Impact scoring scale

Impact scoring scale (qualitative measures). This table explains the categories and scale of possible impacts on the community.

Level	Descriptor	Categories of impact	Description of impact
1	Insignificant	Health	Insignificant number of injuries or impact on health
		Social	Insignificant number of persons displaced and insignificant personal support required
		Economic	Insignificant impact on local economy
		Environment	Insignificant impact on environment
2	Minor	Health	Small number of people affected, no fatalities, and small number of minor injuries with first aid treatment
		Social	Minor damage to properties Minor displacement of small number of people for <24 hours and minor personal support required Minor localised disruption to community services or infrastructure for <24 hours
		Economic	Negligible impact on local economy and cost easily absorbed
		Environment	Minor impact on environment with no lasting effects
3	Moderate	Health	Sufficient number of fatalities with some casualties requiring hospitalisation and medical treatment and activation of MAJAX, the automated intelligent alert and notification system, in one or more hospitals
		Social	Damage confined to a specific location, or to a number of locations, but requires additional resources Localised displacement of <100 people for 1 -3 days Localised disruption to infrastructure and community services
		Economic	Limited impact on local economy with some short-term loss of production, with possible additional clean-up costs
		Environment	Limited impact on environment with short-term or long-term effects
4	Significant	Health	Significant number of people affected, with multiple fatalities, multiple serious or extensive injuries, significant hospitalisation and activation of MAJAX procedure across a number of hospitals
		Social	Significant damage requiring support for local responders from external resources 100 to 500 people in danger and displaced for longer than 1 week. Local responders require external resources to deliver personal support Significant impact and possible breakdown of delivery of some local community services
		Economic	Significant impact on local economy with medium-term loss of production Significant extra clean-up and recovery costs
		Environment	Significant impact on environment with medium to long term effects
5	Catastrophic	Health	Very large numbers of people affected with significant fatalities, large number of people requiring hospitalisation with serious injuries and long-term effects
		Social	Extensive damage to properties and the built environment in affected area requiring major demolition General and widespread displacement of >500 people for prolonged duration and extensive personal support required Serious damage to infrastructure causing significant disruption to, or loss of, key services for prolonged period. Community unable to function without significant support
		Economic	Serious impact on local and regional economy with some long-term, potentially permanent, loss of production with some structural change Extensive clean-up and recovery costs
		Environment	Serious long-term impact on environment and/or permanent damage