Thompson - Chapter 5 Threat Identification, Risk Analysis, and Disaster Recover/Business Continuity Case Discussion Ogelbay Hospital is updating its risk management program. It is currently at the risk determination step, using the qualitative approach. Ogelbay Hospital is located in a flood plain. The facility has not had flooding in the past two years, but the nearby river overflows its banks every year. Although the city has discussed building a floodwall that would protect the hospital from the river, this is an expensive proposition. As a result, the only protection it has received up to this point is from good-hearted residents of the city who build a sandbag wall when there is a threat. When the facility had been flooded in the past, it had not flooded above three inches on the first floor. There is no basement. The first floor of the hospital houses the lobby and patient registration; cafeteria and food services; business office; gift shop; administrative offices; and physical therapy and speech therapy. When making its risk determination related to external flooding, the risk management team decided that the risk of flood damage to the first floor of the facility is extremely likely. Due to the location of much of the equipment, supplies, and patient information (measures have been taken to elevate as many items as possible), the risk management team decided that the severity of flood damage to the first floor would be moderate.

Questions

Oglebay Hospital is at the risk determination step. How many steps of a risk analysis has it already completed (list each step completed)?

Two factors are considered for each threat using the qualitative approach. What are the two factors?

For each threat that is identified, the two factors that you identified in Question 2 are rated. What are the levels of ratings called AND what value would you assign to each rating based on the information given? (there are two parts to this question)

Combining the two scores that you have assigned under the qualitative approach in question 3, assign a value to the flooding risk at Oglebay Hospital.

What do you believe are the positive and negative aspects of the qualitative approach to risk determination? Why?