01563569

Monograph

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/172539.aspx

Emergency management theory and practice has focused primarily on the top priority of safety, especially for aircraft rescue and firefighting. As a result, while many studies and plans address emergency preparedness, mitigation, and response at airports, on the whole the recovery phase receives at best a cursory treatment. The objective of this synthesis is to gather commonalities and effective practices from representative commercial and general aviation airports regarding post-event recovery. The most directly accessible part of this report is the list of effective post-disaster airport recovery practices and lessons learned that was derived from interviews with 37 U.S. airports regarding specific recovery efforts following incidents that completely or partially closed the airport. The list, which ranges from broadly applicable practices to more detailed items, is designed to assist airport managers and planners in the development and implementation of recovery plans. The list appears as Appendix A to this report. In addition to the list in Appendix A, four case examples of actual airport recovery operations as they played out in real time illustrate the complex dynamics of the recovery process, the challenges inherent in planning for unforeseen events, and the need for creativity and strong leadership under duress. Together, the list and case examples can help guide airport managers as they shape their own individual planning process for recovery after a serious incident.

Project A11-03, Topic S04-12

English

87p

2015

ACRP Synthesis of Airport Practice

9780309271868

Digital/other

Appendices; Bibliography; Glossary; References

Airport operations; Airport planning; Airports; Case studies; Disaster preparedness; Disasters and emergency operations; Emergency management

Disaster recovery

Aviation; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I80: Accident Studies

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

May 18 2015 9:12AM