Success Stories from the Current State of Collaborative Efforts between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the United States Geological Survey, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Hazus and National Risk Index Programs

Mitigation programs administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) share a strong history of successful cross-collaboration with partner federal agencies. In recent years, FEMA's National Risk Index (NRI) and Hazus programs improved their methodology and upgraded their technological delivery to the public in strong partnership with both NOAA and USGS. This talk will describe improvements made to Hazus methodology in the last three years, using HURREVAC data for hurricane damage modeling, the incorporation of USGS Tsunami Pedestrian Evacuation products, and future applications for National Water Model data as Hazus transitions to an online and more open public framework. The NRI methodology for heat assessment and a new partnership with NOAA's HeatRisk team and heat casualty researchers from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will also be discussed, including collaborative efforts to develop climate-informed risk forecasts for heat-related emergencies.