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HAZUS - MH
HAZUS-MH is a nationally applicable standardized methodology and software program that contains
models for estimating potential losses from earth quakes, floods, and harricane winds. This risk
assessment software allows the user to analyze the potential loss (both in life and economically)
of natural disasters which are common to the United States. HAZUS-HM was developed by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency along with the Department of Homeland Security and the National
Institute of Building Sciences, requires ArcGIS 8.3. HAZUS-MH comes with various nationwide
geospatial datasets (see the list of data below). Additional information on this software is
available from the HAZUS-MH website.
Spatial coverage: United States - All 50 states
Temporal coverage: Varies (recent)
Scale: Varies
Units of Analysis: Analysis available for different size areas - data available down to the census tract.
Format: Access geodatabase
Coordinate System: Geographic, North American Datum 1983
Access Constraints: Available to students, faculty, and staff of the UW-Milwaukee for educational purposes
There are a large number of different uses of this software, and
different types of organizations and bodies of government that could benefit from this software
package. These uses include environmental impact analysis, emergency planning and response,
education, scientific research, long-term municipal and regional planning, etc. In order to
conduct an extensive and more accurate analysis of the potential loss from natural disasters,
additional outside data is needed other than what is initially provided with this software
package. The software package also comes with a large amount of spatial data that can be
used with this application or seperately. The different types of spatial data are as
follows:
- Airport Facilities
- Bridges
- Bus Facilities
- Care Facilities
- Census Block Groups
- Census Tracts
- Communication Facilities
- Counties
- Dams
- Electrical Power Facilities
- Emergency Facilties
- Ferry Facilities
- Fire Stations
- Hazardous Materials Facilities
- Highway Bridges
- Highway Segments
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- Highway Tunnels
- Light Rail
- Light Rail Segments
- Natural Gas Facilities
- Nuclear Facilities
- Oil Facilities
- Police Stations
- Port Facilities
- Potable Water Facilities
- Rail Facilities
- Railway Bridges
- Railway Segments
- Railway Tunnels
- Runways
- Schools
- Waste Water Facilities
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These spatial datasets have additional data tables that can be joined
to provide even more information relating to the specific feature. Information on how to make a
personilized online hazard map is also available from the
FEMA website.
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