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Introduction The Canadian Hazus User Group meets monthly to share knowledge on natural hazard risk assessment and the application of the Hazus loss estimation software in Canada. Natural Resources Canada’s National-Scale Geohazard Risk Project of the Public Safety Geoscience Program supports the forum. Today’s meeting will be facilitated by Malaika Ulmi (malaika.ulmi@canada.ca). The meeting materials are posted on www.hazuscanada.ca.

Agenda Meet and greet as we connect Training, resources and events Round table Presentation: Flood Damage Guidelines – Nicky Hastings, Geological Survey of Canada, NRCan Questions and Discussion

Hazus Training EMI courses at www.training.fema.gov. Questions to paul.ganem@fema.dhs.gov. Hazus online course flyer and handouts at www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/105722 Esri online courses https://www.esri.com/training/#!/ search for Hazus FEMA regional HUGs COURSE # COURSE TITLE DATES E0170 Hazus for Hurricane July 24-27, 2017 E0296 Application of Hazus for Risk Assessment August 14-17, 2017 E0179 Application of Hazus for Disaster Operations September 11-14, 2017 E0317 Comprehensive Data Management for Hazus September 25-28. 2017

Resources www.hazuscanada.ca: Order a copy of Hazus Canada, see upcoming events, download resources and meeting material, ask a risk assessment question, and add content FEMA Hazus User Group calls on iTunes, search Hazus Community, or join calls by requesting add from hazus-outreach@riskmapcds.com. www.usehazus.com and LinkedIn for Canadian and US HUG groups and resources All things Hazus: www.fema.gov/hazus

Resources Global best practices: www.preventionweb.net/, UN ISDR www.unisdr.org, and www.irdrinternational.org Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction: www.iclr.org Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities initiative: www.100resilientcities.org Canadian Risk and Hazards Network: www.crhnet.ca HazNet, the magazine of the Canadian Risks and Hazards Network: www.haznet.ca Resilient America (NASEM): ResilientAmerica.nas.edu

Resources NIST Resilience: www.nist.gov/topics/resilience New UNISDR report on national disaster risk assessments: www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/52828 Natural Hazard Mitigation DRR Ambassador Curriculum Plan: http://nhma.info/building-your-roadmap-to-a-disaster-resilient-future/ Naturally Resilient Communities, tool and case studies for solutions to flooding challenges: http://nrcsolutions.org/

Articles PSC, EM Framework for Canada, 3rd Edition: https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/2017-mrgnc-mngmnt-frmwrk/index-en.aspx G & M, Insurers must do more to educate Canadians about flood risk: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-commentary/insurers-must-do-more-to-educate-canadians-about-flood-risk/article35147992/ The Pew Charitable Trusts, It Pays to Prepare for Natural Disasters: www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/fact-sheets/2017/05/it-pays-to-prepare-for-natural-disasters Popular Science: Climate change will mean more rain for some – and none for others: http://www.popsci.com/climate-change-rain-patterns#page-3

Events AGI Webinar: Planning for Coastal Storm and Erosion Hazards, July 6, 1:30 EDT, www.americangeosciences.org/policy-critical-issues/webinars/planning-coastal-storms Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, July 9-12, 2017, Broomfield, CO, https://hazards.colorado.edu/workshop/2017 QuakeCORE Annual Meeting, September 3-6, 2017, Taupo, NZ, www.quakecore.nz/annualmeeting Liveable Cities Forum, September 18-20, 2017,Victoria, BC, www.livablecitiesforum.com

Events ShakeOut 2017, October 19, 2017, www.shakeout.org National Disaster Resilience Conference, FLASH, October 25-27, 2017, Atlanta, GA, www.flash.org/2017meeting CRHNet Symposium, October 25-27, 2017, Halifax, NS, www.crhnet.ca Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity Conference, October 31-November 2, 2017, Vancouver, BC, www.epbcconference.ca

Events 65th Annual International Association of Emergency Managers Conference, November 10-15, Long Beach, CA, www.iaemconference.info/2017/ 7th International Conference on Building Resilience: Using Scientific Knowledge to inform policy and practice in disaster risk reduction, November 27-29, 2017, Bangkok, Thailand, www.buildresilience.org/2017/ 2018 Understanding Risk Forum, Mexico City, Mexico, May 2018, https://understandrisk.org/event/ur2018/

Roundtable Introduce yourself Any news, projects, ideas, suggestions, upcoming presentations or conferences of interest …

Flood Damage Guidelines Presentation: Flood Damage Guidelines Nicky Hastings Geological Survey of Canada, NRCan

Wednesday, September 20, 2017 malaika.ulmi@canada.ca Next CanHUG meeting is Wednesday, September 20, 2017 See you then! Please email if there is a speaker or topic you would like featured in future. malaika.ulmi@canada.ca Thank you