2009 Floodplain Management Association Annual Conference

Investing in Floodplains for Future Generations: Innovation in Land Use Strategies, Green Infrastructure, Technology and Community-Based Partnerships

September 8-11, 2009, The Fairmont, San Jose, California

Rich Davies / HAZUS.org will be moderating the panel discussion "Advances in Hazard Assessment and Emergency Management" at 4PM on Wednesday / September 9th

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3rd Annual HAZUS Conference

Updated July 5, 2009










VENUE:

McKimmon Conference and Training Center / NC State’s Extension and Continued Education Conference Center / Raleigh, North Carolina / MORE INFO

HAZUS Map Gallery:

Awards will be presented for the following categories (you do not have to be present to win):

• Best Mitigation Applications using HAZUS-MH
• Best Practice for Data Improvements to HAZUS-MH (Level 2 or 3 analysis)
• Best practice for incorporating modernized flood maps
• Best incorporation of a HAZUS-MH analysis into a mitigation plan
• Best innovative practice of HAZUS-MH
• Best multi-hazard analysis
• Best integration of other tools with HAZUS-MH
  

All maps must be submitted by July 31, 2009 electronically (.pdf) to Margaret Griffith, PBS&J, MMGriffith@pbsj.com.


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CONFERENCE AGENDA...

HAZUS.org has been receiving "lots" of comments on the upcoming HAZUS User Conference. Check out what others are saying and get your opinion heard. Comments are moderated. Click on the "comments" link at the end of this post...
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Association of State Floodplain Managers 33rd Annual National Conference

Ken Leep from the CA Emergency Management Agency will be moderating a "HAZUS panel discussion" during the upcoming ASFPM Annual Conference ... session G4-A on Thursday, June 11th.

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CAMEO discussion on EMForum

The April 22, 2009 EMForum.org will be a one hour presentation and interactive discussion concerning CAMEO, a system of software applications used widely to plan for and respond to chemical emergencies. The CAMEO program is a partnership between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). EMForum MEETING INFO

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New Madrid Seismic Zone Catastrophic Planning Project

The guest speaker on the Mar 25, 2009 EMForum.org is James M. Wilkinson Jr., Executive Director of the Central United States Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC). The discussion topic will be the New Madrid Seismic Zone Catastrophic Planning Project. The goal of this initiative is to increase national readiness for a catastrophic earthquake in the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ). This multi-year, multi-agency initiative is the largest planning effort ever undertaken in United States History. MORE INFO

CUSEC New Madrid Seismic Zone Catastrophic Planning Initiative

EMForum

Contributions of Earthquake Engineering

A recent report by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) lays out the contributions of earthquake engineering that enhance public safety and improve the protection of U.S. communities from hazards beyond earthquakes. Four categories of earthquake engineering were reviewed that identify major contributions and present representative examples: planning, advanced technologies, emergency response, and community engagement. DOWNLOAD (.pdf, large file 12MB)

The contribution of HAZUS-MH is "only" addressed in the "Planning for Catastrophes" section, ignoring that HAZUS-MH is a recent advanced and evolving geospatial technology and has significant applications in earthquake response and community engagement.

FYI ... The EERI-WSSPC Annual meeting is February 11-14, 2009 in Salt Lake City, Utah - Earthquake Risk Reduction / Are Voluntary Actions the Key? MORE INFO

Cascading Disasters: /How Disasters Unfold

What: National Academies Disasters Roundtable workshop:
Cascading Disasters / How Disasters Unfold

When: Thursday, February, 26th, 2009 at the Beckman Center in Irvine, CA

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34th Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop

Tuesday / July 14th through Friday/ July 17th, 2009 MORE

The Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop is designed to bring members of the research and applications communities together for face-to-face networking and discussion of current issues related to hazards and disasters and society’s efforts to deal with them. The Workshop provides a dynamic forum to share diverse perspectives and opinions.

The Natural Hazards Center invites you to propose a session topic for the 2009 Workshop. Proposed session topics will provide guidance to Center staff as we plan next year’s program. Deadline for suggestions is December 31, 2008. How about a HAZUS-MH session! MORE

Jasper county, IN uses HAZUS for hazard mitigation planning ...

The Jasper County Indiana Hazard Mitigation Steering Committee is hosting a strategy planning session November 20th. The Steering Committee asked the Polis Center to model potential hzards in HAZUS-MH, the GIS based risk mitigation tool developed by FEMA. READ MORE

What To Do About IKE ?

What will it take to make this nation more resilient to the costly damages that are inflicted by severe weather and climate change? The devastating impacts of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike provide only the most recent reminder of how vulnerable our society is to the effects of catastrophic storms.

A Capital Hill Luncheon Briefing / Tuesday / Oct 7, 2008 / Noon till 1:30 PM / 2325 Rayburn House Office Building / Washington D.C.
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Public Briefing on the Grand challenges for Disaster Reduction

This event is sponsored by the Congressional Hazards Caucus and the National Science and Technology Council's Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction. Speakers will discuss recent natural hazard events to illustrate the Grand Challenges for Disaster Reduction identified by the National Science and Technology Council’s Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction. Copies of the recently released implementation plans identifying priority science and technology activities for 14 hazards will be distributed.

When: Friday / September 19, 2008 / Noon
Where: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2325 / Washington, D.C.

Lunch is provided!

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