DRDC Support to EMBC Hazard Risk Vulnerability Analysis and Critical Infrastructure Programs Presentation to Risk Assessment Users Group Lynne Genik, DRDC CSS 7 November 2012
Jan 26, 2016
DRDC Support to EMBC Hazard Risk Vulnerability Analysis and Critical Infrastructure ProgramsPresentation to Risk Assessment Users GroupLynne Genik, DRDC CSS7 November 2012
DRDC-EMBC Collaborative Project
Post V2010, established 2 year DRDC-EMBC collaborative project focused on:
• Risk assessment• Critical infrastructure• Information sharing as it relates to above areas
DRDC goals: • Support EMBC in achieving their objectives• Demonstrate value of scientific approach• Develop approaches (methodologies, tools, etc.)
that can be applied nationally•DRDC resources:
• 1.5 scientists, co-op student (1 FT term, 1 PT term), 2 contracts 2
EMBC HRVA and CI Programs
Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability Analysis (HRVA) Program• Centred on HRVA Tool Kit
Purpose: To help a community make risk-based choices to address vulnerabilities, mitigate hazards and prepare for response to and recovery from hazard events
Critical Infrastructure Assurance Program (CIAP)• Purpose:
To assist stakeholders to better prepare for, prevent, and manage incidents
To provide a framework, guidance, tools for enhancing CI reslience and reducing risk from vulnerabilities
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The Problem
• Somewhat ambiguous objectives • HRVA: Take it to next level• CI: Enhance resilience
• Multiple stakeholders• Public and private sectors• All levels of government
• Both issues have characteristics of “wicked” problems• Defining the problem is the problem• First step - problem formulation and solution stragegy
(stakeholders consultations, literature review, etc.)• Iterative, learning process
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DRDC Projects
Projects (currently under way or completed) to address some of the gaps identified:
1. Systems Analysis of Community Resilience
2. Scenario “Mission to Task” Analysis
3. CI Pilot Projects
4. Extensive Literature Searches
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1. Systems Analysis of Community Resilience
• Purpose:
• To examine a community as a (complex) system to understand factors that underpin its resilience and identify steps to improve resilience against key hazards and threats
Contract with Serco UK
Community requirements:
• Population 5,000 – 50,000• Has conducted all hazards risk assessment • Limited resources• Engaged Emergency Program Coordinator (EPC) 6
Systems Analysis of Community Resilience (cont’d)
• Community: Pemberton Valley
• Includes Village of Pemberton, Squamish Lillooet Regional District, Mount Currie First Nations
• Population ~5000
Status:
• Initial community visit June 2012• Stakeholder workshops Oct 2012
Four sessions: First Nations, Community, Business, First Responder
Hazards and essential services
2. Scenario “Mission to Task” Analysis
•Purpose:
• To create approaches for developing hazard specific plans for communities with limited resources and minimal external support
•Contract with CMC Electronics
•Community requirements:
1.Population 5,000-50,000 and volunteer fire dept
2.Population > 50,000 and professional fire dept• Both communities should have conducted all hazards risk
assessments• Signficiant population difference between communities• Engaged EPCs
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Scenario “Mission to Task” Analysis (cont’d)
•Communities:
• Nanaimo Population ~90,000 Hazards: Earthquake and hazmat
• Parksville Population ~12,000 Hazards: Earthquake and interface fire
•Status:
• Initial community visits July 2012• Stakeholder workshops late November 2012
Objectives in context of frameworks scenarios, success criteria 9
3. CI Pilot Projects
•Purpose: To develop an understanding of priority CI issues facing organizations/communities and create tool(s) to provide insight on issues
•Consulting with BC CI Steering Committee (chaired by EMBC)
•Participant requirements:
• 1-2 commercial companies (from transportation, energy, communications sectors)
• 1 urban local authority (LA)• 1 rural LA• 1 LA that has used the EMBC CI Rating Tool, 1 that hasn’t10
CI Pilot Projects (cont’d)
•Participants:
• TransLink• Corporation of Delta
•Status:
• Currently working with TransLink• Non-Disclosure Agreement in place• Model under development • Workshop with TransLink representatives January 2013
Gather data and validate model
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4. Literature Searches
•Risk assessment (RA) and critical infrastructure (CI)
•Focus on references that are:
• Relevant to public safety and security• Consider all hazards and threats • From developed countries such as Canada,
the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and Germany
• Current
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Literature Search Results
•Two literature search documents, each of which presents a categorization scheme and descriptions for approximately 200 references, including:
• Government publications • Academic papers• Practitioner reports• Work of non-governmental or private sector
organizations
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RA Categorization Scheme
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CI Categorization Scheme
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How to Use the Literature Search Documents
•Categorization and organization
• Guides readers to the references they are looking for •D
escriptive information • Aids readers in determining the relevance of the
references to their work and/or interests•B
ibliographic information • Hyperlinks permit readers to retrieve references • If hyperlinks are unavailable, readers must use own
databases or library resources (for example, some references must be purchased)
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Q & A
Questions?
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