Risk management - a different point of view?
This and other subjects in this course have used the emergency management framework, which includes:
- prevention;
- preparedness;
- response, and
- recovery.
The prevention and preparedness model has been used in both the risk assessment/ hazard analysis subject (EMG101 Emergency Management Planning I) and this subject, and is shown again below.
Figure 4.1: An emergency prevention and preparedness mode
In 1995, Standards Australia developed and produced their Risk management standard (current edition is AS/NZS 4360:2004). This standard has been developed to provide:
"…a generic guide for managing risk. This Standard may be applied to a very wide range of activities, decisions or operations of any public, private or community enterprise, group or individual." Standards Australia, 2004.
The standard has been developed by a broad cross-section of industries (see the page ii of the standard for the development committee representation) for application to many different contexts. This standard may become as important as the ISO 9000 series on quality management, in that organisations may soon be required to prove to clients, auditors, insurers, and others that they are managing risk responsibly. The Australian Public Service has already made risk management a mandatory requirement for Commonwealth departments, and it is possible that State and local governments may follow suit.
In EMG101, Emergency management Planning 1, we briefly examined the risk management process and how it has been adapted for use in the Emergency Management industry, being referred to as Emergency Risk Management.
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If you examine the assignment requirements for Assignment 2, you will notice that we require you to do a Potential Problem Analysis (PPA) relating to a hazard/ hazards that will impact upon your chosen community. This is the first stage in developing your emergency management plan for your selected community. |
What I would like you to do now is review the PPA process that we have examined and worked through in this topic and start working on your own PPA. Of course, as stated earlier, we expect you to involve your planning committee/ group in the development of the PPA, however you can commence now, before your next planning group meeting, so that you are able to provide them with an example of what you will be doing together. This will act as not only a starting point for you and your committee, but will act as a teaching aid for you when you explain the PPA process to the planning committee/group.