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WAHUG Call

WAHUG Call. July 25 th 2013. Hazus Updates. All updated Hazus State datasets can be downloaded at: http://184.72.33.183/R10_Storage/Hazus/ Updates are included for every State in Region X and are summarized in the update spreadsheet

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WAHUG Call

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  1. WAHUG Call July 25th 2013

  2. Hazus Updates • All updated Hazus State datasets can be downloaded at: • http://184.72.33.183/R10_Storage/Hazus/ • Updates are included for every State in Region X and are summarized in the update spreadsheet • Updates include 2010 census information at the census tract level. The census block level still contains 2000 census information • User defined datasets are available for Washington and Alaska

  3. GBS Updates – Washington • Planned Updates for: • Grays Harbor County (available soon) • Pacific County (available soon) • Whatcom County • Island County • Skagit County • King County • Already Completed: • Thurston County • Pierce County • Snohomish County • Yakima County • Lewis County • Cowlitz County • Grant County • Kittitas County

  4. GBS Updates – Continued • Idaho • Ada County • Gem County • Kootenai County • Oregon • Jackson County • Lane County • Multnomah County • Alaska • Kodiak Island • Anchorage (available soon)

  5. User Defined Analysis • Flood User Defined (all buildings within the 100 and 500 year floodplain) • Pierce County • Thurston County • Snohomish County • King County • Earthquake User Defined • Pierce County • Thurston County • Pacific County (available soon) • Grays Harbor County (available soon) • Kodiak Island, AK *All UDF datasets should be requested by Kelly Stone, kelly.stone@fema.dhs.gov

  6. FEMA Geoplatform • http://fema.maps.arcgis.com/home/index.html • Plan to create a viewer for earthquake and flood Hazus output using updated data. 40+ scenarios have been completed in Hazus 2.1 using 2010 census data (for earthquake) and updated local data. • E-mail Joshua Keller, joshua.keller@fema.dhs.gov for access

  7. Pierce County Hazus Analysis • Funded as part of the Pierce County Coastal study • Included level 2 Hazus update and analysis and 1% annual chance depth grid • User defined facility database was created for all buildings in the 1% and 0.2% annual chance floodplain (based on current revised preliminary maps) • The County provided all parcel/assessors information as well as appropriate values for first floor height • Depth grids for the Puyallup were provide to FEMA which was used in this initial analysis

  8. Output

  9. New HUG Name • Accepting name nominations until August 2nd • Will send a survey which will determine the new HUG name • So far I have the following nominations • Cascadia HUG • Western Area HUG • Evergreen HUG • Tree HUG • Send your nominations to me by the 2nd.

  10. WAHUG Meeting • When do we want to hold the next in person WAHUG meeting? • October or September • Recommendations on where to host? • Lynnwood • Recommendations on topics of discussion? • Updated on the next version and tsunami module • Using hazus for social media during disaster response • Overview of Hazus projects by counties

  11. Other Ideas? • Do you want more trainings? If so, what topics? Webinars? In person? • Flood depth grid overview (meters/feet) • 2-day Hazus course • Do you need more resources? Technical step by step manuals? • Developing resources on how hazus is useful for upper management • What other EMI classes would you like in the Region? Hazus for earthquake Risk Assessment

  12. Kelly S. Stone, GISP, CFM Risk Analyst FEMA Region X 425-487-4636 Kelly.stone@fema.dhs.gov WAHUG Site: http://www.usehazus.com/wahug LinkedIn Site: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4523542&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr

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