Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01244:reg:5:p216
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01244
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 216/225)
Character Range: 877957–880942

for preservation of movement area integrity during an emergency; and

(h) procedures to return the aerodrome to operational status after an emergency.

24.04 Aerodrome location details or maps for emergency agencies

       (1) An aerodrome operator must make available to emergency agencies location details or maps of the aerodrome and its immediate vicinity.

       (2) For subsection (1), the location details or maps must include:

(a) primary and secondary access points; and

(b) emergency assembly areas (if applicable); and

(c) if escorts for external vehicles are not provided by the aerodrome operator — details of any aerodrome hazards that are present.

       Note   Hazard information might include, for example, drainage infrastructure, open excavations, critical or sensitive areas for navigation and communication equipment, obscured foundations or footings.

24.05 Emergency preparedness — operators to whom section 24.02 applies

       (1) An aerodrome operator to whom section 24.02 applies must test the aerodrome emergency plan:

(a) in the following exercises:

 (i) a full-scale aerodrome emergency exercise conducted at intervals not exceeding 2 years;

 (ii) in each intervening year — partial emergency exercises, for example, a tabletop exercise, to ensure that any deficiencies found during the full-scale aerodrome emergency exercise have been corrected; or

(b) in a series of modular tests in which:

 (i) all modules are tested within 3 years; and

 (ii) the interval between the test of any module and its previous test is not greater than 3 years; and

 (iii) there is a full-scale aerodrome emergency exercise, but not sooner than 3 months before the expiry of the 3 years.

       (2) An aerodrome operator to whom section 24.02 applies must complete a review of the aerodrome emergency plan not later than 30 days after any of the following:

(a) the conclusion of an emergency at the aerodrome;

(b) an exercise conducted in accordance with subsection (1);

        for the purpose of correcting any deficiency found during the emergency or exercise.

       (3) The procedures under the aerodrome emergency plan mentioned in subsection (2) must be reviewed with local emergency responders at least annually.

Note   A tabletop exercise conducted between the aerodrome operator and their local emergency responders at least once every 24 months is also recommended to formally evaluate emergency response arrangements.

       (4) Compliance with the timing requirements of subparagraphs (1) (a) (i), (1) (b) (iii), or subsection (3) may be deferred, in whole or part, for a maximum period of 24 months, with the approval in writing by CASA (subject to safety conditions, if any), if:

(a) the aerodrome emergency plan is activated during an actual emergency event which tested the functioning of the whole plan (the relevant emergency); and

(b) the aerodrome operator applies in writing for the deferral, and gives CASA written details of