Assurance in Emergency Management

Risks spanning across multiple hazard types and across the emergency management system

Bushfire and other fires have potential consequences including loss of life and property, and damage to infrastructure and environment

Risks include more days of extreme heat, harsher fire weather, less rainfall and rising sea levels

Risks relating to the confidentiality, availability, integrity of information and data and disruption of services

Reliable energy supplies are critical to many social and economic activities

Major flood events have occurred in Victoria every 10 to 20 years, with much of the increasing risk created by human settlement

Potential risks relate to many places where Victoria’s hazardous materials are manufactured, stored, transported, used and disposed

Heatwaves are considered to be the ‘silent killer’ of extreme weather events and are the leading cause of weather-related deaths in Australia

Risks may relate to the delivery of public health services, functioning of hospitals and organisations that deliver health, mental health and aged care services, impacts to community health and wellbeing and loss of life

Large-scale, scattered or isolated terrorist attacks carried out by individuals or non-state groups with ideological, political or religious goals, can result in loss of life, severe injury and/or material damage

Supply risk may relate to collection, storage, treatment, delivery, availability and allocation of water for consumption and environmental, recreation and cultural uses

Risks may relate to human resource supply and skills to support emergency management operations