AAA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FORUM Gary Bowden Head of Security & Emergency Planning – BAC
OVERVIEW • Welcome & introduction – conducting emergency planning activities in challenging times • The challenges • Why we exercise • Scenario overview • What we did • Field exercise & team work • Lessons learnt
THE CHALLENGES • New parallel runway opening scheduled for 12 July 2020 • Covid-19 hit! - social distancing / no gatherings • No passengers / no planes • Complete BAC work force deployed to WFH • Emergency service resources stretched & deployed on Covid border activities • CASA surveillance audit scheduled at the same time as the exercise • A time for doing things differently and thinking outside the box
CASR 139 WHY DO WE EXERCISE? 139.210 Aerodrome emergency plan (1) The aerodrome emergency committee for a certified aerodrome must prepare an aerodrome emergency plan. (2) The plan must include: Aerodrome Emergency Committee Crisis Management Team Management Systems (a) procedures for coordinating the responses of all Stakeholder Audit and Compliance Programs Deployment/Desktop Exercises Engagement emergency service organisations referred to in the Continuous Awareness Training Monitoring plan; and (b) (b) any other matters that are required to be included Prevent Prepare in the emergency plan by the Manual of Standards. Recover Respond 139.215 Testing of aerodrome emergency plan (1) Subject to this regulation, the operator of a certified aerodrome must conduct an emergency exercise at Communication least once every 2 years to test: BAC Resilience Framework Risk Assessment Aerodrome Emergency Plan Business Continuity Plans Incident Assessment Team Airport Recovery Coordinating Committee Crisis Management Team (a) the coordination of the emergency service organisations referred to in the aerodrome’s emergency plan; and (b) the adequacy of the procedures and facilities provided for in the plan. Penalty: 10 penalty units.
SCENARIO
LOCATIONS
High Intensity Approach Lighting GENERAL IDEA (HIAL) • Time – Current Time • Moreton Airway Flight (MA) 123 on finals • Changi - Brisbane • Boeing 737-800 • Max Fuel Capacity: 26,020L • Remaining: approx. 2,000L • POB: PAX – 156, 8 Crew (Pilot and First Officer) • Dangerous Goods: Nil • Weather: Winds 5 – 10Kts SE, Fine, 30c
SPECIAL IDEA 1 • Current time • MA123 conducting a visual landing • Approach is too slow • Prior to impact – No distress calls are made and/or asking ATC to abort landing. • ATC witness the flight land hard and shortly follows a plume of dust. • ATC activate the Crash on Alarm. • ATC have closed Airspace and ceased movements on the Aerodrome.
SPECIAL IDEA 1 • Frist 5 minutes • ATC have observed the slides being deployed. • Passengers have commenced self evacuation. • Black smoke can be seen coming from the fuselage. • ARFF and Airside Ops are on scene and have commenced rescue operations and establishment of a Forward Command Post. • Incident Assessment Team has been activated and are conducting a full incident appraisal. • Initial assessment is the escalation to Crisis and the activation of the relevant centres (EOC and IOC). • You are receiving your first CMT communications and update.
SPECIAL IDEA 1 • Approx. + 15 minutes • The first wave of responders have arrived at the Staging Area and are proceeding to the incident • A large fire has been reported inside the fuselage • Multiple walking wounded • Several deceased • Awaiting confirmation on initial numbers • BAC EOC has not yet been established however the IOC is currently being manned by the ADM and Surveillance Officers • Responding crews are unable to utilise Airside Route from the AIP • Social media posts are appearing on all platforms from passengers at the terminal and the nearby GA/Plane spotters area
WHAT WE DID Crisis Management Team – Conducted the following Discussion Exercise EOC Stand Up Exercise Crash on Airport Scenario Held on the 7 th May 2020 Exercise Aim: • Exercise Concept Meeting – 15 th Nov 2019 Held on the 14 th April 2020 • • To practise the Crisis Management Plan involving a • Conducted via Microsoft Teams to test virtual crash on airport located on 01L/19R. • Planning Meetings – Jan/Feb 2020 • Conducted via MS Teams EOC concept Exercise Objectives: • Discussion Exercise – 14 th April • • Emergency services and external >24 Pers attended stakeholders in attendance - QPS, ARFF, 1. Demonstrate the call out/activation process Final Planning Meeting – 22 nd April 2020 • • QPS, AFP, ARFF, QFES, QAS, BAC Ops, for the Crisis Management Team QFES, QAS, ATSB, BAC Ops, BAC Corp ATSB, ASA and other agency representatives • Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) stand Identify the top 3 – 5 strategic considerations Comms 2. up exercise (Microsoft Teams) – 7 th May • Scenario – Crash on Airport – New Runway for each functional area • Note: It was noted that during a crash on 2020 01L/19R airport that physical attendance would be the Scenario: • Incident Assessment Team activation – 11 th • Feedback and Lessons Learnt finalised In keeping with the Exercise Southern Cross 2020 preference. May 2020 via Whispir & MS Teams theme the scenario will remain unchanged. The • EOC separately stood up and stood down. scenario will be presented as a General Idea along • CMT call out and desk top briefing exercise with Special Ideas for your consideration and with CEO & all ELT as well as ELT Delegates decision making purposes. Field Exercise Incident Assessment Team • Exercise Southern 2020 – Field Exercise The events leading to the Crash on Airport are non- (Multi-agency Full Scale) – 13 th May 2020 Activation terror related and was as a result of pilot error. Held on the 13 th May 2020 Held on the 11 th May 2020 • • • • Conducted as part of Operational Readiness Conducted via WHISPIR notification and and our CASR requirements. automatic teleconference dial in • • >30 Emergency Services personnel in All BAC IAT members in attendance attendance - QPS, AFP, ARFF, QFES, QAS • and BAC Ops Precursor to CMT activation • • Feedback and Lessons Learnt are still yet to Assessment was made to initiate the Crisis be finalised Management Team and establish the EOC and IOC in support of the CMC and unfolding events • Formal exercise debrief to be held end of this month (Date TBD)
FIELD EXERCISE 13 MAY 202
TEAM EFFORT
LEARNINGS • Virtual meetings are valuable for everyone • You can call together large groups of people in a very short period of time and provide a sit-rep briefing or establish a virtual EOC, CMT • Provides an alternative to time poor agencies reduces travel, resource commitments and provides redundancy to face to face meetings • You have the ability to record meetings for regulatory compliance • Exercise planning and meetings cost less • Video & audio meetings are a great alternative to how we traditionally manage our emergency planning and response framework • However, face to face meetings still have their place in the world!
SPECIAL THANKS • BAC Security & Emergency Planning Team • Especially • Dan Corliss – Security & Emergency Planning Manager • Rowan McGuire – Security & Emergency Planning Training Advisor • BAC’s Airside Operations & all Emergency Service & Government Agencies
SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PLANNING Rowan Maguire Security and Emergency Planning Mob: 0439793001
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