Safety Management System (SMS) for Airport: Guidance, Tools, & Related Information
On this page . . .
- General
- SMS Standards & Required Attributes
- Implementation Guidance
- Tools & Methods
- What Others Are Doing
General
- FAA System Safety Handbook
- Chapter 2: System Safety Policy and Process (PDF)
Reviews the FAA policies about system safety and the safety risk management (SRM) process. - Chapter 3: Principles of System Safety (PDF)
Summarizes the principles of System Safety and discusses planning principles, hazard analysis, comparative safety assessment, risk management decision making, safety order of precedence, behavioral-based safety, and analytical models used in system safety.
- Chapter 2: System Safety Policy and Process (PDF)
- Nuclear Regulatory Agency's Fault Tree Handbook (NUREG-0492) (see Chapter 1)
Describes system safety in terms of everyday decision-making. Helps managers gain a better understanding of how systems safety can help achieve core missions. Sets the foundation for structuring the SMS to address both broad-ranging system issues and specific subsystem issues. - Unlocking the Potential of a Safety Management System (PDF)
Taken from Flight Safety Foundation Digest, November-December 2005.
SMS Standards & Required Attributes
- ICAO Safety Management Website
Discusses ICAO requirements and audit programs and provides access to SMS course materials and related publications. - Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO)
Implementation Guidance
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Background and Fundamentals of the Safety Management System (SMS) for Aviation Operations (PDF)
Airline Pilots Association (ALPA), 2nd Edition, February 2006.
Tools & Methods
- AC 23.1309-1C, Equipment, Systems, and Installations in Part 23 Airplanes
March 12, 1999 - ARP 4754, Certification Considerations for Highly Integrated or Complex Aircraft Systems (see Appendix A)
SAE International standard. Although written for aircraft design, gives a concrete example of how to evolve a highly complex system such as the Air Transportation System. SAE charges for this document. - ARP 4761, Guidelines and Methods for Conducting the Safety Assessment Process on Civil Airborne Systems and Equipment
SAE International standard. Defines a process for using common modeling techniques to assess the safety of a system as it is being designed or modified. SAE charges for this document. - FAA System Safety Handbook
Provides instruction on how to perform system safety engineering and management for FAA personnel involved in system safety activities. Establishes a set of consistent and standardized procedures and analytical tools that enable each FAA office to comply with the FAA's SRM Order: - Nuclear Regulatory Agency's Fault Tree Handbook (NUREG-0492) (PDF)
What Others Are Doing
- Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority's Safety Management Systems Website
- Safety Management Systems Information Pack
Includes SMS - A Users Guide and An Aviation Business Guide. - Safety Management Articles in Flight Safety Australia
- Aviation Safety Management Resources
Includes Australian, British, and Canadian guidance material for air carriers and ground operations. - Safety Management Training Resources
- Safety Management Systems Information Pack
- Background and Fundamentals of the Safety Management System (SMS) for Aviation Operations (PDF)
Airline Pilots Association (ALPA), 2nd Edition, February 2006. - ICAO Safety Management Website
Discusses ICAO requirements and audit programs and provides access to SMS course material and related publications. - Integrated Safety Manual (PDF)
Summarizes the Department of Energy's Integrated Safety Management (ISM) Program. - Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO)
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Integrated Safety Management System Description (PDF)
- Nuclear Regulatory Agency's Fault Tree Handbook (NUREG-0492) (PDF)
- Unlocking the Potential of a Safety Management System (PDF)
Taken from Flight Safety Foundation Digest, November-December 2005.
