Risk identification
Establishing the context of a risk management programme or a risk assessment project provides is the first step in the risk assessment process
It provides a "game plan" or set of rules against which the project or programme is conducted. Establishing the context at the very start of your risk assessment project enables you to identify and set the scope, limitations, boundaries, policies, practices, relationships, internal and external influences that will determine how your project is conducted.
Figure 4.1
Emergency Risk Management Process
Source: Emergency Management Australia, 2000, Emergency risk management applications guide, EMA: Canberra.
Read
As an introduction to the identification of risks, complete the following reading:
Textbooks: Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand (2004), AS/NZS 4360/2004 Risk management. Sydney, p. 16, Section 3.3 Identify risks.