Loss of life, assets Camps plan to evacuate from school camps and infrastructure, students on extreme days, starting fires and Camp fires, time and cost of incidences where fire has impacting surrounding People & Social Significant 15 Social other human recovery, public started on a school camp and Rare Low areas throughout Setting factors perception, spread to adjoining areas are Mansfield Shire on high environmental rare. Larger than average and above FDR days impact media interest Loss of power to Risk of distribution lines Direct fire local community & sub stations being impact on (location of effect May take up to a week to impacted/damaged by People & Social dependant on restore to towns, Will 16 bushfire on an extreme Social Setting falling location of impact) affect smaller towns more as Possible High Major and above FDR day Infrastructure debris or loss of Mansfield has a ring power leading to a loss of vehicles communications, feed service accidents. loss of fire fighting capacity A number of nationally threatened aquatic species occur in the shire, A large Risk to a reduction in Reduction in water People & Social Fire in the percentage of the shire is a 17 water quality due to Social quality, impact on Possible Moderate Setting catchment "Special Water Supply Serious post fire run off biodiversity Catchment" and consequences could be widespread Risk of widespread outage, deliberate power Reliable electricity is essential switch off by People to community welfare - Important 18 transmission company Social Social Nil Power Nil power communications re risk, Likely Low due to potential fire on Infrastructrure water, waste very high and above water, fire fighting capacity, etc FDR Loss of mobile service Critical to community for due to power People 18 Loss of warnings, advice, community interruption incl. Social Social Nil power Possible High Serious a) communications networks and public wellbeing, disconnection by Infrastructure less dependency by agencies transmission company Electrical Loss of supply for Risk of loss of People social outage fire Greater impact if extended – 18 drinking, fire fighting Important supply due to prolonged Social setting or deliberate period greater than 24 Possible Low b) capacity, vulnerable electrical outage economic transmission hours/days people concerns switch off
15 from school camps starting fires and impacting surrounding areas throughout Mansfield Shire on high and above FDR days Social People & Social Setting Camp fires, other human factors Loss of life, assets and infrastructure, time and cost of recovery, public perception, environmental impact Camps plan to evacuate students on extreme days, incidences where fire has started on a school camp and spread to adjoining areas are rare. Larger than average media interest Rare Low Significant 16 Risk of distribution lines & sub stations being impacted/damaged by bushfire on an extreme and above FDR day leading to a loss of service Social People & Social Setting Infrastructure Direct fire impact on falling debris or vehicles accidents. Loss of power to local community (location of effect dependant on location of impact) loss of communications, loss of fire fighting capacity May take up to a week to restore to towns, Will affect smaller towns more as Mansfield has a ring power feed Possible High Major 17 Risk to a reduction in water quality due to post fire run off Social People & Social Setting Fire in the catchment Reduction in water quality, impact on biodiversity A number of nationally threatened aquatic species occur in the shire, A large percentage of the shire is a "Special Water Supply Catchment" and consequences could be widespread Possible Moderate Serious 18 Risk of widespread outage, deliberate power switch off by transmission company due to potential fire on very high and above FDR Social People Social Infrastructrure Nil Power Nil power Reliable electricity is essential to community welfare - communications re risk, water, waste water, fire fighting capacity, etc Likely Low Important 18 a) Loss of mobile service due to power interruption incl. disconnection by transmission company Social People Social Infrastructure Nil power Loss of communications Critical to community for warnings, advice, community networks and public wellbeing, less dependency by agencies Possible High Serious 18 b) Risk of loss of supply due to prolonged electrical outage Social People social setting economic Electrical outage – fire or deliberate transmission switch off Loss of supply for drinking, fire fighting capacity, vulnerable people concerns Greater impact if extended period greater than 24 hours/days Possible Low Important