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JASON MASTERS. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES - PUBLIC POLICY AND MANAGEMENT. Pursue M.S. at USC in Policy, Planning and Development Focus on Environmental Planning. Return to the Big Island
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JASON MASTERS • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA • SENIOR • ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES - PUBLIC POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
Pursue M.S. at USC in Policy, Planning and Development Focus on Environmental Planning Return to the Big Island Work with Government in newly created Environmental Planning Position POST-GRADUATE PLANS
Avid Fisherman Love all water sports Football Soccer Hiking Reading Hobbies
CEO Intern Provide miscellaneous support: Helping upgrade SCEC web site utilizing Adobe’s Go Live™ 6.0 software Gathering information from both current and past interns- contact Database Helped set up, break down, and assist in Landslide Hazard Mitigation Workshop Identify status of SCEC web sites to speed up transformation process SCEC CEO/HAZUS Intern
HAZUS • Hazards US • Hazard Loss Estimation Software • Understand its value, but haven’t had the opportunity to use it yet • Only major difficulty this summer- trying to contact HAZUS experts to work with
POTENTIAL EARTH SCIENCE HAZARDS [ PESH ] Ground Failure Ground Shaking DIRECT PHYSICAL DAMAGE Critical Facilities Transportation Systems Utility Systems Building Stock INDUCED PHYSICAL DAMAGE DIRECT ECONOMIC / SOCIAL LOSSES Fire Economic Shelter Inundation Debris HazMat Casualty INDIRECT ECONOMIC LOSSES Analyses Modules
Damage Building Stock Schools Hospitals Fire Stations Police Stations Emergency Operation Centers Transportation Systems Utility Systems Social Impact Minor Injuries Major Injuries Deaths Displaced Households Shelter Needs Induced Losses Debris Fire Ignitions Economic Impact Building Stock Business Interruption Transportation Systems Utility Systems Change in Employment Change in Income Example of HAZUS Results
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED EARTHQUAKE LOSS AT THE COUNTY LEVEL • California 74% • Los Angeles County 25%
What’s next??? • Contact City of Los Angeles’ Office of Emergency Services (OES) • Hope to learn how to run HAZUS software through them • Continue contacting Past Interns • Continue to identify status of SCEC web pages to facilitate their transformation