1. Richard Butgereit GIS Administrator 850-413-9907 richard.butgereit@em.myflorida.com

2. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS

3. Earthquakes

4. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS Flooding

5. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS Hurricanes

6. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS How can we plan to minimize damage and loss of life to prevent natural hazards from becoming natural disasters? HAZUS – a planning application

7. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS  It is a planning tool, NOT an engineering tool  Engineering-level data (i.e. Hydrology & Hydraulic studies for Flood modeling) can be input to increase accuracy, but results still produce planning-level estimations  It estimates physical damage & economic losses  It assesses population needs related to emergency management  It allows users to compare results from different study case scenarios, including those that result from specific mitigation actions (useful for benefits analysis) HAZUS-MH is a planning tool that estimates damage and losses from natural hazards What Is HAZUS-MH

8. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS  Software: Custom GIS (geographic information system)  Runs on ESRI products; ArcGIS and Spatial Analyst ESRI products must be acquired separately Spatial Analyst required for Flood Model only HAZUS-MH is free from FEMA  Current HAZUS-MH version (MR3) runs on ArcGIS 9.2  Previous HAZUS-MH version (MR2) runs on ArcGIS 9.1  Data: National data sets  Inventory of assets (buildings, infrastructure, population/demographics, etc.) Users may modify data sets or model factors Users may add their own data Technical Components

9. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS  Results can be viewed & mapped many different ways Including running mitigation scenarios to compare results  Inventory includes many different classifications of general building stock (by occupancy, by building type), essential facilities (several types), transportation systems (several types), demographics and more…  Local data and more sophisticated HAZUS techniques enhance the analysis Outputs

10. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS HAZUS in Florida  Support at the State EOC  State Mitigation Plan  Annual Hurricane Exercises  Catastrophic Planning  Florida HAZUS User Group

11. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS Support at the State EOC HAZUS-MH Response Mitigation (Loss Reduction) Preparedness Recovery

12. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS Preparedness  Develop emergency response plans Temporary housing Debris removal Emergency power and water Emergency medical services Evacuation/emergency route clearance  Organize response exercises

13. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS Response  Post-disaster damage assessment and ground-truthing  Estimate sheltering needs  Identify critical transportation outages  Identify critical facilities

14. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS

15. Mitigation  Identify ‘at-risk’ communities and populations  Mitigation Measures  Strengthen existing structures  Strengthen window/door openings and siding  Mitigation Programs  Adopt and enforce hazard-resistant building codes  Land use planning

16. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS Recovery  Recovery action planning  Long-term economic recovery planning  Post-disaster building inspection capability  Housing recovery strategy

17. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS State Mitigation Plan  The Florida Hazard Mitigation Plan provides a framework for linking pre- and post-disaster mitigation planning and measures with public and private interests to ensure an integrated, comprehensive approach to disaster loss reduction.  HAZUS used extensively for review and analysis of hazards and risks.

18. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS State Mitigation Plan

19. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS Annual Hurricane Exercises  HAZUS is used for annual Hurricane Exercises…

20. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS Annual Hurricane Exercises

21. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS Florida Catastrophic Planning Project  The Florida Catastrophic Planning Project considers two catastrophic events: a breach of the Herbert Hoover Dike around the waters of Lake Okeechobee and a Category 5 hurricane making landfall in South Florida, which has a population of nearly seven million.

22. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS HAZUS Data and Analysis Used for Structural Damage from Wind County Percent Affected Percent Minor Damage Percent Major Damage Percent Destroyed Percent More Than Affected Broward0.1%8.3%34.1%57.6%99.9% Collier98.4%1.6%0.0% 1.6% Glades9.3%40.7%19.8%30.2%90.7% Hendry25.7%32.1%12.8%29.4%74.3% Lee97.2%2.8%0.0% 2.8% Martin55.2%40.3%3.1%1.4%44.8% Miami-Dade4.0%26.0%33.3%36.7%96.0% Monroe98.6%1.4%0.0% 1.4% Okeechobee21.0%43.2%14.6%21.2%79.0% Palm Beach1.2%15.8%31.6%51.4%98.8% Total21.3%15.5%25.8%37.3%78.7% Percent of Building Stock by Wind Damage Category

23. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS Additional use of HAZUS Building Stock Data  Debris calculations were performed using the Dewberry Disaster Assistance Response and Recovery Technology (DARRT) for Lee and Palm Beach Counties and a modified United States Army Corps of Engineers debris model for all others.  Except where the DARRT model was used, all building stock data on which estimates are based is from the HAZUS regional database.

24. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS Impact on Major Highway Bridges Impacts on bridges were modeled in HAZUS using SLOSH outputs from the National Hurricane Center BridgeLength (ft)Width (ft) Percent Damage Percent Functionality I-95 over Hillsboro Canal, Broward/Palm Beach County Line 3009031%99% I-75 over Caloosahatchee River, Lee County 1,4006012.5%99%

25. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS

27. Hurricane Charley Ground-Truthing

28. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS Ivan- Emphasis on Essential Facilities Hurricane Ivan Ground-Truthing

29. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS

30. HAZUS in the News

31. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS This Hurricane Season  100 year and 500 year flood analyses run for most Florida counties (results and HPR’s to be made available via floridadisaster.org/gis  FEMA Region 4 provided updated essential facilities inventory based upon Homeland Security Infrastructure Program  Continuing development integrating SLOSH storm surge and depth grids for use within HAZUS

32. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS Web Portal and Desktop The standardized role-based application to update statewide HAZUS-MH datasets Comprehensive Data Management Training – November 17-21, 2008

33. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS Why use SLOSH?  Use the existing partnership with NOAA…FEMA doesn’t have surge modeling expertise  SLOSH is simplified and independently valid to within 20% of observed surge heights  Using SLOSH MOMs, the US is covered!  FEMA already pays for SLOSH basin updates, why pay for separate model development?  Thousands of hurricane scenarios already run, just need to do damage estimates

34. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS Why use SLOSH?  HES Zones  Cat 1… HAZUS $ Loss TBD  Cat 2…  Cat 3…  Cat 4…  Cat 5… Surge Zones for Pass Christian, MS from lidar-derived SLOSH storm categories (MOM)

35. HAZUS-MH: FEMA’S SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POTENTIAL LOSSES FROM DISASTERS Florida HAZUS User Group  flhug.hazus.orgflhug.hazus.org  www.usehazus.com/flhugwww.usehazus.com/flhug  floridadisaster.org/gisfloridadisaster.org/gis