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Hey, I'm wondering if some Farkiners could take some time to help me out...
I'm doing some post-grad study in environmental conservation and landscape management (yeah, yeah, another do my homework for me thread...
), and as part of my assessment I need to complete a environmental risk assessment (ERA) on an existing local DH track (FYI, Channel 10 track on Mt Dandenong), with further consideration of the management implications for a legal track in the region.
What I need as part of the ERA process is a group of "experts" whose role is to brainstorm the potential hazards resulting from the track, as it currently exists, with no further management conditions being imposed (also pretend the track hasn't been closed off by Parks Vic). This is where Farkin comes in. I'd like to undertake an informal mini ERA process using the members of Farkin as experts.
What I would like is for those willing to participate to do two things:
1. List any hazards you perceive resulting from the existence of a DH track. This includes all environmental, economic and social hazards that could result from the track – these don’t need to be likely to occur, step 2 will assess the likelihood. You don't need to know the track in question, generally any DH track should yield a similar set of hazards. But for the record, last time I looked, there are no large stunts, jumps, drops, etc.
1a. If you wish to, list any benefits of having said track.
2. Copy the survey sheet below into a new reply and score the hazards listed in terms of both likelihood and consequence, please try not to be too influenced by others’ opinions. You only need to fill out the likelihood for the injuries as the consequence has been used as the hazard descriptor.
I recognise that some sections will be difficult to accurately assess, especially the environmental impacts, as you won’t have the specific information available, but I’m really interested to see what comes out of the process. Use your best educated guess, or base it on a track you’re familiar with.
The ranking criteria for likelihood and consequence ranges from 1-5, where 1=rare / insignificant, and 5= almost certain / catastrophic, respectively. If you're undecided, you can use a range of values eg 3-4.
Likelihood / consequence scores:
1. rare / insignificant (no injury)
2. unlikely / minor (first aid)
3. possible / moderate (medical treatment)
4. likely / major (extensive injury)
5. almost certain / catastrophic (death)
It may help if you think along the lines of – what’s the likelihood of this occurring, and what’s the consequence if it does? For example, if you think there’s a small risk of collision with horses, you’d score the likelihood a 2 maybe 3, but you may perceive that such a collision could result in serious injury or death therefore you’d score it a 4 or 5 for consequence.
If you’ve read this far, thanks for reading, I hope it makes sense.
Well, I guess we'll see how this goes...
Farkin ERA survey form:
Age:
Have you ridden or do you have knowledge of the Channel 10 track?:
Expertise (choose any that are applicable):
•Target user group - mtb rider:
Trail advocate:
•Other recreational user (National Park, so non-motorised vehicles only) – eg horse rider, bush walker, etc:
•Environmental “expert” - ie manager / conservationist / knowledgeable:
•Other relevant (if so, please list):
Potential Hazards – without any further management conditions in place:
-Injuries resulting from DH mtbing:
o Minor injury (up to and including broken bones, but not requiring ambulance attendance),
Likelihood:
Consequence: 2-3
o Serious injury (non-life threatening / disabling, require ambulance attendance),
Likelihood:
Consequence: 3-4
o Serious injury (life threatening or permanent disability),
Likelihood:
Consequence: 5
- changing environmental conditions resulting in hazard to riders:
o rain, wet track,
Likelihood:
Consequence:
o fallen trees,
Likelihood:
Consequence:
o dry track,
Likelihood:
Consequence:
-environmental impacts:
o soil impacts (erosion, land slip, rut formation, etc.):-
Likelihood:
Consequence:
o listed threatened species and communities impacts:-
Likelihood:
Consequence:
o flora impacts (eg terrestrial orchid populations, tree removal, etc):-
Likelihood:
Consequence:
o fauna impacts (noise, traffic, etc):-
Likelihood:
Consequence:
o weed invasion impacts (bike and rider acting as vectors, or via opportunistic colonisation of cleared areas ie. DH track):-
Likelihood:
Consequence:
-social impacts:
o land user conflicts (collisions, etc.):-
Likelihood:
Consequence:
o public nuisance (parking, shuttle road use, noise, hooliganism):-
Likelihood:
Consequence:
o increased fire hazard (eg smoking, parking in long grass.):-
Likelihood:
Consequence:
o further expansion of existing track network, informal trail building, track widening / line modification, etc:-
Likelihood:
Consequence:
I'm doing some post-grad study in environmental conservation and landscape management (yeah, yeah, another do my homework for me thread...
), and as part of my assessment I need to complete a environmental risk assessment (ERA) on an existing local DH track (FYI, Channel 10 track on Mt Dandenong), with further consideration of the management implications for a legal track in the region. What I need as part of the ERA process is a group of "experts" whose role is to brainstorm the potential hazards resulting from the track, as it currently exists, with no further management conditions being imposed (also pretend the track hasn't been closed off by Parks Vic
). This is where Farkin comes in. I'd like to undertake an informal mini ERA process using the members of Farkin as experts. What I would like is for those willing to participate to do two things:
1. List any hazards you perceive resulting from the existence of a DH track. This includes all environmental, economic and social hazards that could result from the track – these don’t need to be likely to occur, step 2 will assess the likelihood. You don't need to know the track in question, generally any DH track should yield a similar set of hazards. But for the record, last time I looked, there are no large stunts, jumps, drops, etc.
1a. If you wish to, list any benefits of having said track.
2. Copy the survey sheet below into a new reply and score the hazards listed in terms of both likelihood and consequence, please try not to be too influenced by others’ opinions. You only need to fill out the likelihood for the injuries as the consequence has been used as the hazard descriptor.
I recognise that some sections will be difficult to accurately assess, especially the environmental impacts, as you won’t have the specific information available, but I’m really interested to see what comes out of the process. Use your best educated guess, or base it on a track you’re familiar with.
The ranking criteria for likelihood and consequence ranges from 1-5, where 1=rare / insignificant, and 5= almost certain / catastrophic, respectively. If you're undecided, you can use a range of values eg 3-4.
Likelihood / consequence scores:
1. rare / insignificant (no injury)
2. unlikely / minor (first aid)
3. possible / moderate (medical treatment)
4. likely / major (extensive injury)
5. almost certain / catastrophic (death)
It may help if you think along the lines of – what’s the likelihood of this occurring, and what’s the consequence if it does? For example, if you think there’s a small risk of collision with horses, you’d score the likelihood a 2 maybe 3, but you may perceive that such a collision could result in serious injury or death therefore you’d score it a 4 or 5 for consequence.
If you’ve read this far, thanks for reading, I hope it makes sense.
Well, I guess we'll see how this goes...
Farkin ERA survey form:
Age:
Have you ridden or do you have knowledge of the Channel 10 track?:
Expertise (choose any that are applicable):
•Target user group - mtb rider:
Trail advocate:
•Other recreational user (National Park, so non-motorised vehicles only) – eg horse rider, bush walker, etc:
•Environmental “expert” - ie manager / conservationist / knowledgeable:
•Other relevant (if so, please list):
Potential Hazards – without any further management conditions in place:
-Injuries resulting from DH mtbing:
o Minor injury (up to and including broken bones, but not requiring ambulance attendance),
Likelihood:
Consequence: 2-3
o Serious injury (non-life threatening / disabling, require ambulance attendance),
Likelihood:
Consequence: 3-4
o Serious injury (life threatening or permanent disability),
Likelihood:
Consequence: 5
- changing environmental conditions resulting in hazard to riders:
o rain, wet track,
Likelihood:
Consequence:
o fallen trees,
Likelihood:
Consequence:
o dry track,
Likelihood:
Consequence:
-environmental impacts:
o soil impacts (erosion, land slip, rut formation, etc.):-
Likelihood:
Consequence:
o listed threatened species and communities impacts:-
Likelihood:
Consequence:
o flora impacts (eg terrestrial orchid populations, tree removal, etc):-
Likelihood:
Consequence:
o fauna impacts (noise, traffic, etc):-
Likelihood:
Consequence:
o weed invasion impacts (bike and rider acting as vectors, or via opportunistic colonisation of cleared areas ie. DH track):-
Likelihood:
Consequence:
-social impacts:
o land user conflicts (collisions, etc.):-
Likelihood:
Consequence:
o public nuisance (parking, shuttle road use, noise, hooliganism):-
Likelihood:
Consequence:
o increased fire hazard (eg smoking, parking in long grass.):-
Likelihood:
Consequence:
o further expansion of existing track network, informal trail building, track widening / line modification, etc:-
Likelihood:
Consequence:
