Peter Adams, Aviation Safety & Risk Management, Aviation Strategies International, Canada
Speaker Biograghy:
Peter has been working with Aviation Strategies International for over six years in a training and consultancy role addressing aviation safety, airport operations and risk management issues in particular. He was previously Head of Safety at Sydney Airport. He is currently an Instructor on the ICAO/ACI Global Airport Management Professional Accreditation Programme and is a World Business Partner member of the ACI World Safety & Technical Standing Committee. He has more recently worked in Saudi Arabia, Myanmar, Indonesia, Bermuda and Macau covering operations, safety and operational performance management issues.
Day 3 - 16 March
Session:
Management & Operations: Crisis & Disaster
12:25 - 13:30
- Panel Discussion: Airports and emergency preparedness: the challenge of covering all contingencies
Synopsis: Airports face all manner of emergency situations, some of them due to natural causes, others man-made. This panel explores three case studies: the impact of volcanic activity on an airport in Costa Rica; the effect of the 2015 wildfires in Alberta and how the airport became a centre for relief efforts and community recovery; the freakish story of an airport in Portugal, which literally lost its terminal roof in a storm. Finally, the panel will explore the modalities needed for a command centre to stay on top of emergencies.
Audience will learn:
- Airports need to anticipate even the most bizarre emergency situations and have a system for mitigating them
- Airports and the community must be in lockstep in terms of teaming up in emergencies
- Effective airport-wide communications and fast-track decisions are critical in any emergency
- Airport staff need to be trained to handle emergency scenarios through frequent simulation exercises
- The airport needs to be keenly aware of its relations with the public and press during any crisis situation