An Airport/Community Emergency Plan (A/CEP) should address multiple considerations and hazards at an airport. It should identify all agencies and organizations involved in emergency response, the roles and resources each can provide, and plans for coordinating communications and response. The A/CEP also needs to consider specific emergency scenarios like aircraft accidents, fires, and hazardous materials. Regular training exercises are important so all groups are prepared to fulfill their roles according to the A/CEP in an actual emergency.

1. Aircraft Rescue and Fire
Fighting
6th Edition
Chapter 11 — Airport Emergency
Planning

2. Describe administrative
responsibilities in relation to ARFF
services.
Learning Objective 1
11–2

3. Airport management must provide
for ARFF services at their airport.
11–3

4. Airport management may designate
a private or public organization to
provide ARFF services.
11–4

5. The A/CEP should be a coordinated
effort between the airport and the
surrounding community.
11–5

6. REVIEW QUESTION
What agencies should be included in
an Airport/Community Emergency
Plan?
11–6

7. Identify the components of an
Airport/Community Emergency Plan.
Learning Objective 2
11–7

8. A/CEPs have common components
and should be reviewed by all
agencies involved.
11–8

9. An A/CEP should address the
following items.
11–9

10. REVIEW QUESTION
What components should be
common to all Airport/Community
Emergency Plans?
11–10

11. Explain factors to consider when
developing an Airport/Community
Emergency Plan.
Learning Objective 3
11–11

12. The A/CEP should provide an all
hazards incident management
approach.
11–12

13. Accidents are measured by the
severity and angle of impact.
11–13
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14. A/CEPs must take into account a
variety of hazards at aircraft
incidents.
11–14

15. An A/CEP should consider a
variety of possible accident sites.
11–15

16. Grid maps of the airport and
surrounding areas should be
prepared as part of airport emergency
planning.
11–16
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17. Accident Potential Zones (APZs)
pose a higher risk of aircraft
accidents than other areas.
11–17

18. The A/CEP should also identify plans
for search and rescue within bailout-
jettison areas.
11–18

19. GSAR procedures should be initiated
once it has been identified that an
aircraft is downed, missing, or
overdue.
11–19

20. The A/CEP should identify points of
accessibility on grid maps of the area.
11–20

21. A standard emergency response
pattern (SERP) model should be
developed for each incident.
11–21

22. An A/CEP must address climatic
and limited visibility
considerations.
11–22

23. REVIEW QUESTION
Describe the purpose of a standard
emergency response pattern
(SERP) model.
11–23

24. Identify emergency response
considerations.
Learning Objective 4
11–24

25. Multiple methods should be used for
alerting these emergency response
and support personnel.
11–25

26. Law enforcement personnel will
primarily handle scene security at
ARFF incidents.
11–26

27. A/CEPs should address EMS
involvement in airport incidents.
11–27

28. The air carrier can provide resources,
expertise, and information during an
aviation disaster.
11–28

29. Airport personnel fill a
management role during an
aviation disaster.
11–29

30. Airport personnel will also fill other
roles during an aviation disaster.
11–30

31. The secondary response network
should expand and contract as
dictated by the magnitude of the
emergency.
11–31

32. A variety of agencies and
organizations can provide logistical
support.
11–32
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33. A variety of agencies and
organizations can provide logistical
support.
11–33
(Cont.)
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34. Emergency plans must address
communications and procedures for
dealing with the media.
11–34

35. REVIEW QUESTION
What agencies should be activated
during the primary response phase
of an aircraft accident/incident?
11–35

36. Describe procedures for ARFF
response to various emergencies.
Learning Objective 5
11–36

37. Military aircraft emergencies require
a military Incident Commander or
Unified Command representative.
11–37
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38. The military will dispatch various
assistance teams.
11–38

39. Indexed airports must address
structure fires in the A/CEP.
11–39

40. Hazardous material response plans
should focus on the hazards
commonly found on the particular
airfield.
11–40

41. Hazardous Material Business Plans
(HMBPs) may be required by SARA
Title III.
11–41

42. The A/CEP should address the level
of response to medical emergencies
at
airport facilities.
11–42

43. Terrorist incident plans must be
commensurate with the risks and
hazards of the particular airport.
11–43

44. ARFF personnel must be prepared
to handle mass casualty incidents.
11–44

45. Post-incident scene control should
be addressed in the A/CEP.
11–45

46. Actions to mitigate the damage
and restore aircraft operations after
natural disasters must be considered.
11–46

47. REVIEW QUESTION
What specific emergency scenarios
should an Airport/Community
Emergency Plan address?
11–47

48. Explain training considerations for
mutual aid and support personnel and
joint training exercises.
Learning Objective 6
11–48

49. All parties to mutual aid agreements
should participate in airport
emergency planning, training, drills,
and exercises.
11–49

50. Mutual aid firefighters that are
utilized in ARFF activities receive
training in accordance with their AHJ.
11–50

51. Joint training exercises are necessary
so personnel feel comfortable that the
A/CEP will function successfully.
11–51

52. REVIEW QUESTION
What activity should occur following
a joint training exercise?
11–52

53. Identify the components of an
Airport/Community Emergency Plan
review.
Learning Objective 7
11–53

54. The A/CEP should be reviewed and
updated in accordance with the AHJ
policies and procedures.
11–54

55. REVIEW QUESTION
What information should be included
in an Airport/Community Emergency
Plan review?
11–55

56. • An airport emergency plan should
include multiple considerations about
the airport to which it applies and
describe responses to specific
emergencies.
Summary
11–56
(Cont.)

57. • An A/CEP should establish all
resources available, which agencies
and organizations should be contacted
to supply them, and how
communications to resources are
coordinated in an emergency.
Summary
11–57
(Cont.)

58. • Joint training exercises with all mutual
aid support agencies that may respond
to an emergency is essential to
successful emergency termination.
Summary
11–58