Tabletop and Full-Scale Emergency Exercises for General Aviation, Non-Hub, and Small Hub Airports (2016)

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83 APPENDIX E Goals and Objectives: Overall Objectives LAL 1. Incident Command System (ICS)/Unified Command. Evaluate the local decision making process, the capability to implement the ICS, and effective transition to Unified Command in response to a terrorist incident. Examine the communities’ ability to use various ICS functions. 2. Mobilize and Manage First Responders. Evaluate the ability of the local first responder com- munity to react to an airplane crash and the resulting mass casualty event including fire suppres- sion, the evacuation of injured persons, the removal of deceased persons and the security of the crash site. 3. Communications. Assess the ability to establish and maintain a multidisciplinary/multijurisdictional communications network during a response to an airplane crash and the resulting mass casualty event. 4. Provide Information to the Public. Assess the capability and adequacy of public information agencies to pass information to the media in a timely and accurate manner. 5. Fully Integrate the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in the response. Insure that the LAL staff is fully integrated into the response to this event including their actions with appropriate Federal and State agencies. Participating Organization Overarching Objectives Lakeland Linder Regional Airport 1. Meet FAA FAR 139 Airport Requirements/Conduct and document the Full-scale Triennial Exercise. 2. Assess the Airports initial response to emergency incidents/meet response time requirements and communications standards established in the AEP. 3. Improve the airports recovery phase after an incident/minimize the recovery time while maintaining conformance with AEP/ACM procedures. 4. Assess the flow of information from the PIO and JIC/ensure effective coordination between PIOs and ensure a single message is delivered to the public. 5. Assess the airports ability to provide family assistance/ensure that airport staff effectively responds and assists family members. City of Lakeland Fire Department Incident Command System a. Established b. Proper implementation of the incident command system including selection of personnel to staff all necessary positions c. Span of control for all positions is effective d. Construction and implementation of an effective incident action plan e. Delegation of appropriate actives and operations f. Proper movement from an incident command to a unified command g. Operation periods are clearly defined and planned h. System is designed for tracking of on-site resources i. Identify resources to help supplement command and control operation j. Accountability system is utilized. City of Lakeland Fire Department/Airport Facility 1. ARFF Protection a. Ring down from the tower b. Agent Flow—Foam/Dry Powder c. Re-servicing ARFF 1 (foam & water) 2. Fire Department ICS a. 1st Unit, passing command & staff b. Mutual aid (city, county, LAL) c. Radio Systems 3. Initial Triage a. ARFF 1 b. 2nd Due c. Rescue Chief

84 City of Lakeland Police—Communications 1. Support radio and telephone communication needs of operational field units. a. Test ability to conduct fire dispatch and police dispatch on pre-designated channels and patch those channels per SOP. 2. Test ability to operate multiple radio channels beyond those available on dispatch consoles simul- taneously via portable radios. a. Ability to coordinate designation of Polk County radio disaster channels b. Determine how many different radio channels are needed for fire, medical, and law enforcement operations c. Ability to move LFD-G and LPD-D to designated Polk County Disaster channels. 3. Test ability to establish radio interoperability via channel patch or utilization of FIN a. Patch multiple channels via console b. Patch statewide mutual aid channels via FIN. 4. Test ability to utilize resource contact lists a. Ability to make timely notifications via phone, radio or SMS. Polk County Fire Rescue 1. Effective management of incident and personnel within assigned IC roles. 2. Ability to manage multiple transport agencies during and MCI. Including utilization of staging/ route to treatment area/transport with tracking. 3. Effective execution of a. Triage (includes use of ribbons and tracking tags) b. Treatment (includes set up and management of treatment areas) c. Transport (includes tracking of patients). 4. Ability to communicate with required agencies and hospitals. Public Information Officers 1. Establish a JIC (Where is it? Who is the Lead PIO? Who is the spokesperson? Who are the sup- port PIO’s) 2. Media staging area 3. Conduct media Interviews 4. Family staging 5. Create and disseminate messages based on information on scene from the IC.