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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