The Emergency Management Institute is accepting
applications for three HAZUS-MH courses in the first quarter of
Fiscal Year 2006.
1. E190 Introduction to ArcGIS for HAZUS-MH
Users: October 11-13, 2005
Course Description: A 4-day course
is designed to provide the essential ArcGIS skills and knowledge
to use the HAZUS-MH software effectively. The course combines lectures
with hands-on exercises on how to use GIS for disaster mitigation
and response. Course topics will include an introduction to GIS
concepts, tools for symbolizing data, tools for querying and analyzing
data, data management, manipulating tabular data, understanding
coordinate systems, basic editing, spatial data adjustment, geocoding,
and a survey of advanced options provided by ArcGIS and the Spatial
Analyst extension through the use of geodatabases and raster data.
The course will conclude with an introduction to HAZUS-MH with a
focus on how to apply the tools and techniques covered in the proceeding
sections of the class.
Audience: This course is intended
for State and local emergency managers, GIS specialists responsible
for risk assessment activities, regional personnel responsible for
mitigation and response activities, other Federal agencies with
a need to conduct risk assessment, and State and local planners.
2. E313 Basic HAZUS-MH: October 24-27, 2005
and December 5-8, 2005
Course Description: A 4-day course
designed to provide Federal, State and local Geographic Information
Systems (GIS) specialists in emergency management with the skills
and knowledge to use HAZUS-MH, the nationally applicable standardized
methodology and software program that contains models for estimating
potential losses from earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes. HAZUS-MH
uses state-of-the-art GIS software (ArcGIS) to map and display hazard
data, and the results of damage and economic loss estimates for
buildings and infrastructure, allowing users to estimate the impacts
of hurricanes, floods and earthquakes to populations.
Audience: State and local emergency
managers and planners, GIS specialists responsible for risk assessment
activities, regional personnel responsible for earthquake, wind
and flood mitigation and response activities, and other Federal
agencies with a need to conduct risk assessment. They must have
a strong working knowledge of multi-hazard applications of HAZUS
toward mitigation, recovery, and risk management.
Courses for the remainder of the fiscal year are
scheduled as follows:
E170 Advanced HAZUS-MH for Hurricane January 9-12,
2006
E174 Advanced HAZUS-MH for Earthquake January 23-26, 2006
E190 Introduction to ArcGIS for HAZUS-MH Users February 6-8, 2006
E179 Application of HAZUS-MH for Disaster Operations April 3-6,
2006
E172 Advanced HAZUS-MH for Flood May 1-4, 2006
E179 Application of HAZUS-MH for Disaster Operations June 12-15,
2006
E313 Basic HAZUS-MH July 10-13
E172 Advanced HAZUS-MH for Flood August 14-17, 2006
E296 HAZUS-MH/DMA 2000 Risk Assessment August 28-30, 2006
E317 Comprehensive Data Management for HAZUS-MH September 11-14,
2006
Location: All courses will be held
at the National Emergency Training Center (NETC), Emergency Management
Institute, Emmitsburg, Maryland.
Enrollment: Complete a FEMA Form
75-5, General Admissions Application, and forward to the Admissions
Office through the State Emergency Management Office as soon as
possible. Courses are limited to 25 people, and applications will
be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. The form can be
found at http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/EMICourses. Applicants
are asked to submit applications as soon as possible.
Questions: Please contact the course
manager, Lillian Virgil at (301) 447-1490 or Lillian.virgil@dhs.gov.
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