Our future after COVID

All hazards

Risks spanning across multiple hazard types and across the emergency management system.

Biosecurity

Exotic animal and plant disease outbreaks and pest incursions can have significant economic, community and environmental impacts.

Bushfire and other fires

Bushfire and other fires have potential consequences including loss of life and property, and damage to infrastructure and environment.

Climate change

Risks include more days of extreme heat, harsher fire weather, less rainfall and rising sea levels.

Communications disruption

Communications services are crucial in keeping communities safe, connected and informed before, during and after emergencies.

Cyber security and ICT systems failure

Risks relating to the confidentiality, availability, integrity of information and data and disruption of services.

Energy supply disruption

Reliable energy supplies are critical to many social and economic activities.

Flood

Major flood events have occurred in Victoria every 10 to 20 years, with much of the increasing risk created by human settlement.

Hazardous material incident

Potential risks relate to many places where Victoria’s hazardous materials are manufactured, stored, transported, used and disposed.

Heatwave

Heatwaves are considered to be the ‘silent killer’ of extreme weather events and are the leading cause of weather-related deaths in Australia.

Public health emergency

Risks may relate to the delivery of public health services, with impacts on community health and wellbeing and potential for loss of life.

Supply chain disruption

Geopolitical, environmental, economic, societal and infrastructure-related shocks can expose supply chains to wide ranging consequences.

Terrorism and extremism

Attacks carried out by individuals or non-state groups with ideological, political or religious goals can result in loss of life, severe injury and/or material damage.

Water supply disruption

Risks include collection, storage, treatment, delivery, availability and allocation of water for consumption and environmental, recreation and cultural uses.

Workforce and resourcing

Risks may relate to human resource supply and skills to support emergency management operations.

Join the Emergency Services Foundation Insight Conversation: How the emergency management sector can create a better brighter future after COVID (External link)

Author and public servant Andrew Wear proposes in his latest book Recovery. How we can create a better, brighter future after a crisis that while the pandemic has been the biggest crisis in a generation, our recovery represents an enormous opportunity. It has the potential to spark us to renewed prosperity, advance us on a path to net zero emissions, reduce inequality and strengthen our democracy. It’s time to raise our ambition.

Andrew will lead this insight conversation about how the emergency service / management sector can create a better brighter future after COVID and will be joined by John Richardson - National Resilience Adviser for Australian Red Cross, and Carmel Flynn - CEO at Bushfire Recovery Victoria (BRV).

Event details

17 November 2021

2.00 - 3.00pm

Registration for this online is free (External link)

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