1st Edition

Fundamentals of Aviation Crisis and Emergency Management

By Gail A. Rowntree Copyright 2024
    164 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    164 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    This book takes the topic of aviation crisis and emergency management and walks the reader through what aviation organisations must consider alongside legislation to respond fully to an aviation emergency or accident. It offers both theory and practical tips and ideas along with templates and checklists to help build confidence in how to run an aviation emergency operation. This includes timelines for activation, setting up and managing humanitarian centres and how a full aviation crisis operation runs at the site of the accident.

    Fundamentals of Aviation Crisis and Emergency Management is the only textbook available with all required elements laid out chronologically. The reader can plan for, train for, and exercise for a multitude of crisis examples, building both confidence and competence in managing an aviation emergency. Fundamentals of Aviation Crisis and Emergency Management includes a range of case studies and a variety of interviews with those people who have experienced an aviation crisis and deployed to it. This allows the reader to fully immerse themselves in the topic and makes the book both a textbook of key knowledge and also a book that can be read for increasing understanding of the topic. It will be essential for aviation students and professionals, disaster response organisations, and emergency planners.

    Introduction to the Book

    PART I Legislation, Regulation, Key Agencies and Organisations Involved

    1 Understanding the Legislation and Key Agencies Involved in Aviation Accidents

    2 Planning for a Crisis

    PART II Activation, Deployment and Specific Roles

    3 Crisis Management Centre (CMC)

    4 Airline Go Teams

    5 Airline Special Assistance Teams (SAT)

    6 Airport Response

    7 Humanitarian Assistance Centre (HAC)

    8 Crisis Communications

    9 Supporting Families at the Humanitarian Assistance Centre

    10 Search and Recovery, Identification, Repatriation and Personal Effects

    11 Closing an Operation

    Biography

    Gail A. Rowntree is Associate Professor in the School of Aviation and Security at Buckinghamshire New University in the UK. As former cabin crew and then a responder for both Kenyon International Emergency Services and Go Crisis, Gail has written several articles and chapters on trauma, resilience and response to aviation disasters, having deployed in a variety of roles to over 40 international incidents.