Quick Response for Special Needs. Task 44. Developing an Airport Communicable Disease Response Plan Template

Airport communicable disease response plans (CDRPs) are multi-agency coordination plans maintained by airports that outline the main roles and responsibilities of key agencies during various illness responses. CDRPs allow for several types of responses and contingencies ranging from response to a single individual illness or death to a mass illness response. They include potential locations for entry and exit screening, as well as responsibilities of partners during a pandemic. CDRPs are also used by airport partners, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its quarantine stations, to coordinate activities during public health responses. Although not required by federal aviation regulation, many airports have found CDRPs valuable and would benefit from a template and guide for their development. The objective of this research is to develop templates and a guide to help airports prepare CDRPs that are practical, scalable, implementable, and easily updated. The templates should be designed to help airports create CDRPs for the following situations, at a minimum: (1) Within an airport response plan at a port with a co-located CDC quarantine station; (2) As a stand-alone document at a port with a co-located CDC quarantine station; (3) As a document at a sub-port of a CDC quarantine station; and (4) For other commercial service and general aviation airports. The templates should allow airports to respond to a range of situations (e.g., an isolated incident, pandemics) and consider various populations within an airport (e.g., employees, tenants, passengers). The guide should help airports: (1) Select and populate the appropriate template based on their unique situation, goals, and priorities; (2) Identify and coordinate with relevant stakeholders when developing the plan; and (3) Provide suggestions for testing, benchmarking, and updating the plan.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5448

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $100000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 11-02, Task 44

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Airport Cooperative Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC    20001

  Federal Aviation Administration

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Project Managers:

  Navarrete, Joseph

• Performing Organizations:

  Cadmus Group, Inc.

  Waltham, MA  United States 
• Principal Investigators:

  Teper, Scott

• Start Date: 20230501
• Expected Completion Date: 20240122
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Communicable diseases; Disaster preparedness; Emergency management; Strategic planning
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01871753
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 11-02, Task 44
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Jan 26 2023 4:43PM