Hazardous Material (HAZMAT) - According to FEMA, “Any substance or material that, when involved in an accident and released in sufficient quantities, poses a risk to people’s health, safety, and/or property. These include explosives, radioactive materials, flammable liquids or solids, combustible liquids or solids, poisons, oxidizers, toxins and corrosive materials.”
HAZUS-MH - Hazards U.S. Multi-Hazard
HIPPA - The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) outlines security and privacy provisions for protecting medical information.
Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) - According to FEMA, “A capabilities- and performance-based exercise program that provides standardized policy, doctrine and terminology for the design, development, conduct and evaluation of homeland security exercises.”
Hot Wash - A facilitated discussion held immediately following an exercise among exercise players from each functional that allows players to voice their opinions and give feedback about any issues, concerns or proposed improvements they may have about the exercise. Evaluators should take notes during the hot wash, which should last no longer than 30 minutes.
HSEEP - See Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
HUD - U.S. Department Housing and Urban Development, which administers the Community Development Bock Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program.
Human-Caused Hazards - According to FEMA, ”Hazards caused by deliberate, intentional human actions to threaten or harm the well-being of others, such as school violence, terrorist acts or sabotage.”
Improvement Plan (IP) - A list of the corrective actions that will be taken, the responsible party or agency and the expected completion date. It is typically included at the end of the After-Action Report, which, evaluates an exercise and makes recommendations for post-exercise improvements.
Incident - According to FEMA, “An occurrence, natural or manmade, that requires a response to protect life or property. Incidents can include major disasters, emergencies, terrorist attacks, terrorist threats, civil unrest, wildland and urban fires, floods, hazardous materials spills, nuclear accidents, aircraft accidents, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, tropical storms, tsunamis, war-related disasters, public health and medical emergencies and other occurrences requiring an emergency response.”