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... 5 Methodology and Data Sources The TIRP tool was developed through a comprehensive risk analysis that identified the full range of incidents that might affect airport terminals and determined the types of incidents that carried the highest risk. Senior managers at seven commercial airports of differing types and sizes examined the results of the risk analysis to ensure its validity.
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... 6 Airport Terminal Incident Response Planning Literature Review to Refine Risk Analysis The incident types in Tables 1 and 2 originated as a list generated by the research team. Each incident type was then subjected to a thorough literature review to determine where an example occurred during the period of 2002 to 2012, the number of occurrences, and the magnitude of consequences.
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... Methodology and Data Sources 7 Incident Probability 3 = High 2 = Medium 1 = Low 0 = None Consequences 4 = Very High 3 = High 2 = Medium 1 = Low 0 = None Risk = Probability × Consequences Structural fire 2 4 8 Active shooter 2 3 6 Bomb threat 2 3 6 FAA navigation system failures 2 3 6 Irregular operations (IROPS) 2 3 6 Security breach 2 3 6 Security equipment malfunction 2 3 6 Traffic blockage (access roads)
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... 8 Airport Terminal Incident Response Planning Incident Probability 3 = High 2 = Medium 1 = Low 0 = None Consequences 4 = Very High 3 = High 2 = Medium 1 = Low 0 = None Risk = Probability × Consequences Hurricane 3 3 9 Snowstorm 3 3 9 Earthquake 2 4 8 Tornado 2 4 8 Wildfire/smoke 2 3 6 Storm 3 21 6 Dust storms/sandstorms 1 3 3 Tidal wave/tsunami 1 3 3 Wind-driven water 1 3 3 High water/flood 3 1 3 Volcanic eruption 1 2 2 Drought 0 0 0 Landslide/mudslide (may operate through blocking access roads) 0 0 0 1Consequences will be higher for storms (and most other geo-specific disasters)
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... Methodology and Data Sources 9 that results from one of the primary incident types and usually affects the entire airport, not just the terminal. Aircraft accidents/crashes were moved to the top of the highest-priority list in Table 3.
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... 10 Airport Terminal Incident Response Planning distributed among the four National Plan for Integrated Airports System (NPIAS) categories of primary airports.
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... Methodology and Data Sources 11 Documents The research team requested documents and plans such as AEPs, terminal management plans, and plans and checklists for the specific types of incidents. In addition, respondents were asked if any other documents or plans were pertinent to the purpose of the study, and several airport managers volunteered additional highly informative items.
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... 12 Airport Terminal Incident Response Planning Note: ICS = Incident Command System, SOP = standard operating procedure, MCP = mobile command post, EOC = emergency operations center. Figure 3.

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