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Disaster Risk Management Guidelines

Doc type: Guideline

Doc No.: GL2009_004

Functional Group - Sub Group:
Corporate Administration - Governance
Clinical/ Patient Services - Critical care
Clinical/ Patient Services - Incident management
Population Health - Disaster management

Summary
The NSW Health Disaster Risk Management Guidelines have been developed to outline the disaster risk management process with structured and step-by-step approaches. The Guidelines are provided as a tool to enhance understanding of risk management integration linking to existing corporate planning and risk assessment within Area Health Services.

Date of Publication: 18 March 2009

Replaces: N/A
Author Branch: Counter Disaster Unit

This document applies to: Area Health Services/Chief Executive Governed Statutory Health Corporation, Board Governed Statutory Health Corporations, NSW Ambulance Service, NSW Dept of Health

Audience: CEs, AHS Functional Area Coordinators, Disaster Coordinators, all staff in disaster risk management

Distributed to: Public Health System, NSW Ambulance Service , NSW Department of Health

Review Date: 18 March 2011

Status: Active

File link: Disaster Risk Management Guidelines
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Disaster Risk Management Guidelines

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