FY16 Hurricane Evacuation (HURREVAC)

The work to be performed is the continued operation, maintenance, program development, and training support for HURREVAC for 2016.

The multi-agency National Hurricane Program (NHP) is a partnership between FEMA, the USACE, and the National Hurricane Center (NHC), and supports Federal, State, and Local Government hurricane planning, preparation, and response through various products, tools, and services. Established in 1985, the NHP has prepared numerous Hurricane Evacuation Studies (HES's) and provided tools and technical assistance to support State and Local Governments in developing hurricane evacuation and response plans. To support the management of HES data, the NHP commissioned through a grant from FEMA to develop the Hurricane Evacuation (HURREVAC) software program. HURREVAC software has been used by Government Emergency Managers to assist their hurricane evacuation decision making. HURREVAC is a restricted-use, not commercially available, real time computer software program. Its intent is for Government emergency managers to both track hurricanes and get real-time forecast information, and to provide evacuation timing guidance for communities based on information developed during the HES process, and real-time forecast data distributed by the NHC. The program provides a common operating picture to support hurricane response across all levels of Government. HURREVAC has over 12,000 registered Government users at all levels.