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2. 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 The meeting materials are posted on

3. Agenda Meet and greet as we connect Training, resources and events
Round table
Presentation: Structure Level Flood Risk Assessments – Rehana Rajabali
Questions and Discussion

4. Hazus Training
EMI courses at Questions to
Hazus online course flyer and handouts at
Esri online courses search for Hazus
FEMA regional HUGs
COURSE #
COURSE TITLE
DATES
E0176
Hazus for Floodplain Managers
March 27-30, 2017
E0313
Basic Hazus
April 3-6, 2017
E0317
Comprehensive Data Management for Hazus
May 1-4, 2017
E0172
Hazus for Flood
June 12-15, 2017
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
September

5. Resources
Order a copy of Hazus Canada, see upcoming events, download resources and meeting material, find events, ask a Hazus question, and add content
FEMA Hazus User Group calls on iTunes, search Hazus Community, or join calls by requesting add from
and LinkedIn for Canadian and US HUG groups and resources
All things Hazus:

6. Resources
Global best practices: UN ISDR and
Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction:
Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities initiative:
Canadian Risk and Hazards Network:
HazNet, the magazine of the Canadian Risks and Hazards Network:
Resilient America (NASEM): sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/ResilientAmerica/

7. Resources
Understanding Risk (global community) recent report on recommendations for future:
FEMA’s Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning Guides for Local Communities:
Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence

8. Events Understanding Risk 2017: From Knowledge to Action
An exploration of actionable strategies to reduce earthquake and flood risks in the Georgia Basin.
Organized by EERI, NRCan, APEGBC, Fraser Basin Council, City of Vancouver, District of North Vancouver, EMBC
Vancouver, March 29-31, 2017

9. Events
ICLR Friday Forum: Practical Issues in updating IDF curves for future climate: Physics vs. climate models, March 24, 2017,
AGI Webinar: State Responses to Induced Earthquakes, April 14, 2017,
Resilience 2017, April 24-26, 2017, Edmonton, AB,
National Earthquake Program Managers Meeting, April 25-27, 2017, Oklahoma City, OK,
National Flood Conference, April 30-May3, 2017, Washington, D.C.,

10. Events Disaster Forum 2017, May 8-11, Banff, AB, www.disasterforum.ca/
Emergency Preparedness Week, May 7-13, 2017,
17th Ontario Association of Emergency Managers Conference and AGM, May 11-12, 2017, Burlington, ON,
Australian & NZ Disaster and Emergency Management Conference, May 22-23, 2017, Queensland, Australia,
Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, May 22-26, 2017, Cancun, Mexico,

11. Events
CWRA 2017, June 5-7, 2017, Lethbridge, AB,
Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, July 9-12, 2017, Broomfield, CO,
CRHNet Symposium, October 25-27, 2017, Halifax, NS,
65th Annual International Association of Emergency Managers Conference, November 10-15, Long Beach, CA,
7th International Conference on Building Resilience: Using Scientific Knowledge to inform policy and practice in disaster risk reduction, November 27-29, 2017, Bangkok, Thailand,

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

13. Structure Level Flood Risk Assessments – An Update
Presentation:
Structure Level Flood Risk Assessments – An Update
Rehana Rajabali
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

14. Wednesday, April 19, 2017 malaika.ulmi@canada.ca
Next CanHUG meeting is
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
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