Risk Management in the Context of Multi-Risk Assessment

Abstract

The late 20th and early 21st centuries were marked by sudden and rapid changes, including the free flow and interconnectedness of people, information, and trade, but the most prominent changes pertain to scientific and technological advancements. New connections were also found between different scientific disciplines, which had previously been considered unrelated, thus causing the breakthrough of multidisciplinary sciences. Unfortunately, the 21st century has so far been ridden with natural disasters worldwide. According to EM-DAT (Emergency Event Database 2015), the consequences and losses caused by natural disasters have been increasing. Thus, risk assessment became a priority for reducing the risk from natural disasters. Risk assessment is the essence of risk management. Just as there are connections between various scientific disciplines, so are there connections between various disastrous events, which resulted in the increased importance of the concept of multi-risk. Multi-hazard risk assessment is a key step in integrated risk management. Over the last decade, the interest in multi-risk assessment has grown in Europe but also globally.

Analysis of Risk and No-Risk Interventions by Members of Fire and Rescue Units Under Multi-Risk Conditions

“…Multi-risk, which causes the occupational risk to firefighters during interventions, is a challenge to be faced through proper consideration of the possible side effects among the potential hazards, i.e. situations in which one potential hazard can cause one or more consecutive potential hazards [8].…”