Critical infrastructure assessment

The Critical Infrastructure (CI) Assessment Tool is a resource to assist local authorities with the analysis of CI in the context of hazard scenarios. The primary purpose of the assessment tool and associated process is:

• Focus on CI analysis at the local authority level
• Require minimal technical expertise
• Provide an avenue to discuss services and assets that are critical to residents during an emergency
• External goods and services they rely on in order to make those assets available

The process is intended to to facilitate discussion that will:

• Enhance overall awareness of CI dependencies among key actors
• Identify and analyze vulnerable goods, services, and critical local assets
• Identify ways to increase robustness and decrease redundancies
• Develop and implement recommendations related to prevention/mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery

Resources

This suite of resources assists the participants (the individuals invited to participate in the CI assessment process) and the champion (the individual selected to lead the CI assessment process) throughout the process.