NETGroup South Africa (Pty) Ltd. - Disaster Management Institute ...
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<strong>Disaster</strong> <strong>Management</strong>IntroductionRisk Assessment• Risk assessment involves estimatingthe probability that a hazard willoccur and the potential impact ofsuch an event.• The risk assessment processinvolves using data, hypothesesand models to estimate theprobability of harm to humanhealth, infrastructure, or to theenvironment that may result fromexposure to specific hazards (Miller,2000).8/4/2012 6Improved governance through technology