1. JASON MASTERS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SENIOR
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES - PUBLIC POLICY AND MANAGEMENT

2. POST-GRADUATE PLANS
Pursue M.S. at USC in Policy, Planning and Development
Focus on Environmental Planning
Return to the Big Island
Work with Government in newly created Environmental Planning Position

3. Hobbies Avid Fisherman Love all water sports Football Soccer Hiking
Reading

4. SCEC CEO/HAZUS Intern CEO Intern Provide miscellaneous support:
Helping upgrade SCEC web site utilizing Adobe’s Go Live™ 6.0 software
Gathering information from both current and past interns- contact Database
Helped set up, break down, and assist in Landslide Hazard Mitigation Workshop
Identify status of SCEC web sites to speed up transformation process

5. HAZUS Hazards US Hazard Loss Estimation Software
Understand its value, but haven’t had the opportunity to use it yet
Only major difficulty this summer- trying to contact HAZUS experts to work with

6. Analyses Modules Utility Systems Critical Facilities Transportation
Building
Stock
DIRECT PHYSICAL
DAMAGE
Debris
Fire
Inundation
HazMat
INDIRECT ECONOMIC LOSSES
POTENTIAL EARTH SCIENCE HAZARDS [ PESH ]
DIRECT ECONOMIC / SOCIAL LOSSES
Economic
Shelter
Casualty
INDUCED PHYSICAL
Ground Shaking
Ground Failure

7. Earthquake Scenario Options

8. Example of HAZUS Results
Damage
Building Stock
Schools
Hospitals
Fire Stations
Police Stations
Emergency Operation Centers
Transportation Systems
Utility Systems
Social Impact
Minor Injuries
Major Injuries
Deaths
Displaced Households
Shelter Needs
Induced Losses
Debris
Fire Ignitions
Economic Impact
Building Stock
Business Interruption
Transportation Systems
Utility Systems
Change in Employment
Change in Income

9. ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED EARTHQUAKE LOSS AT THE COUNTY LEVEL
California 74%
Los Angeles County 25%

10. What’s next???
Contact City of Los Angeles’ Office of Emergency Services (OES)
Hope to learn how to run HAZUS software through them
Continue contacting Past Interns
Continue to identify status of SCEC web pages to facilitate their transformation