TPA Emergency Planning and Response Tampa Bay Area Contingency Planners
Agenda Airport Emergency Planning Federal Aviation Regulations Plans and Procedures Airport Emergency Plan Hurricane Plan Wildlife Hazard Management Emergency Response Exercises Emergency Plan Annual Review Table Top Exercises Full Scale Exercises Emergency Response Accidents and Incidents Natural Disaster (Severe Weather, Tropical Systems) Irregular Operations
Airport Emergency Planning Federal Aviation Regulation - FAR Part 139
Federal Aviation Regulation FAR Part 139 Airport Certification A. Prescribes rules governing the certification and operation of airports in any State of the United States. B. Applies to airports with scheduled passenger-carrying operations of an air carrier operating aircraft designed for more than 9 passenger seats. C. Planning Elements: 1. Airport Certification Manual (ACM) 2. Airport Emergency Plan (AEP) 3. Wildlife Hazard Management Plan (WHMP)
Federal Aviation Regulation 139.325 Airport Emergency Plan A. Each certificate holder shall develop and maintain an airport emergency plan designed to minimize the possibility and extent of personal injury and property damage on the airport in an emergency. B. The plan must contain instructions for response to: 1. Aircraft incidents and accidents 2. Bomb incidents 3. Structural Fires 4. Fires at fuel farms and fuel storage areas 5. Natural Disaster 6. Hazardous Materials 7. Sabotage, Hijack incidents and other unlawful interference with operations 8. Failure of power for movement area lighting 9. Water rescue situations, as appropriate TPA
Federal Aviation Regulation 139.315-319 Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting A. Operational Requirements 1. Rescue and Firefighting capability based on average daily departures (5) and length of aircraft (A,B,C,D and E) 2. Capabilities are classified as Index a) A includes aircraft less than 90 feet in length b) E includes aircraft at least 200 feet in length
Plans and Procedures Airport Emergency Plan (AEP), Hurricane Plan, Wildlife Hazard Management
Plans and Procedures Airport Emergency Plan Hurricane Plan Wildlife Hazard Management Plan Surface Movement and Guidance Control System (Low Visibility Operations) Plan
Federal Aviation Regulation AEP Plan Development
Plans and Procedures Airport Emergency Plan (AEP)
Plans and Procedures Airport Emergency Plan Basic Plan Functional o Command and Control o Communications o Alert Notification and Warning o Emergency Public Information o Protective Actions o Health and Medical o Resource Management o Airport Operations and Maintenance Hazards Appendix o o Law Enforcement and Security Firefighting and Rescue
Plans and Procedures Wildlife Hazard Management (WHMP) Promote safe aircraft operations by identifying and mitigating potentially hazardous wildlife issues at the airport Assigns responsibilities, sets required recurring tasks, and details personnel training requirements
Plans and Procedures Hurricane Plan Preparing for the hurricane season Response to actual storms Damage assessment and recovery
Plans and Procedures Surface Movement and Guidance Control Plan A system of markings, signage, lighting, and procedures to allow aircraft surface movements during low visibility operations Enhances safe ground movement of aircraft and other vehicles on the airport surface Protects high-speed, low-visibility operations on the runway Required for airports with scheduled air carrier operations in less than 1,200 feet Runway Visual Range (RVR)
Emergency Response Exercises Emergency Plan Review, Table Tops, Live Fire and Full Scale
Emergency Response Exercise Annual emergency plan review Table top exercises Full Scale Exercises
Airport Emergency Plan (AEP) Annual Review Conducted with all Airport Emergency Plan Stakeholders. Opportunity for emergency response community to gather and become familiar with each other and their respective roles during an airport related incident or accident. Validate and update AEP information for submission to the FAA.
Table Top Exercises Aviation Disaster Family Assistance Planning Hurricane Preparedness Communicable Disease
Triennial Full Scale Exercise Requirements Conducted at least once every 36 calendar months Must be a simulated aircraft accident indicative of the airport s firefighting capabilities Minimum number of simulated casualties for TPA exercise should be more than 100 Scenarios On Airport Off Airport Water Rescue
Full Scale Exercise On Airport Simulated Aircraft Accident - Participants Airport CEO and various departments Participating Air Carrier Customs and Border Protection Transportation Security Administration City of Tampa Office of Emergency Management Hillsborough County Office of Emergency Management Tampa Fire Rescue/ARFF/Dispatch Hillsborough Community College Volunteer Victims Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Hillsborough County Public Works American Red Cross Salvation Army FAA Air Traffic Control Florida Department of Health
Triennial Full Scale Exercise Exercise Play On Airport Simulated Victims Incident Command Center (ICC) Incident Command On Scene Simulated Crash
Triennial Full Scale Exercise Exercise Play On Airport Joint Information Center Press Briefing
Full Scale Exercise Off Airport - Water Rescue Simulated Aircraft Accident - Participants St. Petersburg/Clearwater International Airport American Airlines/TPA Allegiant Airlines/PIE U.S. Coast Guard HART ESCOT Bus Lines Pinellas County Sheriff s Office Hillsborough County Sheriff s Office Clearwater Fire Rescue Pinellas Park Fire Rescue Pinellas County Dispatch Safety Harbor Fire Rescue Largo Fire Rescue Tampa Police Helicopter Florida Highway Patrol Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission Pinellas County Emergency Management Florida Department of Emergency Management
Triennial Full Scale Exercise Exercise Play Off Airport Water Rescue Simulated Victims - Triage
Triennial Full Scale Exercise Exercise Play Off Airport Water Rescue
Full Scale Exercise National Disaster Medical System (NDMS)
Emergency Response Incidents, Accidents, Severe Weather, Irregular Ops (flight diversions)
Emergency Response Incidents, Accidents, Natural Disasters Disabled Aircraft Aircraft Incidents and Accidents Natural Disasters/Weather (Haiti) Hazardous Materials Incident (Fuel Spill) Crowd Control Security Incidents Irregular Operations (Aircraft Diversions)
Emergency Response Operational Readiness 24/7 Airport Operations Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) Airport Police
Emergency Response Aircraft Emergency Alert categories: I, II and III Typical response is an Alert II, aircraft with mechanical difficulty. (Gear indicator light, engine problems, etc ) Notification from Air Traffic Control Tower Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) and Airport Operations response to stand by runway positions. Issue is usually resolved with minimal impact to airport operations. Aircraft will taxi to terminal gate with ARFF following as a precaution.
Emergency Response Aircraft Emergency ARFF and Operations response to the airfield
Emergency Response Aircraft Incidents Minor Mishaps Typical Operations response is to assist aircraft owner/operator with removal of aircraft.
Emergency Response Aircraft Emergency/Incidents Passenger Evacuations ARFF will determine if further hazard exist Disabled aircraft on the runway Operational coordination with airline to assist passengers Operational coordination to remove aircraft from the airfield
Emergency Response Aircraft Incidents
Emergency Response Aircraft Emergency/Incidents Major Incidents Aircraft and Runway Damage
Emergency Response Aircraft Incidents Passenger Evacuations/Resource Management
Emergency Response Aircraft Incidents Wildlife Strikes 6/18/14: Southwest 1388 Bird strike occurred 4 miles north of the airport at approximately 2,000 feet The aircraft returned to TPA due to the event for precautionary landing
Emergency Response Natural Disasters/Weather Lightning Strikes Wildfires
Emergency Response Natural Disasters/Weather Heavy Rain Ponding of water on taxiways and service roads Pavement Closures
Emergency Response Natural Disasters/Weather Tropical Storms/Hurricanes
Emergency Response Fuel Spills Impacts to gate usage and flight operations. Operations, ARFF and Police response. Owner responsible for clean up.
Irregular Ops Aircraft Diversions Operational coordination for terminal parking International or Domestic Fuel and Go Operation Orlando and Miami airports most frequent diversions
Irregular Ops Low Visibility Operations
Emergency Response Vehicle Incidents and Accidents
Emergency Response Security Fence line Breaches
National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) Hurricane Katrina/Haiti Earthquake Relief Flights
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