Technical Information
Note: "FEMA endorses two tool sets for assessing
consequences of disasters. For earthquakes within the United
States, FEMA specifies the use of HAZUS. For all technological (or
man-made) hazards and hurricanes, and for earthquakes outside of
the US, CATS is the tool of choice. FEMA is presently developing
HAZUS hurricane and flood modules that are scheduled to be
released in December 2002. Upon release of the HAZUS hurricane and
flood modules, FEMA will similarly specify the HAZUS hurricane and
flood modules for use in the United States."
Technical Papers and Articles
CATS Presentations
CATS Analysis Functions
- Effects Assessment (Number of
Persons, by Category)
- Mortality from Radiation
Exposure
- Mortality and Incapacitation
from Biological Agent Exposure
- Mortality, Incapacitation,
Visual Impairment & Threshold Symptoms from Chemical Agent Exposure
- At-Risk Assessment (Number of
Items, by Category, Exposed in a Specified Range)
- Population, Infrastructure,
Residential Structures
- Response, Resource
Sustainability Analysis
- Resources to Support
Displaced Population
- Mobility Sites (Airports &
Warehouses)
- Commodity and Medical
Resource Locations
- Emergency Response Resource
Locations
- Roadblocks
CATS can perform these
assessments for any hazard or incident,
From any of the
models, or from a user-determined "manual hazard area".
CATS Uses Real-Time Data
- Automatic, Real-Time Surface
Weather Data Retrieval
- From NOAA weather stations
over the Internet or from local met stations
- Weather data is automatically
fed into these models for analysis
- HPAC
- Earthquake
- Hurricane
- ALOHA
- Retrieve Images from
Microsoft TerraServer
System Requirements for CATS 6.0
- Pentium or equivalent PC
- 7.6 - 11.5 GB Hard Disk space
available
- 512 Mb RAM minimum, 1.0 GB
recommended
- 1.5 GHz processor or better
- ESRI's ArcGIS 9 with
Spatial Analyst
- Streetmap USA recommended
Optional Software Components Include:
- HPAC 4.04 (distributed by DTRA)
- ALOHA (distributed by EPA)
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