This week we released Introduction to the HAZUS-MH Comprehensive Data Management System, the latest in a series of Web training courses covering Hazards U.S. Multi-Hazard (HAZUS-MH), a hazard loss estimation tool developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). HAZUS-MH is a free extension to ArcGIS that facilitates a risk-based approach to disaster management.

Each year, natural disasters cost billions of dollars in damage, great loss of life, and a degraded quality of life for survivors. Communities and disaster management professionals use HAZUS-MH to plan for and mitigate risks posed by hazards such as floods, hurricane winds, and earthquakes.

Authored by Kevin Mickey, the Director of the Professional GIS Education Program at The Polis Center at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, the Web series includes one free training seminar and seven one-module courses.