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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: Coordination of Disaster Response in Interdependant Critical Infrastructure Systems – José Martí
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
Hazus solutions page:

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:

7. Resources
Resilience Dialogues, community-level discussions on climate change resilience:
Data Basin, science-based mapping and analysis platform and crowd-sourcing for environmental applications:
Smart Villages webinar: “Going off the Grid: Disaster, Resilience, and Off-grid Energy”,
Extreme Rainfall Detection System, ITHACA:

8. Resources
INFORM Global Risk Index (open-source risk assessment tool designed to support decisions about crisis and disaster prevention, preparedness and response):
SLIP-DRIP, automatic detection of landslides: and
NIST Community Resilience Planning Guide:

9. Resources
Canadian Mountain Network, “a voluntary alliance of partners from universities, governments, First Nations, and businesses dedicated to the sustainability of mountain environments and communities across the country and around the world.”:
New publication from the International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics: “The stakeholder landscape in extreme events and climate risk management”,

10. Events
ICLR webinar: “Great Cascadia megathrust earthquakes: Past, present, and future”, January 26, 2017,
The Future of Emergency Alert and Warning Systems: Research Directions, January 26 and 27, 2017, San Diego, CA, www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/meetingview.aspx?MeetingId=9012
CWRA 2017 Roundtable Climate Extremes: National Collaboration on Floods and Droughts, January 27, 2017, Ottawa, ON,

11. Events
CatIQ’s Canadian Catastrophe Conference (C4), Toronto, ON, February 1-3, 2017,
Coastal GeoTools 2017, February 6-9, 2017, Charleston, NC,
Fifth Regional Platform for the Americas, March 7-9, 2017, Montreal, QC,
69th EERI Conference, March 7-10, 2017, Portland, OR,

12. Events
Australian & NZ Disaster and Emergency Management Conference, May 22-23, 2017, Queensland, Australia,
Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, May22-26, 2017, Cancun, Mexico,
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,

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

14. Presentation:
Coordination of Disaster Response in Interdependant Critical Infrastructure Systems
José Martí, UBC

15. Wednesday, February 15, 2017 malaika.ulmi@canada.ca
Next CanHUG meeting is
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
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