A hazard is a source of potential harm. A hazard event is another term for emergency.
Some assurance activities examine system-wide risks that span across multiple hazard types, including reviews into the emergency management functions of sector organisations.
Examples of such assurance activities include the Review of 10 years of reform in Victoria’s emergency management sector and the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements.
| Publish year | Assurance activity | Summary | Organisation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Australia’s midterm review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 Report (External link) | Australia's midterm review of the Sendai Framework to ‘assess progress on integrating disaster risk reduction into policies, programmes and investments at all levels, identify good practice, gaps and challenges and accelerate the path to achieving the goal of the Sendai Framework and its seven global targets by 2030.’ | Australian Government |
| 2023 | 2022-23 Major Incidents Report (External link) | An overview of major incidents that involved the fire and emergency services sector, this report highlights significant incidents that have been of impact or consequence for fire and emergency services, providing background information about the incident and the corresponding response. | Australian Government |
| 2023 | Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council Strategic Directions Achievement Report 2023 (External link) | A report that demonstrates work completed in the 2022-23 financial year by all jurisdictions in conjunction with AFAC members and our partner agencies. Case studies provide a sample of initiatives undertaken towards the shared vision and joint commitment to safe and secure communities. | Independent |
| 2023 | Defence Assistance to the Civil Community (External link) | An audit that provides independent assurance to the Parliament of Australia on the effectiveness of the Department of Defence’s administrative arrangements to support the provision of emergency assistance to the civil community. | Australian National Audit Office |
| 2023 | Towards resilient communities: data capability and resource mapping for disaster preparedness (External link) | A collaboration with experienced members of Australian Red Cross to better understand the challenges and potential of data-driven decision-making for community disaster resilience. | Academia |
| 2023 | Insurance Catastrophe Resilience Report 2021–22 (External link) | A report that examines insurer data and insights for the previous 12 months of extreme weather events and advocates for changes to lessen the impact of future events. Events examined include the Mansfield earthquake and Victoria's extreme weather and flooding. | Independent |
| 2023 | Disaster recovery in Australia: A legal and policy survey (External link) | An examination of the legal and policy framework for recovery at both federal and state levels, with Victoria and NSW being selected for analysis. Under Australia’s federal system, state and territory governments have primary responsibility for emergency management, including recovery, with the Federal Government playing a supporting role. | Independent |
| 2023 | Implementation monitoring of 'Review of 10 years of reform in Victoria's emergency management sector' and 'Inquiry into the 2019-20 Victorian Fire Season – Phase 1’ - Progress Report - 2022 (External link) | IGEM's second progress report on the Victorian Government’s implementation of recommendations and actions in response to the Victorian Fire Season Inquiry Phase 1 report and and its 10 Year Review of sector reform. Of the 139 actions committed by the government to address recommendations from the 10 Year Review and Phase 1 report, a further 34 actions have been assessed as complete or closed, leaving 47 actions in progress. | Inspector-General for Emergency Management |
| 2023 | Independent Review of National Disaster Governance Arrangements (External link) | A review that examined if current and future national natural disaster governance arrangements are fit-for-purpose, it found that current arrangements do not adequately take the threat of climate change to our national resilience into account. | Independent |
| 2022 | Major Incidents Report 2021-22 (External link) | The sixth report of a continuing series that provides an annual record of major national incidents that have been viewed as significant by the emergency management sector. It outlines 36 significant events that impacted Australia across 2021-22 and provides an overview of 9 of these incidents, selected based on factors including uniqueness, duration, impacts, resourcing demands, tiers of government involved, specialist equipment required and learnings. | Australian Government, Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience, National Emergency Management Agency |