National Capitol Region

HAZUS User Group Call

January 29, 2015 10:00 AM EST

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NCR HUG Call Details

Conference Call Details: 1. Dial-in: 1-302-202-1110 – NEW NUMBER!

2. Conference code: 697620

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The call will be recorded and the audio will be combined with the presentation

and sent out at the end of the call. The audio and presentation will also be

made available on the following websites:

NCR HUG Use HAZUS page - http://www.usehazus.com/ncrhug

NCR HUG LinkedIn page - http://www.linkedin.com/groups/National-Capitol-

Region-HAZUS-User-4790251?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr

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Agenda

• Welcome + Announcements

• Spring 2015 - FEMA Region III E317 Comprehensive Data Management

for HAZUS

• Statewide Geospatial Coordination – Progress Report

• HAZUS 2.2 Now Available! - Doug Bausch will present on the

January 2015 update and upcoming changes.

• Reminder - HAZUS Data & Training Collaboration Sharepoint

• Request for Volunteers – Next NCR HUG Call

• Adjourn

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Announcements Upcoming HAZUS Courses at EMI

The Emergency Management Institute (EMI) has the following HAZUS training course available:

E174 Hazus-MH for Earthquake: March 30-April 2, 2015

E313 Basic HAZUS-MH: April 13-16, 2015

E317 Comprehensive Data Management for HAZUS: June 15-18, 2015

E172 Hazus-MH for Flood: July 27-30, 2015

E296 Application of HAZUS-MH for Risk Assessment: August 3-6, 2015

E190 ArcGIS for Emergency Managers: August 24-27, 2015

E179 Application of Hazus-MH for Disaster Operations: September 28-October 1, 2015

Please note that enrollment is closed for each course, 6 weeks prior to the course!

• To apply for a HAZUS training course, please visit:

http://training.fema.gov/Apply/

• To enroll, download the Admission Application or contact the

HAZUS Training Specialist at EMI:

Jordan Manos – Jordan.manos@fema.dhs.gov

For further information on registration, please visit training.fema.gov/emiweb

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Announcements FEMA Region III E317 Comprehensive Data Management for HAZUS – 3rd Course in Series

Focus on the State’s specific needs related to data management and geospatial governance

4 day Course – Onsite session

Day 1-3: Official E317 Comprehensive Data Management for HAZUS training course

Day 4 : Interactive session highlighting the State’s specific needs related to data development, geospatial governance and the development of tools to streamline workflows.

Tentative Training Sites

Delaware – No day and location selected. Continued conversations with the State.

Pennsylvania – May 18-21, 2015: Lancaster, PA

West Virginia – May 26-29, 2015: Morgantown, WV **If other states have interest, please contact Cynthia!

Proposed period of training: Spring 2015 SEATS STILL AVAILABLE AT EACH LOCATION!!!

There are limited seats at each training facility. Please contact Cynthia to confirm your placement in the course!

Trainers: Kevin Mickey and David Coats from the POLIS Center at Indiana University – Purdue University

Participants: Preference given to data managers, those with GIS proficiency and individuals essential to the State’s geospatial governance

Desired Outcomes:

• Improved coordination among State and Local

• Increased awareness of geospatial data availability and barriers to access

• Develop strategic plan for geospatial governance

• Discuss the value of tools and workflows to streamline use of HAZUS-MH

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Statewide Geospatial Coordination: Monthly Progress Report

Current Effort

• Near Complete Region wide!

• All Completed assessments can be found here: http://www.usehazus.com/ncrhug/projects

State and District update

District of Columbia – Completed District wide assessment.

Delaware – Completed Statewide and Local assessment. Datasets will be made available on

First MAP (eGIS system) and this assessment will be updated with the links to these datasets.

Maryland – Ongoing update.

Pennsylvania – Completed State level and County level assessment!

Virginia – VDEM Completed State level gap analysis. Local level outreach currently on hold.

West Virginia –Completed State level and PDC level analysis.

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New Geospatial Resources and Information!

What is up with the weather? Climate change is here, and geospatial tools are

already helping us adapt to the new normal.

http://blogs.esri.com/esri/esri-insider/2015/01/21/what-is-up-with-the-

weather/?utm_source=esri&utm_medium=email&utm_term=78853&utm_conten

t=article&utm_campaign=globe_2015

**First-of-its-kind map to aid policy makers on climate change:

Esri partners with the U.S. Geological Survey for a global mapping project.

http://www.govtech.com/data/First-of-its-Kind-Map-to-Aid-Policymakers-on-

Climate-Change.html

**White House launches open data disaster portal

http://www.emergencymgmt.com/disaster/White-House-Open-Data-Disaster-

Portal.html

Esri Releases Demographic Data for 137 Countries : Global income,

population, and business data is now easily available for better local market

knowledge.

http://www.directionsmag.com/pressreleases/esri-releases-demographic-data-

for-137-additional-countries/431235

Data.gov Disaster and Recovery data site: http://www.data.gov/disasters/

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Hazus Modernization: Building Blocks Doug Bausch - Douglas.Bausch@dhs.gov

FEMA Region VIII, Senior Physical Scientist

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Hazus Modernization: Building Blocks Outline

Stakeholder Feedback

Modernization Vision

Lessons from Advanced Applications

Phase 1: (4 Tasks) 1. 10.2 Windows 8

2. Functional Enhancements

3. Modernizing code and architecture

4. Proof of Concepts

Stakeholder Feedback Led Modernization Approach:

There are four major focus areas for the modernization approach:

1. Technology Refresh – improved reliability, speed, and capability to take on new functionality

2. Better Alignment with FIMA Objectives

3. Improved Accuracy

4. Hazus-lite Capabilities (allowing non-technical users to have an easy to use customizable interface)

Better Alignment with FIMA:

Better integrate NFIP and Risk MAP data directly with Hazus.

The Risk MAP National Flood Hazard Layer would be pulled directly into Hazus.

Incorporate NFIP approaches and rating methods

Provide reports integrated with NFIP impacts.

Improved reporting would be introduced to more directly feed hazard mitigation plans and better support benefit-cost analysis (BCAs).

Hazus Modernization Vision: Direct use of external hazard data

1. NFHL rather than existing Level 1 auto H&H approach

2. Preprocessed and/or online integration of latest NFHL

3. External agency products: SLOSH, ADCIRC, MOST, WISE

4. Earthquake: ShakeMap

5. Hurricane: Hurrevac/Hwind/SLOSH

Modernization Vision:

Improved Accuracy: Enhanced site-specific capability. Enhance Level 1 losses improving block level losses by implementing dasymetric methodology

Hazus-lite Capabilities: Provide Hazus capabilities to a larger non-technical audience through a web-based interface.

Modernization Vision:

Web-Enabling: Many good examples (NC FRIS, ImageCat Inlet, RMS One, etc.)

Leverage FEMA GeoPlatform capabilities:

Viewer and reporting

Data archiving and access

Development and application environment

Nationwide AAL

City of Denver - Pre Project Losses

City of Denver - Post Project Losses

Objective: Provide credible

and actionable data and tools

to support risk-informed

decision-making

Hazus Modernization Objective-FEMA Strategic Plan

Result: ..using best available

data and analysis tools to

make better risk-informed

decisions before, during, and

after disasters

Sandy County Impact Assessments

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Expediting Assistance for Sandy

Analysis for NFIP Impacts

Flood depths assigned to 200,000+ policies

Integrated into request to increase borrowing authority – $9.7 billion

• The funding for Hazus has declined over the years

and is now operationally funded solely through

National Flood Insurance Fee dollars.

• As a result, the technology base for Hazus has

grown old and few enhancements to the

functionality have been made.

• However, with a large stakeholder base wanting

improvements and upgrades, and with interest

across the agency on improving risk assessment

capabilities we launched a Hazus Modernization

project.

Current State of Hazus

Project Timeline: Phase 1 Hazus Modernization

August 2015 August 2014 January 2015

Task 2: Functional enhancements to the Flood module,

Dasymetric GBS

Task 1: Upgrade Hazus to be compatible

with ArcGIS 10.2 and Windows 8

Task 3: Re-architecture and source code update

Task 4a: Develop Proof of Concepts, integration of NFHL

and NFIP Rating Approach

Task 4b

June 2014

Modernization Phase 1: Project Tasks

Task 1: Upgrade Hazus to be compatible with ArcGIS 10.2 and Windows 8 = Hazus 2.2 first major release in 3 years

Task 2: Functional enhancements to the Flood module (inventory and SP release)

•Apply the dasymetric GBS exposure distribution approach

•Synchronization of depth damage functions

•Implement study region aggregation at custom jurisdiction or neighborhood levels

Hazus MH BCAR Alignment (Task 2-Functional Enhancements)

Incorporate New Expert Panel Coastal A and V Zone Depth Damage Functions (DDFs)

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Community Based Analysis (Task 2-Functional Enhancements)

Build and analyze study regions based on CID (Community Information Data)

What is CID?

•Based on 2010 Census jurisdiction boundaries

•Linked to NFIP’s Community Information System (CIS) that tracks community map adoption and participation

•Now incorporates tribes

•Aligns with other FEMA programs (NFIP, Mitigation Plan tracking)

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Dasymetric Methodology (Task 2-Functional Enhancements)

Simply removing undeveloped areas of census blocks for the loss estimation calculation

Benefits from 2010 inventory update and new Land Use Land Cover (LULC) release

Already completed a POC

Can be starting point for more inventory enhancements based on other LULC codes and point based approaches used by USACE and Hazus Tsunami Methodology

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Dasymetric Methodology (Task 2-Functional Enhancements)

USACE has already completed 45 States

Testing and uploading data for users here: https://content.femadata.com/gisdata/Hazus/Dasymetric/

Miami-Dade (Urban-Low Difference Example) Testing with CFLA SLOSH MOMs:

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Coastal Dasymetric Loss Testing

Urban County Cat 1 ($M) Cat 3 ($M) Cat 1 ($M) Cat 3 ($M) Cat 1 ($M) Cat 3 ($M)

Miami-Dade, Florida 2,066$ 16,418$ 4,267$ 4,148$ 43,565$

Rural County Cat 1 ($M) Cat 3 ($M) Cat 1 ($M) Cat 3 ($M) Cat 1 ($M) Cat 3 ($M)

Plaquemine Parish, LA

Original CFLA Homogeneous 2.2 Data Dasymetric 2.2 Data

Original CFLA Homogeneous 2.2 Data Dasymetric 2.2 Data

Modernization Phase 1: Project Tasks

Task 3: Re-architecture and source code update (Hazus 3.0)

•Replace MS Access (.mdb) and personal Geo-Databases (pGDB) for all modules

•Migration of DTS packages to SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)

•Replace VB6 and COM architecture with .NET (C#) for flood module

Task 4: Develop Proof of Concepts

•Feasibility of NFHL data integration to replace Hazus Level 1 hazard determination

•Feasibility of integrating NFIP damage functions to perform building and economic AAL based on NFHL return periods

UPDATE: HAZUS Data & Training Collaboration

• NEW - HAZUS Sharepoint Site: has been set up to facilitate HAZUS data and training collaboration.

• Knowledge asset tool and an archive of Hazus knowledge.

• The goal of this effort is to increase its use and create a platform for deliberation and delivery of Hazus work products through the site.

This site will allow any registered user to (1) post a description of data/results they have to share with others,

(2) post a request of enhanced datasets or results that other’s might have already done,

(3) post information about an upcoming training, and

(4) post a request for training on a specific or general topic.

• To register, send Jenna McGee(jenna.mcgee@amec.com) your

(name, email, phone and organization) so she can build a list to generate initial accounts. Then we can deploy the Region III – NCR HUG group page!

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Thursday February 26, 2015 at 10:00 AM EST

NCR HUG 2 Year Anniversary!

Use the same number and conference code for each call:

Call 1-302-202-1110 and enter this conference code # 697620

**Request volunteer for next month’s presentation

• HAZUS / Risk Assessment project

• HAZUS “How to” presentation

Meeting notes and an updated presentation with audio will be sent out after this call

Adjourn

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