This course provides an overview of the capabilities of Hazus-MH, FEMA's loss-estimation tool for earthquake, flood, and hurricane wind hazards. You will learn how to install the Hazus-MH software, define a study region (the area of analysis used by Hazus-MH), and explore the basic types of analysis that Hazus-MH can perform. You will also explore the types of information about the social and economic impacts of natural hazards that Hazus-MH can generate.
Who Should Attend
New Hazus-MH users.
Organizations or individuals involved with planning how to reduce the losses of life and property that can be caused by flood, earthquake, and hurricane wind hazards.
Learn How To
Understand the basic capabilities of Hazus-MH.
Install Hazus-MH.
Create a Hazus-MH study region.
Conduct a basic hazard analysis using Hazus-MH and explore the loss estimations generated by the analysis.
