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107 APPENDIX N Exercise Brief: Aircraft Emergency Table Top with Mutual Aid Partners (JNL) Exercise Brief from JNL Executive Summary The Joplin Regional Airport Tabletop Disaster Drill is an exercise designed to support the local airportâs requirement to hold an airport exercise annually. This exercise is designed to point out the strengths and weaknesses involved in an aircraft emergency response. During the exercise we learn how to implement the use of Incident Command, triages, and the best staging areas for medical personnel transporting patients. All parties work as a team to analyze, under- stand, respond, and react to the ever changing scenario. Another major strength is the obvious ability of the local agencies to handle such an event. Equipment, manpower, and training are evident throughout the entire exercise. Areas that require improvement are always present. Some such identified here include: lines of com- munication through the use of airport command, continued and more frequent review of the Airport Emer- gency Plan and responsibilities associated to all agencies involved, as well as more airport familiarization training between agencies. More aircraft familiarization and protocols training would be advisable as well. All-in-all during the event we learn to work as a team, all with the same purpose in mind: save lives, protect property, and exercise safety at all times.
