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A threat assessment is a vital step that enables an organization to contribute effectively and safely to disaster recovery within the broader community. Conducting a threat assessment helps protect the organization's staff and assets by identifying potential dangers and risks. This is essential to avoid endangering employees and resources. By assessing threats, an organization gains a clear understanding of what it can and cannot handle. This ensures the organization takes on roles and responsibilities it can manage effectively during disaster recovery.
A comprehensive threat assessment enables an organization to develop solid response plans, allocate resources wisely, and set priorities. This results in a more organized and impactful contribution to community recovery efforts. Knowing the specific threats and risks allows for better coordination with other groups involved in disaster recovery. This ensures efforts are complementary and not redundant, improving overall recovery operations.
For a festival to be able to contribute to recovery from a disaster affecting the community, the organization must understand how the organization and festival will be impacted by the disaster. This threat assessment will help the organization learn how it might be impacted by disasters in the region, which will enable it to determine the role it can (or cannot) play in recovery.
Column 1: Region. What areas does the festival operate within? Consider both the festival site and the organization's home base/
Column 2: What types of hazards/disasters are seen in this area?
Column 3: For each hazard consider both high probability/low impact scenarios and low probability/high impact scenarios.
Column 4: As you assess potential impacts, identify any vulnerabilities or weaknesses in the asset that would make it susceptible to loss. These vulnerabilities are opportunities for hazard prevention or risk mitigation. Record opportunities for prevention and mitigation in column 4.
Column 5: Estimate the probability that the scenarios will occur on a scale of “L” for low, “M” for medium and “H” for high.
Columns 6-10: Analyze the potential impact of the hazard scenario in columns 6 - 10. Rate impacts “L” for low, “M” for medium and “H” for high.
Column 8: Information from the Festival impact analysis should be used to rate the impact on “Operations.”
Column 10: The “entity” column is used to estimate potential financial, regulatory, contractual, and brand/image/reputation impacts.
Column 11: The “Overall Festival Rating” is a two-letter combination of the rating for “probability of occurrence” (column 5) and the highest rating in columns 6 – 10 (impacts on people, property, operations, environment, and entity).
Column 12: Assess the ability of the festival to contribute resources within the community on a scale of “L” for low, “M” for medium and “H” for high. Identify specific recourse that could be contributed.
Column 13: Assess the ability of the festival to contribute knowledge/skills within the community on a scale of “L” for low, “M” for medium and “H” for high. Identify specific recourse that could be contributed.
Carefully review scenarios with potential impacts rated as “moderate” or “high.” Develop comprehensive emergency management plans for these scenarios. Consider whether action can be taken to prevent these scenarios or to reduce the potential impacts.
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