Aerodrome Emergency Plan Personnel Roles

Aerodrome Emergency Plan - Key Personnel and Roles

Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB): Investigates accidents and serious incidents.
Airport Duty Manager (ADM): Oversees incident operations (excluding the incident site), coordinates response, monitors flights, and manages the control room.
Accountable Manager (AM): Consults with the ADM on activating the Tactical Response Team.
Airfield Operations Supervisor (AOS): Manages the Emergency Services Rendezvous Point (ESRVP) and escort provision to the incident site.
Aviation Security Officer (ASO): Security personnel.
Airside Operational Instruction (AOI): Operational instructions.
Airfield Safety Review Board (ASRB): Safety review board.
Air Traffic Control (ATC): Air traffic control personnel.
Business Continuity Manager (BCM): Manages business continuity plan.
Business Continuity Plan (BCP): Business continuity plan.
Border Force (BF): Border force personnel.
Control Room Operative (CRO): Ensures effective communications, maintains accurate log of radio communications, liaises with emergency services' control rooms, activates incidents in the Electronic Incident Management System (CIM), updates running log.
Customer Service Duty Manager (CSDM): Customer service role.
Critical Part (CP): Critical part of the plan.
Emergency Planning Committee (EPC): Committee coordinating emergency planning.
Emergency Planning Liaison Group (EPLG): Emergency planning liaison group.
Emergency Planning Manager (EPM): Emergency planning manager.
Emergency Services Rendezvous Point (ESRVP): Location for emergency services to assemble.
Family and Friends Reception Centre (FFRC): Reception centre for families and friends.
Forward Command Point (FCP): Forward command point.
Head of Air Traffic Services (HATS): Head of air traffic services.
Head of Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS): Head of fire and rescue service.
Head of Health, Safety and Fire Safety (HHSFS): Head of health, safety and fire safety.
Head of Airfield Operations (HAO): Head of airfield operations.
Head of Resilience (HoR): Head of resilience.
Humanitarian Assistance Centre (HAC): Humanitarian assistance centre.
Incident Command System (ICS): Incident command system.
Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS): Leicestershire fire and rescue service.
Local Resilience Forum (LRF): Multi-agency group for emergency response.
Manchester Airports Group (MAG): Manchester Airports Group.
Operations Director (OD): Operations director.
Passenger Evacuation Management (PEM): Passenger evacuation management.
Persons with Reduced Mobility (PRM): People with reduced mobility.
Pre-Determined Attendance (PDA): Pre-determined attendance.
Rescue and Firefighting Service (RFFS): Rescue and firefighting service.
RFFS Incident Commander: RFFS representative in charge.
RFFS Officer in Charge: RFFS Station Manager or Watch Manager.
Strategic Coordinating Group (SCG): Strategic coordinating group.
Senior Leadership Team (SLT): Senior leadership team.
Safety and Resilience Board (SRB): Safety and resilience board.
Survivor Reception Centre (SRC): Survivor reception centre.
Security Team Manager (STM): Security team manager.
Tactical Coordinating Group (TCG): Tactical coordinating group.
Tactical Response Team (TRT): Tactical response team.
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA): UK health security agency.
Welfare Reception Centre (WRC): Welfare reception centre.

Emergency Response Roles and Procedures

RFFS Responsibilities:
- Responsible for creating and maintaining survivable conditions, providing egress, and rescuing those unable to evacuate without aid within 1000m of the runway threshold, or as directed by ATC.
- Calculates response times based on visibility and surface conditions (in RFFS SOPs).
- Manages incidents with LFRS until incident command is established.
- Establishes cordons until incident command is defined.
Airfield Operations Role:
- Facilitates communication between emergency services and the airport, maintains communications between the airport and ramp users.
- Coordinates through the ESRVP.
- The AOS is responsible for ESRVP management and coordination.
- The ADM co-ordinates disabled aircraft removal.
- Airfield Security Rangers escort emergency services to the incident site.
Airport Duty Manager (ADM) Responsibilities:
- Oversees incident operations (excluding the incident site).
- Conducts briefings and communications.
- Ensures coordinated airport response and monitors affected flights to prevent delays.
- Manages control room activation and procedures.
- Leads operational response team and contacts the AM to activate the TRT if necessary.
Control Room Responsibilities:
- Ensures effective communications between the airport and emergency services, other relevant parties (including ramp users).
- Maintains an accurate radio log.
- Liaises with emergency services control rooms.
- Activates incidents in CIM, updates running logs, and completes checklists.
- Answers queries regarding the incident (but refers inquiries to the official airport statement).

Air Accident Investigations

Any accidents or serious incidents reported are investigated by the AAIB.
The extent of the investigation is determined by the Chief Inspector of Air Accidents, following the AAIB's guidance document.

Local Resilience Forum (LRF)

LRF is a multi-agency group (constituting primarily Category 1 responders, and some Category 2 responders).
EMA is within the Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland LRF.
EMA participates in LRF meetings.
EMA contributes to the Community Risk Register (CRR).
LRF is responsible for the county’s Temporary Mortuary Plan.

Plan Validation and Exercising

EMA uses a modular exercising program for plan validation.
Yearly modules include tabletop exercises that build up to a full-scale exercise.

Audit Program

Annual department audits of Emergency Orders ensure adequacy of procedures, awareness of responsibilities, training, and access to procedures; managers' contact details are maintained.
More frequent department reviews occur if several issues arise.
Audit reports include recommendations with agreed timescales for implementation.
Rectification actions are documented, and interim audits can be scheduled if necessary.