This one-day session will provide students with an introduction to the capabilities that HAZUS-MH offers for helping communities understand the social and economic risks that they face from flood and earthquake hazards. During the first part of the session, participants will be led thru the process of creating a study region that defines the area at risk from hazards. The second part of the session will explain how HAZUS-MH can be used to define and analyze hazards and the types of information that HAZUS-MH can produce about the social and economic losses that can result from a flood and earthquake events. The session will focus on a level 1 analysis which makes it possible to perform a complete hazard analysis with minimal to no additional input of data beyond what is included with the software.Course Schedule:

10:00am – 11:00am - Overview of HAZUS-MH
11:00am – 11:45am - Creation of a Study Region
11:45am – 12:30pm - Overview of HAZUS-MH Flood, Hurricane, and Earthquake Model
12:30pm – 1:30pm - Lunch
1:30pm – 2:30pm - Defining a Hazard and Running a Scenario
2:30pm – 4:30pm - Analysis Methodology & Options