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| Title |
Transportation Disaster Response – Airport Preparedness Program
(previously titled
"Transportation Disaster Response – Airports")
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| Description |
This course covers the numerous challenges faced by airports and airlines in the first 12 hours following a major passenger aircraft accident, and equips participants with strategies and materials to plan and coordinate an effective response to assist the relatives and friends of accident victims.
NTSB Transportation Disaster Assistance staff will lead the course and assist participants with planning issues unique to their airport. With an emphasis on Q&A, participants will have ample opportunities to interact with staff.
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| ID Code |
TDA404 |
| Dates and Tuition |
October 29, 2009
$412 for all applications with payment received no later than September 29, 2009
$467 for all applications with payment received September 30 - October 23, 2009
$517 for all applications with payment submitted between October 24 and
12:00 pm (noon) ET on October 28, 2009
$50 processing fee will be added to tuitions for all offline applications (starting October 1, 2008)
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| Times |
9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
| Location |
NTSB
Training Center • 45065 Riverside Parkway • Ashburn, Virginia 20147 |
| Additional Airports Course |
Save on travel, time and expenses – attend two courses in one trip. Managing Communications During an Aircraft Disaster is offered October 28-29, 2008. |
| Status |
OPEN. Applications are now being accepted. |
| Apply to Attend |
October 29, 2009
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| CEUs |
0.7 |
| Overview |
- Understanding the unique response
requirements for the two primary types of aviation disasters and how
victims are affected by them
- Issues unique to accidents and
incidents involving airlines with limited airport staff (or contracted
airport staff)
- Determining who should be considered
a “family member”
- Assisting with the immediate needs of
family members in the first 12 hours after an accident
- Planning a Friends and Family
Gathering Center
- Protecting family members’ privacy
- Transitioning family members from the
Friends and Family Gathering Center to the airline-established Family
Assistance Center
- Understanding the FBI's role in
criminal transportation accident investigations and family support
services
- Employing strategies for effective communication with local and state responders, NTSB, FAA, FBI, airlines and airport tenants
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| Performance Results |
Upon completion of this course the
participant will be able to:
- Provide for relatives’ and friends’
full range of needs in an emotionally charged environment
- Avoid mistakes by reviewing lessons
learned from previous accidents
- Employ forms and checklists
provided to ensure that all major aspects of an Airport Friends and
Relatives Assistance Plan are completed
in order of priority
-
Explain the
NTSB and FBI roles during an aircraft accident
- Extend in-house training to staff through the use of course materials
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| Who May Attend |
- Airport management and staff
- Airport-based airline management and
staff
- Airport police departments
- Airport emergency planners and rescue
and firefighting personnel
- Local responders within a 5-mile
radius of an airport
- State or local emergency planners
- Members of the academic community attending for research purposes (on a space-available basis)
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| Accommodations |
Area hotels and
restaurants |
| Airports |
Washington
Dulles International (IAD): 10 miles
Washington Ronald
Reagan National (DCA): 30 miles
Baltimore/Washington
International (BWI): 60 miles |
| More Information |
Email TrainingCenter@ntsb.gov
or call (571) 223-3900
Courses, forums and symposia are added to the schedule throughout the
year. Subscribe to the e-newsletter to learn about upcoming events
and new programs: http://www.ntsb.gov/TC/list/list.htm |
