Events, SERCC,
Extreme Precipitation Thresholds, NOAA Atlas 14
Property Damage Claims, NC Department of Insurance,
Days of Extreme Heat, xmACIS2,
Agricultural Damage, USDA,

8. HERA: Additional Data Sources
Power Outage Data: Currently under request
Motor Vehicle Accidents, NCDMV
Injury data, NCDETECT
Property Damage, NC Department of Insurance

9. HERA
Demo
Convergence.unc.edu