Implementation of recommendations from IGEM system-wide reviews - Progress Report 2020 | Inspector-General for Emergency Management Victoria

All hazards

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

Biosecurity

Exotic animal and plant disease outbreaks and pest incursions can have significant economic, community and environmental impacts.

Bushfire and other fires

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

Climate change

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

Communications disruption

Communications services are crucial in keeping communities safe, connected and informed before, during and after emergencies.

Cyber security and ICT systems failure

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

Energy supply disruption

Reliable energy supplies are critical to many social and economic activities.

Flood

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

Hazardous material incident

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

Heatwave

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

Public health emergency

Risks may relate to the delivery of public health services, with impacts on community health and wellbeing and potential for loss of life.

Supply chain disruption

Geopolitical, environmental, economic, societal and infrastructure-related shocks can expose supply chains to wide ranging consequences.

Terrorism and extremism

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.

Water supply disruption

Risks include collection, storage, treatment, delivery, availability and allocation of water for consumption and environmental, recreation and cultural uses.

Workforce and resourcing

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

This is IGEM’s second system-wide reviews progress report which summarises key activities and provides an assessment of implementation progress of 11 recommendations accepted by government from the following four published IGEM system-wide reviews:

Under section 64(1)(ba) of the Emergency Management Act 2013, IGEM monitors and reports to the Minister for Police and Emergency Services on the implementation of recommendations arising from its system-wide reviews.

In this report, IGEM observes that the emergency management sector has made good progress in relation to emergency management planning and preparedness to support high-risk Victorian communities and individuals, and improvements to state arrangements for impact assessment and consequence management.

Of the 11 recommendations assessed in this report, IGEM considers:

one as complete
one as closed
nine as ongoing

IGEM will continue to monitor the implementation of the ongoing recommendations from this report, and the implementation of all accepted recommendations from published system-wide reviews conducted under IGEM’s Annual Forward Plan of Reviews.

Implementation of recommendations from IGEM system-wide reviews - Progress Report 2020 was published on 29 October 2020.

You can access the report from the link at the bottom of this page, or view as a flipbook (External link).

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