TRB Webinar: Taking Preparedness Seriously: Emergency Exercises for Any Airport

TRB conducted a webinar on Thursday, April 18, 2019, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET that features research from the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Synthesis 72: Table Top and Full-scale Emergency Exercises for General Aviation, Non-hub and Small Hub Airports and Research Report 187: Transportation Emergency Response Application (TERA) Support Materials for Airport EOC Exercises.

Airports must be prepared to address the many hazards that could affect facilities, operations, personnel, and passengers. Exercises are essential for emergency and disaster preparedness. By conducting and evaluating exercises, airports can assess the readiness of its plans, policies, procedures, systems, and resources for a variety of disaster scenarios. This webinar will feature tabletop and full-scale emergency exercise practices that may be used by small general aviation, non-hub, and small hub airports. The webinar will also focus on Transportation Emergency Response Application (TERA) support materials for commercial airports of all sizes. These materials may help guide airport staff tasked with planning, coordinating, and facilitating a functional Emergency Operations Center (EOC) exercise or an annual tabletop exercise.

This webinar is sponsored by the Airport Cooperative Research Program.

The slides are available.





Webinar Presenters

• James Smith, Smith-Woolwine, Inc.
• Timothy Riecker, Emergency Preparedness Solutions, LLC
  

Moderated by: Brett Fay, Tampa International Airport

Continuing Education Units for Accredited Airport Executives

The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) will provide 1 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) to accredited airport executives who attend this webinar. Claim CEUs by visiting www.aaae.org/ceu. For questions about AAAE continuing education units, please contact accreditation@aaae.org.

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