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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 Utility Systems Critical Facilities Critical Facilities Transportation Systems Transportation Systems Building Stock 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 DAMAGE 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


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