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Abstract
Mississippi's Endeavor in Developing an Earthquake Planning Disaster Application Through HAZUS with Impending Expansion to a Multi-Hazard StrategyTrack: EMS, Fire, Disaster Management
Author(s): Patrick Wanker, Rusti Liner
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) has decided to utilize GIS technology in combination with HAZUS, an earthquake loss estimation program used for emergency preparedness, response and recovery planning, and disaster response operations. An agreement between the Mississippi Automated Resource Information System (MARIS) and MEMA will allow personnel from both agencies to join efforts during the preparation and response of an emergency. The focus of this partnership is to enhance the earthquake program, but future releases of HAZUS will include a wind and flood module. HAZUS is a PC-based GIS software package that uses census tract data and various other data layers to determine damage computed from historic and random earthquake scenarios.
Patrick Wanker
Mississippi Emergency Management Agency
P.O. Box 4501
Jackson, MS 39296-4501
USA
Phone: 601-960-9976
Fax: 601-352-8314
E-mail: pwanker@memaorg.com