Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Practices. Topic S04-19. Incorporating ADA and Functional Needs in Emergency Exercises
TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Synthesis 90: Incorporating ADA and Functional Needs in Emergency Exercises explores how airports include persons with disabilities and others with access or functional needs (DAFN) into emergency exercises. Because not all functional needs are visually or readily apparent, airports find that including these community members in DAFN on emergency exercises improves the safety of passengers, airport visitors, and employees at airports. The report describes effective practices and provides additional resources and tools in the appendices.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $45000
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Contract Numbers:
Project 11-03, Topic S04-19
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Sponsor Organizations:
Airport Cooperative Research Program
Transportation Research Board
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001Federal Aviation Administration
800 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC United States 20591 -
Project Managers:
Staba, Gail
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Performing Organizations:
Smith-Woolwine Associates, Incorporated
385 Sam Read Rd NW
Floyd, VA United States 24091 -
Principal Investigators:
Smith, James
- Start Date: 20170518
- Expected Completion Date: 20190321
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- Source Data: RiP Project 41194
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Airport operations; Airports; Emergency management; Emergency training; Hazards; Risk assessment; Transportation disadvantaged persons
- Identifier Terms: Americans with Disabilities Act
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Education and Training; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01615130
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
- Contract Numbers: Project 11-03, Topic S04-19
- Files: TRB, RiP
- Created Date: Oct 27 2016 1:00AM