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The Federal Government has implemented a programme of community risk assessment and management at a local government level. This programme is predominantly directed at natural risks (flood, wildfire, earthquake and landslip, storm, severe weather) in an effort to assist communities in identifying those hazards that occur frequently throughout the nation and in identifying the actions that can be taken at the local government level to minimise the often disastrous effects of those hazards. As a part of this national programme, Tasmania instituted the Tasmanian Emergency Risk Management Project which will result in the release of regional reports for each of the SES regions within the State. As a result of my involvement in this project, a database has been developed (see Mapping & Database Applications) to assist emergency managers in identifying, analysing and tracking sources of risk and their impacts on different communities.
The development of the risk analysis and evaluation complied with the requirements of AS/NZS 4360:2004 Risk Management and the Emergency Risk Management Applications Guide developed by Emergency Management Australia (EMA), although the guidelines were modified to better apply to community risks rather than corporate risks. The database mentioned above implements the analysis matrix set out in both the Standard and the Applications Guide.
As a result of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, a range of security measures was identified world-wide. Part of these measures was the development of the International Ship & Port Facility Security Code (ISPS Code) as an annex to the International Convention on the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS). These developments basically require ports, port facilities and ships to develop and maintain security plans to reduce the likelihood of international terrorist acts deriving from the operations of ports etc. The Federal Government has enacted the Maritime Transport Security Act 2003, which came into effect at the end of 2003. This Act, and the accompanying Regulations (the Maritime Transport Security Regulations 2003) implement the ISPS Code within Australian ports, port facilities and ships. Security Assessments undertaken as part of the development of Port Security Plans must comply with the requirements of AS/NZS 4360:2004.
The philosophy behind Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (sometimes also called Community Policing Through Environmental Design) or CPTED has been developed and implemented in various places around the world and, specifically, within Australia to address issues connected to public and community safety raised during the development approval processes of local government.
I am a Foundation Member of the Spatial Sciences Institute and presented a paper on the use of spatial data in emergency risk management, based on "The Tasmanian Emergency Risk Management Project" as a case study, to the recent Queensland SSI Conference (April 2004 in Brisbane).
Understanding of emergency management processes; Understanding of AS/NZS 4360:1999; Understanding of MARPOL, SOLAS and ISPS; Spatial representation of relevant data Understanding of the philosophy of CPTED
Application of MARPOL, SOLAS and ISPS Conventions
Application of the principles of CPTED
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