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

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88 APPENDIX I Full-scale Scenario: Complex Scenario (RSW) Aircraft accident with multiple casualties and fatalities. Setting: Normal airport operations, the date is October 23, time is 9:00 a.m. on a Tuesday morning. The weather is sunny and hot, with gusty winds between 10 and 15 mph, with thunderstorms in the area. A high temperature of 90°F is expected to be reached at 1:00 p.m. and thunderstorms will remain in the forecast for the next two days. Narrative: Oceanic Air Flight #987, an Airbus A320, with 150 passengers and 6 crew is enroute from BOS to RSW on a routine flight. Upon lowering the landing gear, the pilot notices that the right main gear does not indicate a “down and locked” position in the cockpit. The pilot advises Ft Myers Approach Control that they would like to execute a “fly-by” of the Tower and requests that the Tower Controller advise if the gear appears down. The ATCT Controller clears the aircraft for the low approach/fly-by on Runway 24 and also activates the Crash Phone, announcing an Alert 2. After several fly-bys, the tower advises that the gear appears to be extended, but cannot advise if it is down and locked. The indica- tion in the cockpit is that the gear is not locked. ARFF vehicles are in standby position. Other airport departments (Maintenance/APD/ARFF Command/OPS) have set up an initial command post near the Perimeter Road/Terminal Ramp. Approximately 10 minutes after the Alert 2 is announced, the pilot attempts to land the aircraft. Upon landing 1,000 feet down Runway 24, the right gear collapses and the aircraft skids down the runway approximately 2,000 feet, traverses the north side of the runway safety area and Taxiway A, and stops on the North Ramp. Numerous passengers receive back and neck injuries from the impact. Many more injuries occur during the evacuation. ARFF vehicles proceed directly to the scene. The ICP Command group determines that the ICP should be relocated closer to the scene. The Airport Coordination Center is activated to Level 2 during the Alert 2 and then activated to Level 3 after the accident. The Airport Coordination Center is activated to facilitate policymaking, coordination, and overall direction of responding forces in emergency situations. The Unified Area Commanders shall initially report to this location. The Unified Area Command is made up of the four (4) Aviation Directors or designees: Operations Director, Fire Chief, Police Chief, and Maintenance Director. Other department directors or staff may fill in other roles within the ICS structure as needed when called upon. The Unified Area Commanders are responsible for: • Setting overall agency objectives, • Allocating critical resources based on priorities, • Ensuring that incidents are properly managed, • Ensuring that incident objectives are met and don’t conflict with each other, • Determining what other staff/ICS position are needed in the ACC, • Approving the Incident Action Plan for extended events, and • Authorizing demobilization. The Airport Coordination Center is activated in order to assist with overall coordination when mul- tiple ICPs have been established to handle different events. Each event may include a separate Incident Command structure and be labeled as follows: Incident 1 (crash site), Incident 2 (Station 92—Walking Wounded), and Incident 3 (FFWA; Family and Friends Waiting Area). Several groups of family members, many with small children, arrive to see the flight arrive. They are awaiting the arrival of ten employees from the Yabba Dabba Doo Company who have been working in Europe for the last three months. Some people were in the terminal at the time of the arrival and others were in the cell phone parking lot waiting for their loved one to call once they had collected their luggage in Baggage Claim. (The FIRST Team will be activated in real time and respond to set up the room, ready supplies, establish check in, and assist the family members. Family members should be kept in the mezzanine until the room is ready.) The FIRST volunteers shall set up an ICS structure. Priority 3 patients are taken to Station 92. Some people will remain as Priority 3 and several others will decompensate and become “yellow” tagged. EMS should transport the yellows from Station 92. Others will be monitored by Medical Reserve Corp. (This is the first time the new Station will be utilized for Priority 3. Some areas may be set up in advance.) Hospital Waiting Area—Approximately 12 people arrive at Lee Memorial Emergency Room Lobby looking for family members. They have no information, they just saw the news, and knew that their loved ones might be on the flight. One couple arrives after being told at the airport that “this is where everyone was being taken.” The husband is very agitated and states he is a lawyer.