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1.5 Identifying the riskOnce you have established the three principal elements of the risk, you now combine them toidentify the final risk statement. The following flow diagram shows this process at work:Figure 2: Risk identificationExample 3Critical assetFerrySource of riskArmed assaultPotential areasof impactFatalities orserious injuriesIdentified riskFerry experiences an armed assaultresulting in fatalities or serious injuriesIn the above example the operator’s identified risk is: ‘Ferry experiences an armed assault resultingin fatalities or serious injuries.’As discussed in Example 2 (Identifying potential areas of impact), the source of risk associated with acritical asset may have multiple potential areas of impact. These can be combined as a single risk butit may be more beneficial to break them down into separate statements to allow each risk to be treatedin its own right. The example risk register on page Example 28 gives a 3practical demonstration of how this mightbe achieved to deliver two risks:‘Depot suffers an arson attack resulting Ferry in damage to rolling stock’, andCritical Asset‘Depot suffers an arson attack resulting in fatalities or serious injuries’1.6 Part Source 1 checklist of riskArmed assaultWhen you have completed Part 1, you should have:• Identified critical assetsPotential areasFatalities or• Identified sources of riskof impactserious injuries• Identified potential areas of impact• Finalised a list of identified risksOnce you have completed these steps, you Ferry should experiences move on to the an armed risk analysisprocess Identified outlined in Part risk 2.assault resulting in fatalitiesor serious injuriesSecurity Risk Assessment Guide 13