The district component of the State Risk and Capability Project assessed at least five hazards in each emergency management (EM) district. Participants from the District Emergency Management Committees and other relevant agencies attended the workshops held in each regional centre. For district-level assessment, the four metropolitan EM districts were combined due to their common and intertwined geography.
The risk assessment stage of the project ran between 2015 and 2016. Risk reports summarizing the risks from the assessed hazards in each district were released in June 2017 along with a media release.
Each report explained the risks posed to the district from various priority hazards. In a workshop setting, participants assessed credible worst-case scenarios for each hazard to determine the risks. The assessment covered the impact of hazards on five key areas: the district's economy, its people, public administration, the environment, and the social setting. These areas were part of the State Core Objectives.
The collective district data represented the culmination of three years of extensive collaboration involving 406 individuals from 119 separate agencies. The State Risk and Capability Project identified the district level as the most practical avenue for assessing risk, developing treatments, and measuring capability. These reports provided evidence on how emergencies would likely affect the state, informing mitigation options and expenditure priorities to build a more resilient state.
The State Risk Project team then worked with EM Districts to investigate treatments for identified risks.
The District profiles summarises the results of the State Risk and Capability Project risk assessment workshops in each EM district. It covers key priority hazards, as identified by the relevant District Emergency Management Committee (DEMC). The impacts of these hazards were assessed across five key impact areas (economy, public administration, people, environment and social setting) as specific risks called risk statements. Within the larger emergency risk management process, these reports sit between the risk analysis and risk evaluation steps as it presents the results of the analysis to stakeholders in order for them to evaluate which risks require treatment.
