Emergency Planning and Response for Airports

Airport Operators must be able to cope with an emergency occurring at the airport or in its vicinity and to minimize the impact. They play a leading role in the effectiveness of the experts’ team and the Airport Community to respond. Knowledgeable and skilled personnel must ensure prompt and competent response, based on the Airport Emergency Response Plan (ERP - AEP), previously coordinated with potentially involved agencies and stakeholders. This course gives you managerial and technical skills to take on an expert role in an airport emergency response. Ground Handling Services Providers (GSPs) play an important role integrating and implementing Airlines’ and GSP’s Station Emergency Response Plans (SERP). You will learn to develop, train and test an AEP/SERP according to industry practice and regulatory requirements, for both airport operators and GSP.

Course format

• This classroom course provides 5 days (40 hours) of instruction delivered by an official IATA Instructor.
• Take this course at an IATA Training Center, Regional Training Partner, or on-demand as in-house training.
• Student performance will be based on an assessment.

Prerequisites

• Participants should have prior knowledge of airport operations or have completed the IATA Airport Emergency Response Awareness - eLearning course.
• Recommended level is Intermediate and Advanced.
• The recommended level of language proficiency is ICAO Operational Level 4 for courses in English or the equivalent level for other languages.