Community safety sectors Infrastructure
Last updated:18 June 2024
Every sector we work with is managing the rapid acceleration of knowledge and capabilities within community safety. We help our collaborators navigate this growth by providing the data, tools, applications, and guidance needed to prepare for the future.
Working together
Our community safety team collaborate with the infrastructure sector to:
- Inform decision making that safeguard existing and emerging infrastructure
- Inform revisions to loading standards that contribute to the National Construction Code
- Characterise the hazard environment to support design decisions
- Provide the evidence base to ensure infrastructure investment programs are fit for the environment
- Develop vulnerability models for infrastructure systems to determine the vulnerability of interconnected infrastructure systems
Learn more about our infrastructure collaborations geared towards improving the preparedness, response and recovery cycle of natural hazard events.
Top products
National Seismic Hazard Assessment (NSHA)
The NSHA defines the level of earthquake ground shaking across Australia, allowing higher hazard areas to be identified and mitigation strategies to be developed.
Tropical Cyclone Hazard Assessment (TCHA)
Define the severe wind hazard posed by tropical cyclones in Australia. Use it to calculate local cyclone impact models and develop evidence-based evacuation plans and mitigation strategies.
Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment (PTHA)
Model the frequency of tsunamis around the Australian coast.
Australian Exposure Information Portal (AEIP)
Develop a statistical summary of the number of people, dwellings, buildings, infrastructure assets, agricultural and environmental assets potentially exposed during a threat or hazard event.
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Wind Simulation (VAWS)
Model the vulnerability of small buildings to wind and examine the change in vulnerability by mitigation measures.
Case study Analysing historic geomagnetic data to identify space weather hazards
How historic geomagnetic data is influencing Australian electricity infrastructure decision making.