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16 CHAPTER FOUR CASE EXAMPLES This study includes nine case examples, selected from airports ranging from large hubs to general aviation (GA) airports and representing a broad range of business continuity and continuity of operations planning practices.
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17 Airport BCP/COOP Planning and Coordination DFW considers its BCP/COOP to be adequately developed and implemented; the plan is maintained in an ongoing fashion. The airport's director of public safety is the facilitator for BCP/COOP development; other staff members involved in the process are the airport manager/executive director, director of operations, Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF)
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18 The airport's involvement with WESTDOG and SEADOG has been useful for review of airport procedures. The airport coordinates quarterly exercises with TSA, the local Public Works Department, the state Energy Department, the state Transportation Department, and U.S.
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19 Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport MSP is a joint civil–military, public use, large hub international airport located in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
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20 History and Motivation for BCP/COOP Development The business and operations continuity planning process evolved as an airport initiative, through which MSP also recognized the need to address risk and financial management and the potential for departure of key staff members. The airport developed a BCP in 2004, hiring an outside contracting firm to develop the plan.
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21 MSP Reliever Operational Disruption St. Paul Downtown Airport St.
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22 The airport suggests searching "Planning" and "Templates" on the FEMA COOP website (https://www.fema.gov)
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23 Disruptions Impacting Airport Operations and Business Continuity The types of events and disruptions experienced at MEV over the past 5 years were aircraft accident, natural disaster, major snow or ice event, significant growth in aviation activity, utility outage, IT issues, construction disruptions, critical equipment outage or breakdown, temporary flight restriction, and airfield system or navigational aid failure. The only operational disruptions MEV experienced more than five times over the past 5 years were special events; however, none of these was disruptive enough to activate the COOP.
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24 Summary MEV is an example of a small airport that has effectively used its governing body, the county, as a resource to develop its COOP. This approach improves MEV's ability to coordinate airport and associated business support functions with the county and to obtain assistance from the county if the COOP is activated.
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25 Disruptions Impacting Airport Operations and Business Continuity Certain special events affect the operation of the airport. For example, OSU has been the host site for the Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference, attracting more than 100 industry experts and students from 30 schools.
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26 Summary OSU operates in a somewhat unique university setting that has required its departments to work through the business continuity planning process. This has allowed the airport to coordinate operational and business functions with the university and use university resources to assess continuity needs and processes.
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27 The COOP also addresses internal city communication; for example, requiring the airport manager to "coordinate with public works and engineering departments to obtain operational status of runways to ensure emergency landing facilities are available" (Sample 11, Appendix Q)
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28 of certain disruptions, such as a hurricane. The "spectrum and scenarios" include airfield power outage, headquarters building incapacitation, aircraft accident, and acts of nature.
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29 Disruptions Impacting Airport Operations and Business Continuity The primary disruptions cited by SAV were hazard-specific threats such as natural disasters (hurricanes) , pandemic events, and irregular operations caused by airline and weather delays.
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30 Advice to Smaller Airports SAV staff members visited Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEATAC) in Washington State and looked at the huge binder that contained the airport's BCP/COOP.
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31 ous plans and agreements dealing with incident response and recovery, including the AEP, terminal incident plans, IROPS plans, emergency communications plan, and mutual aid agreements to address its continuity needs. Current plans are generally reviewed annually.
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32 In terms of their impact on human resources, equipment, facilities, and other resources, DLH reports that air shows and VIP visits require additional manpower to meet the event schedules. Airfield operations are limited, and landside issues such as spectator and parking facilities are modified or created.
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33 A number of core airport support business functions are covered by city departments, such as the city finance department, risk department, and technology department. These departments have internal continuity practices; however, the practices or written plans are not coordinated specifically with the airport.
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34 Offsite coordination is required for certain off-airport functions, including finance and IT needs. This requires constant communication to build relationships with offsite departments.
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35 Continuity of Operations/Business Functions WVI has no formal BCP/COOP; airport staff plan primarily for continuity of operations and less for business continuity. Many airport business support functions (outside of functions such as point-of-sale transactions)
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36 WVI has experienced aircraft accidents, special events, temporary flight restrictions, and construction disruptions. While these events affected the operation of the airport, none of them required any actions to recover core business functions.
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