<br><font size=2 face="Arial">The Florida HAZUS User Group announces the
following training opportunities.</font>
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<li><font size=2 color=#666666 face="Arial">July 9-10, 2007- </font><a href="http://www.floridadisaster.org/gis/calendar/view_recurring_event.asp?CalendarID=10543"><font size=2 color=#000066 face="Arial"><u>Introduction
to ArcGIS for HAZUS-MH Users</u></font></a><font size=2 color=#666666 face="Arial">,
Naples, FL </font>
<li><font size=2 color=#666666 face="Arial">July 11-13, 2007- </font><a href="http://www.floridadisaster.org/gis/calendar/view_recurring_event.asp?CalendarID=10544"><font size=2 color=#000066 face="Arial"><u>Basic
HAZUS-MH</u></font></a><font size=2 color=#666666 face="Arial">, Naples,
FL </font></ul>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Introduction to ArcGIS for HAZUS-MH Users
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<td width=100%><font size=1 color=#14314f face="Verdana">The course provides
the essential ArcGIS skills and knowledge to effectively use the HAZUS-MH
software. The course combines lectures with hands-on exercises that present
practical examples of how to use GIS for disaster mitigation and response.
Course topics will include an introduction to GIS concepts, tools or symbolizing
data, tools for querying and analyzing data, data management, manipulating
tabular data, understanding coordinate systems, basic editing, spatial
data adjustment, geocoding, and a survey of some of the advanced options
provided by ArcGIS and the Spatial Analyst extension through the use of
geodatabases and raster data. The course will conclude with an introduction
to HAZUS-MH with a focus on how to apply the tools and techniques covered
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Basic HAZUS-MH</font>
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<td width=100%><font size=1 color=#14314f face="Verdana">This course is
designed to provide Federal, State and local Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) specialists in emergency management with the skills and knowledge
to use HAZUS-MH, the nationally applicable standardized methodology and
software program that contains models for estimating potential losses from
earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes. HAZUS-MH uses state-of-the-art GIS
software (ArcGIS) to map and display hazard data, and the results of damage
and economic loss estimates for buildings and infrastructure, allowing
users to estimate the impacts of hurricanes, floods and earthquakes to
populations.</font></table>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">These classes are sponsored by the Florida
HAZUS User Group, Collier County, and Florida DEM. There is no registration
fee for the courses, and public employees may be reimbursed for lodging
expenses.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">For more information:</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Florida HAZUS User Group - http://www.hazus.org/FLHUG</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">HAZUS-MH - http://www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/hazus</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Florida DEM - </font><font size=2 face="sans-serif">http://www.floridadisaster.org/gis</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Thanks,<br>
Richard Butgereit<br>
GIS Administrator, Florida DEM<br>
richard.butgereit@em.myflorida.com<br>
www.floridadisaster.org/gis<br>
850-413-9907</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">P.S. We are shopping around for locations
to host future HAZUS trainings -- do you have a GIS-capable computer training
lab with 15-30 seats and would like to host a training? Here are our target
classes and dates -- with no locations yet identified...if interested,
please contact me off-list for further discussion...</font>
<p><font size=2 face="Arial">E296 Introduction to ArcGIS for
HAZUS-MH Users (2 Day) <br>
February 25-26, 2008 </font>
<p><font size=2 face="Arial">E313 Basic HAZUS-MH (3
Day) <br>
February 27-29, 2008 </font>
<p><font size=2 face="Arial">E170 Advanced HAZUS-MH for Hurricane
(3 Day) <br>
March 19-21, 2008 </font>
<p><font size=2 face="Arial">E179 Application of HAZUS-MH for Disaster
Operations (3 Day) <br>
April 16-18, 2008 </font>