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Emergency Procedures Plan [pdf]
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Business Continuity Management Policy [pdf]

Risk Management
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Risk Process Flow Chart
Risk Descriptors
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Risk Likelihood and Consequence Descriptors

Risk Likelihood Descriptors

Rating	Description	Likelihood of Occurrence
1	Rare	Highly unlikely, but it may occur in exceptional circumstances. It could happen, but probably never will.
2	Unlikely	Not expected, but there's a slight possibility it may occur at some time.
3	Possible	The event might occur at some time as there is a history of casual occurrence at the University &/or similar institutions.
4	Likely	There is a strong possibility the event will occur as there is a history of frequent occurrence at the University &/or similar institutions.
5	Almost Certain	Very likely. The event is expected to occur in most circumstances as there is a history of regular occurrence at the University &/or similar institutions.

Risk Consequence Descriptors

Rating	Description	Financial Impact	Clients & Staff Health & Safety	Business Interruption	Reputation & Image	Corporate Objectives
1	Insignificant	Minimal financial loss; Less than $300,000	No or only minor personal injury; First Aid needed but no days lost	Negligible; Critical systems unavailable for less than one hour	Negligible impact	Resolved in day-to-day management
2	Minor	$300,000 to $2M; not covered by insurance	Minor injury; Medical treatment & some days lost	Inconvenient; Critical systems unavailable for several hours	Adverse local media coverage only	Minor impact
3	Moderate	$2M to $5M; not covered by insurance	Injury; Possible hospitalisation & numerous days lost	Client dissatisfaction; Critical systems unavailable for less than 1 day	Adverse capital city media coverage	Significant impact
4	Major	$5M to $10M; not covered by insurance	Single death &/or long-term illness or multiple serious injuries	Critical systems unavailable for 1 day or a series of prolonged outages	Adverse and extended national media coverage	Major impact
5	Catastrophic	Above $10M; not covered by insurance	Fatality(ies) or permanent disability or ill-health	Critical systems unavailable for more than a day (at a crucial time)	Demand for government inquiry	Disastrous impact

Updated: 12 April 2007

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