Glossary |
| Emergency | an event,
actual or imminent, which endangers or threatens to endanger life, property
or the environment, and which is beyond the resources of a single organisation
to manage or which requires the coordination of a number of significant
emergency management activities.
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| Hazard | A situation or condition with potential for loss or harm to the community or environment.”1 , including:
Some major natural hazards such as bushfires and cyclones are seasonal and regional but other types of hazards; particularly those created by humans, are less predictable and could occur at anytime and anywhere. |
| Hazard Management Agency | An organisation which,
because of its legislative responsibility or specialised knowledge, expertise
and resources, is responsible for ensuring that emergency management activities
pertaining to the prevention of, preparedness for, response to and recovery from a specific hazard is undertaken. It is responsible for the preparation, promulgation, testing and maintenance of hazard emergency management plans. |
| All Hazard Approach | means one plan fits
all hazards including evacuation - no matter what the cause, the procedure
for evacuation is the same. |
| Key Business Processes | are those processes
that are essential to the achievement of business objectives. Loss of a
key business process for any period longer than the maximum acceptable outage
(see below) is defined as a business interruption |
| Business Interruption Event | A risk event that has a business consequence |
| Business Impact Analysis (BIA) | Identifies, quantifies
and qualifies all potential impacts and projects their effects on the organisation.
The BIA is undertaken for all key business processes and establishes the
recovery priorities, should those processes be disrupted or lost.
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| Outage | An extraordinary event
causing a disruption to or loss of key processes, and which has a significant
impact on the organisation. |
| Maximum Acceptable Outage (MAO) | The time before an
outage is likely to stop an organisation achieving its business objectives.
The MAO defines the maximum time an organisation can survive without key
functions before continuity plans and recovery procedures must commence.
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| Risk Event | Any non trivial event
that affects the ability of an organisation to achieve its business objectives. |
| BCP | Business Continuity
Plan |
| BIA | Business Impact Analysis
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| BRP | Business Resumption
Plan |
| CBP | Critical Business Processes
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| DEMC | District Emergency
Management Committee |
| DCD | Department of Community
Development |
| DRP | Disaster Recovery Plan
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| FESA | Fire & Emergency
Services Authority |
| HMA | Hazard Management Agency
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| KPI | Key Performance Indicator
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| LEMC | Local Emergency Management
Committee |
| LG | Local Government
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| MEMC | Metropolitan District
Emergency Management Committee |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding
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| PPRR | Prevention/mitigation,
Preparedness, Response and Recovery |
| SEMC | State Emergency Management
Committee |
| SES | State Emergency Services
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| SECG | State Emergency Management
Committee |
| SWOT | Strengths, Weaknesses,
Opportunities and Threats Analysis |
| WESTPLAN | Western Australian
Emergency Management Plan |
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Emergency Management Australia - Emergency Risk
Management Applications Guide 2001