Effective Cooperation Among Airports and Local and Regional Emergency Management Agencies for Disaster Preparedness and Response (2014) / Chapter Skim
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10 Sixty-seven (67) airports completed the initial surveys.
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11 5. Highly satisfactory 6.
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12 (Source: Survey data)
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13 FIGURE 5 Airport satisfaction with relationship (source: J
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14 Practice, Tool, Method, or Policy Airports % EM Agencies % Difference Tabletop exercises 78 72 –6 Joint drilling 69 88 +19 Functional exercises including full-scale exercises 67 75 +8 Joint planning 66 63 –3 Regular meetings with partners 64 59 –5 ICS training 57 56 –1 NIMS training 55 53 –2 EM agency observing airport exercises 55 50 –5 EM agency participation in triennial exercises 55 34 –21 Airport has designated liaison person to EM agency 51 34 –17 Physical or virtual presence in each other's EOC 48 38 –10 Airport-specific training for EM agency personnel 46 44 –2 Airport observes EM agency exercises 42 44 +2 Airport participates in regional emergency or disaster coordination effort 39 47 +8 EM agency-specific training for airport personnel 36 44 +8 EM agency has designated liaison person to airport 29 28 –1 Peer review of plans by other airport or EM agency 22 19 –3 Peer review of programs by other airport or EM agency 22 3 –19 Airport has dedicated EM position on airport staff 19 53 +34 Airport and EM agency periodically evaluate effectiveness of relationship 19 44 +25 Joint participation at outside functional training provided by state, university, or federal agency 19 25 +6 Airport has EM assigned as major collateral duty to mid-level or senior manager 18 28 +10 Formal EM accountability system to mayor, board, or other sponsor or owner of airport 15 0 –15 Airport knows FEMA regional representative and has written procedure for contacting FEMA 13 22 +9 Airport knows EMAC procedure and contacts 13 19 +6 Peer review of training by other airport or EM agency 12 3 –9 Airport has EM assigned as major collateral duty to lower level manager 3 0 –3 Source: J.F. Smith.
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15 Practice, Tool, Method, or Policy Airports % EM Agencies % Constantly update information about capabilities and resources 12 3 Regularly communicate and share information 12 0 Build and maintain personal relationships 12 0 Have a seat on the local emergency planning board 9 3 Work face-to-face 9 0 Have airport take leadership in outreach 7 0 Respect each other's professional skills and knowledge 7 0 Have airport personnel volunteer with the community EM agency 6 0 Clearly outline roles and responsibilities 6 0 Maintain copies of each other's plans and procedures 4 0 Focus on shared missions and mutual benefits 4 0 Conduct airport familiarization tours 4 0 Focus on finding solutions, not just on problems 3 3 Do not rely totally on formal or structural aspects of relationships 3 0 Review each other's plans 3 0 Include EM agencies in AEP preparation 3 0 Educate local EM agencies about airport-to-airport mutual aid including EMAC procedures 1 3 Have substance in agendas for joint meetings 1 3 Foster community partnership 1 0 View each other as stakeholders 1 0 Use each other as exercise evaluators 1 0 Be honest and open about strengths and weaknesses of organizations 1 0 Involve EM agencies in operations as full partners 1 0 Source: J.F. Smith.
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16 substantiated by historical records of costs incurred. If costs are allocated off airport in support of other entities, this may have an impact on those determinations.
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17 In addition to regular meetings, one formal or structural practice in promoting good relationships is the airport's participation in regional emergency or disaster coordination efforts, such as a county emergency operations board or an Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) board.
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