Comprehensive Data Management for HAZUS-MH (L317)

3-Day Workshop

November 16-18, 2009
Loma Linda, California

Understanding HAZUS

HAZUS is a GIS-based software program developed by FEMA that aids in the readiness for, and management of, natural, technological, and man-made hazards. In particular, flood, wind, and earthquake disasters are central to the purpose for the HAZUS program.

HAZUS incorporates geo-spatial tools to identify and assess critical resources, infrastructure, and populations at risk. It can be a key ingredient in an overall plan for disaster preparedness, and it can help to support decision making for preparedness and emergency response managers.

Communities who understand their vulnerability
to natural disasters can effectively plan to minimize damage
and loss of life to prevent natural hazards from becoming natural disasters.

In addition to its disaster preparedness and management capabilities, HAZUS can also encompass public health applications. It is an emerging geospatial tool that is useful in a wide range of community health planning roles.

Workshop Presentation Partnership

The workshop is being offered through a partnership between Loma Linda University, an experienced academic center for geospatial applications in public health, and The Polis Center of Indiana University/Purdue University. Polis is one of the preeminent national resource for preparedness training using geospatial tools, and has extensive project experience using these technologies.

Course Description

This course provides an overview of the methodologies that were used to develop and compile the HAZUS-MH provided inventory. However, emphasis is placed on the use of the Comprehensive Data Management System (CDMS) and other tools developed by FEMA for HAZUS-MH users interested in improving the accuracy of hazard loss estimations by integrating local data into the HAZUS-MH analysis process. Numerous hands-on exercises will empower participants with the skills to use CDMS as well as other tools to update both HAZUS-MH state geodatabases and study regions.

The course will also help participants effectively prepare for their own data updating projects by identifying those inventory elements that have the most impact on the estimation of losses for flood, earthquake, and hurricane events.

Who Should Attend

This course is recommended for GIS analysts, database administrators, and others who will be responsible for migrating local data into the HAZUS-MH database structure.

Prerequisites

Participants in this course should have completed the FEMA E313: Basic HAZUS-MH course or the ESRI Virtual Campus HAZUS courses and have skills equivalent to those taught in the E190: Introduction to ArcGIS for Emergency Managers course.

Registration

Registration Fees

Registration Fees cover course instructions and handouts, FEMA approved
certificate, and laboratory fees:
Registration fee: $ 495.00

Class size is limited to 20 so if this Comprehensive Data Management for HAZUS-MH course is important to your career, we urge you to register as soon as possible. Registrations will be confirmed in the order received. Once the class is filled, further registrants will be placed on a waiting list.

Should any cancellations occur, we would contact the next applicant on the list.

Refunds

Cancellation notices must be received prior to November 9, 2009, to be eligible for full refund. Requests need to be in writing and should be addressed to Johanny Valladares (jbrito@llu.edu).

All cancellations will incur a $50.00 administrative fee and all refunds will be processed after November 23, 2009.

Register by Mail or Fax

Print the brochure with the registration form and either fax it to (909) 558-0493, or mail it to:

24951 North Circle Drive
Nichol Hall 1202
Loma Linda, CA 92350

Please mail either a check or money order to the address above for registration.

Please call (909) 558-8750 with any questions.

Participants will receive a FEMA Certificate after Successful Completion of the Workshop.

Location and Directions

Loma Linda University is located in the city of Loma Linda, California, to the south of San Bernardino on Interstate 10. The nearest full service airport is Ontario International (ONT), about 30 minutes to the west in the city of Ontario. Hotels with easy access to the University campus are located nearby on San Bernardino’s Hospitality Lane.

The Workshop Faculty

Lead Instructor

Kevin Mickey, MPL, GISP, is the Director of Professional Education and Outreach at the Polis Center, Indiana University, in Indianapolis. He is a Master of Environmental Planning graduate of Indiana University (2002), where he also earned an undergraduate degree in geography.

The Professional GIS Education program, created and developed through his leadership, currently offers more than two dozen technical and theoretical courses in Indianapolis as well as on-site at client locations throughout the United States and elsewhere.

Kevin is the curriculum developer and a lead instructor for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Hazards-Multihazards (HAZUS-MH) GIS-based software application that is used to conduct scientifically based loss estimations from natural hazards such as floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes.

Supporting Faculty from the LLU Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Seth Wiafe, MPH, Academic Director, Health Geographics Program
Andrew Haglund, MSc, Asst Professor