Hazus-MH Overview and Installation (for ArcGIS 9.3.1/Hazus-MH MR5)

Description

This course provides an overview of the capabilities of Hazus-MH, FEMA's loss-estimation tool for earthquake, flood, and hurricane wind hazards. You will learn how to install the Hazus-MH software, define a study region (the area of analysis used by Hazus-MH), and explore the basic types of analysis that Hazus-MH can perform. You will also explore the types of information about the social and economic impacts of natural hazards that Hazus-MH can generate.

Who Should Attend

• New Hazus-MH users.
• Organizations or individuals involved with planning how to reduce the losses of life and property that can be caused by flood, earthquake, and hurricane wind hazards.

Learn How To

• Understand the basic capabilities of Hazus-MH.
• Install Hazus-MH.
• Create a Hazus-MH study region.
• Conduct a basic hazard analysis using Hazus-MH and explore the loss estimations generated by the analysis.

To complete course exercises, you need the following software:

• ArcGIS 9.3.1 for Desktop (ArcView, ArcEditor, or ArcInfo)
• ArcGIS 9.3.1 SP1 for Desktop
• ArcGIS 9.3.1 Spatial Analyst
• Hazus-MH MR5

Note

• Order Hazus-MH MR5 from the FEMA Map Information eXchange. Be sure to specify version MR5 when ordering.
• Hazus-MH MR5 requires a 32-bit operating system. Review additional requirements for MR5.

Presentation

• Explore a hurricane scenario