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... 73 User's Guide Contents 74 Quick Start Tips for Tool Use 76 Introduction 76 Purpose of the TIRP Tool 77 Purpose of This User's Guide 77 Minimum System Requirement 77 What the TIRP Tool Can Do 77 Inputs 77 Processing Within the Tool 78 Outputs 78 What the TIRP Tool Cannot Do 78 Directions for Using the Tool 85 Frequently Asked Questions 88 Lessons Learned 89 User's Guide Bibliography A P P E N D I X F
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... 74 Airport Terminal Incident Response Planning In order to operate this tool, all macros and content from Microsoft Excel must be enabled. On the initial opening of the tool, you should be prompted to "Enable Content" or "Enable Macros," depending on your version of Excel.
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... User's Guide 75 Choose the type of airport Your results of hazard risk analysis No Risk of Incidents Very likely Likely Somewhat Likely Unlikely Never 1 Hurricane 2 Snow storm 3 Tornado 4 Earthquake 5 Structural Fire 6 Electrical Outage/Power Failure 7 Bomb Threat 8 Security Breach 9 Active Shooter The Airport Terminal Incident Response Planning tool is an interactive decision support tool that will guide the user in the development of a plan for appropriate response to an incident or hazard affecting terminal operations. Help Help • Use the Tool Tips by placing your cursor over the small red triangle symbol!
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... 76 Airport Terminal Incident Response Planning • Users can add/delete the gray-and-white shaded data-entry rows (lines) in the tables as necessary -- but be sure to stay within the boundaries of the table when doing so!
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... User's Guide 77 of incidents, users can adapt plans from the most closely related of the nine basic incidents (e.g., plans for an Internet outage can be adapted from plans for an electrical outage)
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... 78 Airport Terminal Incident Response Planning Outputs The tool's final macro converts the Excel output into a TIRP as a Word document that can be edited and further customized by the user. This document consists of separate chapters for SIP, evacuation, repopulation, and highest-impact incident types included via the initial incident checklist.
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... User's Guide 79 Figure 1. TIRP tool.
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... 80 Airport Terminal Incident Response Planning Figure 3. Enabling macros.
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... User's Guide 81 8. Click the X in the upper right-hand corner of the floating title page to minimize it (Figure 5)
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... 82 Airport Terminal Incident Response Planning Airport Details Name Responsible Dept. for this plan Revision No.
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... User's Guide 83 14. Once complete, click on "Continue to Shelter-In-Place." 15.
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... 84 Airport Terminal Incident Response Planning 16. Once complete, scroll down to the bottom of the worksheet and click on "Continue to Evacuation." 17.
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... User's Guide 85 26. You will be prompted to name and save your plan.
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... 86 Airport Terminal Incident Response Planning Q: Does the tool produce a complete and fully functional terminal incident response plan?
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... User's Guide 87 begin. Furthermore, TSA and airport security will have to inspect and sanitize the secure portions of the terminal before any other employees or passengers can enter.
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... 88 Airport Terminal Incident Response Planning Q: Will the tool run on a Mac computer?
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... User's Guide 89 2. Good terminal incident response plans are important for customer service.
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... Abbreviations and acronyms used without definitions in TRB publications: A4A Airlines for America AAAE American Association of Airport Executives AASHO American Association of State Highway Officials AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ACI–NA Airports Council International–North America ACRP Airport Cooperative Research Program ADA Americans with Disabilities Act APTA American Public Transportation Association ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials ATA American Trucking Associations CTAA Community Transportation Association of America CTBSSP Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program DHS Department of Homeland Security DOE Department of Energy EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAA Federal Aviation Administration FHWA Federal Highway Administration FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FRA Federal Railroad Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration HMCRP Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers MAP-21 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (2012) NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASAO National Association of State Aviation Officials NCFRP National Cooperative Freight Research Program NCHRP National Cooperative Highway Research Program NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NTSB National Transportation Safety Board PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration RITA Research and Innovative Technology Administration SAE Society of Automotive Engineers SAFETEA-LU Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (2005)

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