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From page 14... ... 14 As noted in chapter one, this study investigated current practices regarding emergency exercises at airports of all types and sizes. Furthermore, the study also identified concepts, tools, and procedures that GA, non-hub, and small hub airports can use. Read the entire page →
From page 15... ... 15 NPIAS Category No Position Has NIMS/ICS Training One or More Positions Have NIMS/ICS Training Do Not Know LH 0 0% 13 100% MH 1 17% 4 80% SH 0 0% 7 100% NH 1 14% 6 86% CS 1 33% 2 67% RL 1 25% 6 86% GA 2 25% 5 63% 1 12% Total 6 13% 43 83% 1 2% Source: Smith, Garcia, Sawyer, and Kenville data. TABLE 2 NIMS AND ICS TRAINING BY NPIAS CATEGORIES Positions Reported from 50 Airports Have FT on Airport Staff Have PT on Airport Staff Pay FT at Other Agency Pay PT at Other Agency FT Role Part of Current Duties PT Role Part of Current Duties Total Public Information Officer (PIO) Read the entire page →
From page 16... ... 16 TYPES OF EXERCISES USED More than 80% of the responding airports reported utilizing tabletop and full-scale emergency exercises (Question 39 in Appendix B) Read the entire page →
From page 17... ... 17 Those who do not have trained exercise SMEs can attempt to directly access sample exercise materials from other airports or turn to local government emergency exercise SMEs, such as county or city emergency managers, for assistance. EXERCISE DEVELOPMENT FAA Advisory Circular 150/5300-31C provides clear guidance with regard to whom FAR Part 139 airports should involve in their planning for emergency exercises. Read the entire page →
From page 18... ... 18 Airports reported involving a wide variety of outside agencies and partners in exercise development, including regional planning councils, mutual aid partners, military units on joint use airports, airlines, hospitals, local offices of emergency services, and voluntary organizations. CONTACT LISTS One of the crossover areas between this study and ACRP Synthesis S04-16, Emergency Communications Planning for Airports, is emergency contact lists. Read the entire page →
From page 19... ... 19 SCENARIOS Fifty-two percent (52%) of the surveyed airports said that they use an SME to assist in developing the scenario for their exercise (see Figure 5 and refer to Question 43 in Appendix A) Read the entire page →
From page 20... ... 20 Primary Capability Secondary Capabilities Co m m u n ic at io n s A le rt & w ar n in g Em er ge nc y pu bl ic in fo rm at io n Pr o te ct iv e ac tio n s La w en fo rc em en t Fi re & re sc u e H ea lth & m ed ic al R es o u rc e m an ag em en t O pe ra tio n s & m ai n te n an ce Se cu rit y Sa fe ty U til iti es Cr o w d Co n tr o l O th er (C o de s at bo tto m o f ta bl e) A irp o rt Active shooter X X X X X X X X X X X CRW X X X X X X X X X X X X X 5 NYL A irc ra ft A cc id en t A irc ra ft Si z e Ca te go ry in Ex er ci se > 20 0 pa ss en ge rs X X X X X X X X X 4 SEA X X X X X X X X X X X 4 FLL X X X X X X X X X 4 ATL X X X X X X X X X 4, 6, 7 SLC X X X X X X X X X X 4, 7 PHX X X X X X X X X X 4, 14 LAX X X X X X X X X X X X X 4, 16 MCO X X X X X X X X X X X 4 DEN X X X X X X X 4, 3, 18, 20 SFO A irc ra ft Si z e Ca te go ry in Ex er ci se 10 020 0 pa ss en ge rs X X X X X X X X X X X X X LAL X X X X X X X X X X X X X 1, 2, 4, 12, 23 MIA X X X X X X X X X X 5, 4, 7, 9, 13, 14, 20 RSW X X X X X X X X X X 4, 20 MSP X X X X X X X X X 4 RDU X X X X X X X X X 4 YIP X X X X X X X X X X X 4 BUR X X X X X X X X X X X X X 5, 4, 8 JAX X X X X X 4 STL X X X X X X X X X X 4, 11, 20 DCA A irc ra ft Si z e Ca te go ry in Ex er ci se 30 49 pa ss en ge rs X X X X X X X X X 5, 4 APA 5, 9, 23 EGV X X X X X X 4, 17, 20 DVL A irc ra ft A cc id en t A irc ra ft Si z e Ca te go ry in Ex er ci se > 20 0 pa ss en ge rs TABLE 5 CAPABILITIES TESTED IN MOST RECENT FULL-SCALE EXERCISES BY AIRPORTS IN STUDY Read the entire page →
From page 21... ... 21 (continued on next page) Primary Capability Secondary Capabilities Co m m u n ic at io n s A le rt & w ar n in g Em er ge nc y pu bl ic in fo rm at io n Pr o te ct iv e ac tio n s La w en fo rc em en t Fi re & re sc u e H ea lth & m ed ic al R es o u rc e m an ag em en t O pe ra tio n s & m ai n te n an ce Se cu rit y Sa fe ty U til iti es Cr o w d Co n tr o l O th er (C o de s at bo tto m o f ta bl e) Read the entire page →
From page 22... ... 22 functions. The detailed scenario used by Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) Read the entire page →
From page 23... ... 23 FAA Advisory Circular 150/5200-31C lists 10 functions at an airport that the AEP and exercises at FAR Part 139 airports must address: command and control; communications; alert notification and warning; emergency public information; protective actions; law enforcement/security; firefighting and rescue; health and medical; resource management; and airport operations and maintenance (FAA 2009, pp. Read the entire page →
From page 24... ... FIGURE 7 Participants in most recent full-scale exercise. Read the entire page →
From page 25... ... 25 FIGURE 8 Full-scale exercise at Rochester (Minnesota) International Airport (Peggy Gray photo, used by permission) Read the entire page →
From page 26... ... 26 hiring emergency management professionals or have allowed time for personnel to develop subject matter experts among their staff. Equally encouraging are those airports that have utilized outside SMEs to design scenarios and enhance their training efforts. Read the entire page →
From page 27... ... 27 DEFINING A SUCCESSFUL EXERCISE The review of available literature did not find specific metrics to determine the success of an exercise. However, the participants in the survey identified, from a provided list of nine statements, those that they though would identify a successful exercise (Question 44) Read the entire page →
From page 28... ... 28 planning checklists, exercise evaluation forms, training and exercise event checklists, examples of AARs, examples of exercise communications plans, and summaries of lessons learned (Table 6) Read the entire page →

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... 14 As noted in chapter one, this study investigated current practices regarding emergency exercises at airports of all types and sizes. Furthermore, the study also identified concepts, tools, and procedures that GA, non-hub, and small hub airports can use.