TRB Webinar: Effective Emergency Management Preparedness for Airports of all Sizes

TRB conducted a webinar on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 from 2:00PM to 3:30PM ET that featured research conducted by TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP). The research is aimed at airports of all sizes and seeks to provide guidance for integrating resources and tools to prepare for and respond effectively to a variety of emergency situations.

Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is no fee associated with this webinar. This webinar will provide 1.5 Continuing Education Units for Accredited Airport Executives. This webinar has met approval by the American Institute of Certified Planners for 1.5 Certification Maintenance Credits.

Here are the slides from the presentations.



Webinar Presenters

• Heidi Benaman, Faith Group, LLC
• Don Griffith, IEM
• Aaron Moore, IEM

Moderated by: Meaghan Smalley, Jacksonville Aviation Authority

Webinar Outline

1. ACRP Report 103: Integrating NIMS (National Incident Management System) for Personnel and Resources at Airports
• Effective implementation of an Incident Commend System (ICS) program
• Airport best practices research, training matrix, ICS organization chart examples and ideas for more thorough integration of the ICS
2. ACRP Report 112: Airport Terminal Incidence Response Planning
• Scalable tool called Airport Terminal Incident Response Plan (TIRP)
• Create and maintain integrated incident response plans that address hazards in and around airport terminals
3. Question and answer session

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.

Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinar, participants were able to:

• Understand how to use NIMS ICS to improve airport operational readiness response to any number of events
• Understand how integrating ICS into daily culture can greatly improve operation readiness for both the airport operator and key stakeholders
• Understand how to use the TIRP tool

Registration Information
This webinar is sponsored by the Airport Cooperative Research Program. There is no fee to attend this webinar.  

Continuing Education Units for Accredited Airport Executives
The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) is making 1.5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) available for AAAE members. If you are an AAAE member and would like to apply for CEUs for this webinar, visit www.aaae.org/ceu. For questions about AAAE continuing education units, please contact accreditation@aaae.org.

American Institute of Certified Planners Certification Maintenance Credits
This webinar is pending approval by the American Institute of Certified Planners for 1.5 Certification Maintenance Credits. Please make sure that you register for this session and log-in using the link that TRB provides to your email account. We use this as your record that you attended this session. TRB only maintains the records of attendees who use their email address to log into the webinar, and cannot verify attendance of individuals who view the webinar without personally logging into the session.

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Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu.