Airport Emergency Plan – AEP
Airport Operator
We already provide herein a comprehensive introduction (under the / our separate ‘SERVICES‘ drop-down menu [see ‘AIRPORT OPERATOR’]) to the ‘airport‘ emergency response aspects of a ‘catastrophic aircraft accident’ type situation occurring ‘on airport‘ or relatively close to same
In that same drop-down menu we also provide links to 2 (two) ‘AEP preparation’ templates which, taken together and adequately / correctly utilised (e.g. with modifications, downsizing etc. as required), facilitates considerably the task of producing a useable, comprehensive (real) AEP – for the major, commercial airport
Under this ‘FREE DOCUMENTS‘ drop-down menu (i.e. you are reading part of it right now) we take the opportunity for a brief look (a little further below) at just a (representative) few of the external reference sources available – which might further assist the ‘interested reader’ in the task of putting together an effective and efficient AEP:
Follow the below link to view a real, modern AEP for a major airport (Fairbanks, Alaska) in the USA
This is assessed by us as a good AEP from quality and ‘getting the job done’ viewpoints and, whilst necessarily complying with the USA’s national crisis command, control, co-ordination and communications (C4) system (known as NIMS [National Incident Management System] /an important sub-component of which is known as the Incident Command System – ICS) – is nevertheless adaptable enough to also be compatible with other / different C4 systems (e.g. the Gold / Silver / Bronze system etc. ) as might be used in some other parts of the world:
FAI_airportemergencyplan.pdf (alaska.gov)
Another example of a good quality AEP (this one in the UK) can be found at the end of the below link:
The last example relates to a good quality AEP for the ‘smaller / simpler’ commercial airport – this one being in New Zealand:
Further Assistance in Preparing Airport Emergency Plans
(1) A USA organisation (‘Transport Research Board – TRB’, part of the ‘National Academies [Sciences, Engineering and Medicine]) produces a number of airport related documents (amongst other subjects) under something known as the ‘Airport Cooperative Research Program – ACRP‘
The ACRP comprises several, different types of literature aimed at assisting USA commercial airports (typically [but not exclusively] the larger ones) to ‘better do what they do’ re a wide range of (airport) related subjects – including the ‘Airport Emergency Plan – AEP‘ and associated matters
Whilst said literature is USA specific, some of it (follow link at end of next sentence for more details) can be useful for all commercial airports and thus worth ‘taking a look at’. A list (current to early 2023) of such documents can be found here.
Note: To access / view any particular document found under the latter link (i.e. once / after it has ‘opened’) firstly click on the separate link found at the head of each such opened list (i.e. the list which contains the particular [AEP document] of interest to you). You will then be ‘taken’ to a much larger list, which you will then need to scroll through until you find (by title) that same required document of interest. Click on latter to access and read
One example (there are 3 in total) of such separate link (as referred to in the first sentence of this ‘Note’) is:
‘https://www.trb.org/Publications/PubsACRPProjectReports.aspx‘
Be aware that in carrying out the above you will be required to provide an (your) email address and tick an associated ‘consent’ box – following which a PDF version (of the particular document to be viewed) can be downloaded
(2) Follow this link to get the Australian ‘take’ on the AEP etc. It is presented as a ‘webinar’ and the sound quality is not the best at times, but is does take the interested ‘listener’ to some useful information as to what a typical AEP is all about