Emergency Response Plan

[jschroed]

I have been delegated the task of developing a Emergency Response Plan for the company. A set of procedures to follow in the event of an accident. I was wondering if anyone has any insight creating something like this? Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Coool Hand Luke]

You should research FAR part 139 and Advisory Circulars in the 150 series. Everything you need is there. It is from an airport perspective but can be applied to most anything. Also NBAA has some things on this.

 

[Wantfrys]

I too have been assigned this task. They even have me going to the NBAA conference. If get any useful information I will forward it.

 

[jonjuan]

Emergency response video

Try this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URvMd-pjSMc&feature=related

 

[Coool Hand Luke]

Try this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URvMd-pjSMc&feature=related

awesome!

 

[Nick5600]

Argus has a great complete SMS program that you can enroll in. The program includes a ERP.

 

[herkdriver234]

Google OPNAVINST 3750.6R

 

[seawings]

Erp

USAIG has a good primer on ERP...take a look at this site.

http://www.usau.com/usau.nsf/Doc/Co...Plan?OpenDocument&Count=1000&Expand=10.1#10.1

Also attending one of the NBAA course is a great place to start.

If I can be of more help please feel free to PM me.

 

[Publishers]

The Argus one is probably going to be more the standard although the NBAA website had a ton of good information. I also found it helpful to call some companies that had problems and see what they had learned.
The bad part of Argus is that it more like an airline program than a flight department program. After you get some outlines in mind, try and create some scenarios that will challenge your personnel based on the type of flying you do.
We thought we were prepared when I gave the scene that the aircraft was first overdue from Mexico, then reports of an unconfirmed crash, more people on the plane than believed on board, some fatalities but people taken to different hospitals, some on the ground hurt, not sure they were on the aircraft, real remote location. We were not prepared at all.

 

[Nick5600]

Actually I found the argus to work great for our 91/135 flight department. As a part of the program we drill the ERP twice a year with planned scenarios from argus. Along the ERP they provide free research on a any subjects wish. Monthly internal evaluation checklist. Its really a comprehensive safety program.

 

[Publishers]

The other good thing about Argus is the self audits they supply for your department.

I should qualify this who recommendation by saying their certification program is sort of a rip off.

 

[seawings]

While there are a number of very qualified and capable developers of manuals it is always (personal opinion) better to develop your processes in-house. The reason being, you have an opportunity to involve your personnel in the development of processes that actually reflect how you run your operation.

This is not to say that attending seminars presented by NBAA and other wouldn’t be helpful as a first step. The NBAA has done an excellent job of developing and amassing standards, however, what and how you use them is up to you. If you are truly seeking an industry standard I would suggest you invest the time in seeking IS-BA0 certification (an ERP is part of their process).

Everyone, large department or small, face the same problem….time and man power, however, once you embark and especially upon completion you will realize that the process has made you into a very professional flight department. Again I stress that IS-BAO is achievable by a single pilot / plane operation or the large Fortune 500 departments, the standards are the same, only the application varies.

At the core of all endeavors (corporate manual and procedures development) should be a Safety Management System, which will become more and more a requirement in the future. The key feature to SMS is Risk Management (analysis and profiling). We have all been taught risks assessment since our first flight lesson, however, the documentation, tracking and implementation haven’t always been part of our departmental processes.

Sorry for the ramblings…and I don’t mean to impugn the capabilities of the myriad of professional services, however, I am strong believer that in-house development better reflects how the department really works…go to the schools, (use a consultant to guide you if necessary…this will sound self serving because that’s what I do) but do it in-house.

 

[Publishers]

No question that whichever one you use for a base, you have to modify to your own operation. Argus wants your ERP to be more airline like and for your people to have Hepatitus shots as if you are going to walk through the wreckage. In addition, while risk assesment is what we do, there was of methodical documentation and record keeping may not be good for your operation. They seem to p[rejudge that you have multiple crews you can select from and other apects that just were not practical in a smaller operation.