Lancefield-Cobaw Fire - Progress Report - August 2016 | 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 the third and final report by the Inspector-General for Emergency Management on the implementation of recommendations from the Independent Investigation of the Lancefield-Cobaw Fire and the additional 10 commitments of the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP).

As of 5 August 2016, IGEM found that DELWP had satisfactorily implemented 19 of the 22 recommendations and all of the 10 commitments

There are three recommendations still in progress - Recommendations R1, R2 and R3, which will be implemented as part of Safer Together, the government’s new approach to reducing the risk of bushfire in Victoria.

IGEM’s Interim Progress Report was published in February 2016, and a further progress report was published in July 2016.

Further implementation progress will be reported in IGEM's Safer Together Progress Report(s).

This final report was published on 28 September 2016.

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