GIS & HAZUS Assistance
NESEC GIS and HAZUS-MH Assistance
NESEC FREE Multi-Hazard Risk Mapping Request Form
How To Request GIS and HAZUS-MH Assistance
NESEC provides GIS services and HAZUS-MH disaster simulation and damage reports free of charge to all state, county, and local governments within the NESEC region. NESEC provides the following services:
HAZUS-MH Disaster Simulation Reports (Earthquake, Hurricane, Flood)
NESEC will provide your town or region with an easy-to understand report covering the economic impacts of any given Earthquake, Hurricane, or Flood hitting your region. The report includes dollar damage estimates, shelter requirements, debris estimates, etc. for your area. This report can be an important tool for hazard mitigation and planning within your community.
- Critical Infrastructure Mapping
NESEC will create a GIS map of critical facilities and other primary infrastructure within your area, based on available HAZUS, state GIS, and user-provided data. This map can become the basis for building a GIS center within your town or EOC, or it can fill in critical information gap in your GIS database. - Orthophoto Mapping
NESEC will gather publicly available air photos and satellite imagery of your area and compile it into a GIS aerial image map. This aerial snapshot of your region can be placed on top of your existing GIS maps, providing a bird’s eye view of your current GIS data, helping you to visualize solutions for your GIS problems. - EOC Upgrade to GIS-Based Mapping
NESEC will provide technical support and consulting to help you set up a small GIS system in your EOC. We can also provide you with some GIS basemaps to help your new GIS center get started. - Exercise Scenario Development
NESEC can provide you with HAZUS damage simulations of Earthquakes, Hurricanes, and Floods within your region, which you can use as the basis for an emergency management exercise. In addition to damage and debris estimates, HAZUS simulates damage to critical facilities in your area, giving you a rough estimate on how well hospitals, fire departments, police stations, EOCs, and shelters will function following a disaster. HAZUS simulations can provide crucial information to help tailor your exercises to high-loss situations that might occur in your area.
If your state, county, city or town is interested in any of these services, please do the following:
- Download the NESEC FREE Multi-Hazard Risk Mapping Request Form .
- Fill out the form and print it by pressing the “print” button at the bottom of the form.
- Obtain the appropriate authorizing signature from your requesting agency.
- Send the signed form to your state Director of Emergency Management for signature approval.
- Your state Director of Emergency Management will forward the form to NESEC.
All requests received by NESEC will be reviewed and prioritized based on available resources.
