Background on Hazard Explorer Tool:The Hazard Explorer Tool is a web mapping application available in FEMA's Preparedness Toolkit that allows exercise planners to identify hazards that exist in their community, where their population is most vulnerable, and where their critical infrastructure/key resources are at risk.The Hazard Explorer Tool was developed under the National Exercise Program, which serves as the principal mechanism for examining the preparedness and readiness of the United States across the entire homeland security and management exercise. Communities design, coordinate, conduct, and evaluate exercises across the US as a part of their preparedness efforts.The Map Journal serves as a tool to help you identify and evaluate potential exercise scenario locations, hazard exposure, and other risk-related factors to support exercise planning. In this tool, you will identify:Which hazards exist near your location;Where your population is most vulnerable; andWhat infrastructure and resources would be most impacted in your selected scenario location.The final output of this tool is a basic PDF map of your selected scenario location, as well as links to data sources that you can share with your GIS staff to conduct more in-depth analysis for use in planning and conducting your exercise.For more information on the Hazard Explorer Tool, please visit: https://preptoolkit.fema.gov/web/hazard-explorer/hazard-explorer-tool