Canadian Aviation Regulations

302.203 (1) In an emergency plan, the operator of an airport shall, at a minimum,

• (a) identify the potential emergencies, including

  • (i) an aircraft accident or incident

    • (A) within the airport boundaries, and

    • (B) within a critical rescue and fire-fighting access area that extends 1000 m beyond the ends of a runway and 150 m at 90° outwards from the centreline of the runway, including any part of that area outside the airport boundaries,

  • (ii) an aircraft emergency declared by either air traffic services or a pilot,

  • (iii) a fuel spill that spreads at least 1.5 m in any direction or exceeds 12 mm in depth,

  • (iv) a medical emergency,

  • (v) a fire in which airport operations or passenger safety is threatened,

  • (vi) an emergency that is related to a special aviation event and that might have an impact on airport operations,

  • (vii) a natural disaster, and

  • (viii) any other emergency that is a threat or is likely to be a threat to the safety of persons or to the operation of the airport;

• (b) identify the organizations at the airport and the community organizations that are capable of providing assistance during an emergency at an airport or in its vicinity, provide the telephone numbers and other contact information for each organization and describe the type of assistance each can provide;

• (c) identify the other resources available at the airport and in the surrounding communities for use during emergency response or recovery operations and provide their telephone numbers and other contact information;

• (d) describe for emergency situations the lines of authority and the relationships between the organizations identified in the emergency plan and describe how actions will be coordinated among all and within each of the organizations;

• (e) identify for emergency situations the supervisors and describe the responsibilities of each;

• (f) specify the positions occupied by the airport personnel who will respond to an emergency and describe the specific emergency response duties of each;

• (g) identify the on-scene controller and describe the controller’s emergency response duties;

• (h) provide authorization for a person to act as an on-scene controller or a supervisor if they are not airport personnel;

• (i) set out the criteria to be used for positioning the on-scene controller within visual range of an emergency scene;

• (j) set out the measures to be taken to make the on-scene controller easily identifiable at all times by all persons responding to an emergency;

• (k) if initial on-scene control has been assumed by a person from a responding organization, describe the procedure for transferring control to the on-scene controller;

• (l) describe any training and qualifications required for the on-scene controller and the airport personnel identified in the emergency plan;

• (m) describe the method for recording any training provided to the on-scene controller and airport personnel;

• (n) describe the communication procedures and specify the radio frequencies to be used to link the operator of the airport with

  • (i) the on-scene controller, and

  • (ii) the providers of ground traffic control services and air traffic control services at the airport;

• (o) describe the communication procedures allowing the on-scene controller to communicate with the organizations identified in the emergency plan;

• (p) identify the alerting procedures that

  • (i) activate the emergency plan,

  • (ii) establish the necessary level of response,

  • (iii) allow immediate communication with the organizations identified in the emergency plan in accordance with the required level of response,

  • (iv) if applicable, confirm the dispatch of each responding organization,

  • (v) establish the use of standard terminology in communications, and

  • (vi) establish the use of the appropriate radio frequencies as set out in the emergency plan;

• (q) specify

  • (i) the airport communication equipment testing procedures,

  • (ii) a schedule for the testing, and

  • (iii) the method of keeping records of the tests;

• (r) for airports designated under Subpart 3, specify the location of the emergency coordination centre used to provide support to the on-scene controller;

• (s) describe the measures for dealing with adverse climatic conditions and darkness for each potential emergency set out in paragraph (a);

• (t) describe the procedures to assist persons who have been evacuated if their safety is threatened or airside operations are affected;

• (u) describe the procedures respecting the review and confirmation of the following to permit the return of the airport to operational status after an emergency situation:

  • (i) emergency status reports,

  • (ii) coordination with the coroner and the investigator designated by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada regarding the accident site conditions,

  • (iii) disabled aircraft removal,

  • (iv) airside inspection results,

  • (v) accident or incident site conditions, and

  • (vi) air traffic services and NOTAM coordination;

• (v) describe the procedures for controlling vehicular flow during an emergency to ensure the safety of vehicles, aircraft and persons;

• (w) specify the procedures for issuing a NOTAM in the event of

  • (i) an emergency affecting the critical category for fire fighting required under section 303.07, or

  • (ii) changes or restrictions in facilities or services at the airport during and after an emergency;

• (x) describe the procedures for preserving evidence as it relates to

  • (i) aircraft or aircraft part removal, and

  • (ii) the site of the accident or incident in accordance with the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act;

• (y) describe the procedures to be followed, after any exercise set out in section 302.208 or the activation of the plan for an emergency that requires a full emergency standby, in the following cases:

  • (i) a post-emergency debriefing session with all participating organizations,

  • (ii) the recording of the minutes of the debriefing session,

  • (iii) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the emergency plan to identify deficiencies,

  • (iv) changes, if any, to be made in the emergency plan, and

  • (v) partial testing subsequent to the modification of an emergency plan;

• (z) describe

  • (i) the process for an annual review and update of the emergency plan, and

  • (ii) the administrative procedure for the distribution of copies of an updated version of the emergency plan to the airport personnel who require them and to the community organizations identified in the plan; and

• (z.1) describe the procedures to assist in locating an aircraft when the airport receives notification that an ELT has been activated.

(2) The operator of an airport shall include a copy of the following documents in the emergency plan:

• (a) the signed agreements, if any, between the airport operator and the community organizations that provide emergency response services to the airport; and

• (b) an airport grid map.