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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 139.325 

§ 139.325 Airport emergency plan. 

(a) In a manner authorized by the Ad-

ministrator, each certificate holder 
must develop and maintain an airport 
emergency plan designed to minimize 
the possibility and extent of personal 
injury and property damage on the air-
port in an emergency. The plan must— 

(1) Include procedures for prompt re-

sponse to all emergencies listed in 
paragraph (b) of this section, including 
a communications network; 

(2) Contain sufficient detail to pro-

vide adequate guidance to each person 
who must implement these procedures; 
and 

(3) To the extent practicable, provide 

for an emergency response for the larg-
est air carrier aircraft in the Index 
group required under § 139.315. 

(b) The plan required by this section 

must contain instructions for response 
to— 

(1) Aircraft incidents and accidents; 
(2) Bomb incidents, including des-

ignation of parking areas for the air-
craft involved; 

(3) Structural fires; 
(4) Fires at fuel farms or fuel storage 

areas; 

(5) Natural disaster; 
(6) Hazardous materials/dangerous 

goods incidents; 

(7) Sabotage, hijack incidents, and 

other unlawful interference with oper-
ations; 

(8) Failure of power for movement 

area lighting; and 

(9) Water rescue situations, as appro-

priate. 

(c) The plan required by this section 

must address or include— 

(1) To the extent practicable, provi-

sions for medical services, including 
transportation and medical assistance 
for the maximum number of persons 
that can be carried on the largest air 
carrier aircraft that the airport reason-
ably can be expected to serve; 

(2) The name, location, telephone 

number, and emergency capability of 
each hospital and other medical facil-
ity and the business address and tele-
phone number of medical personnel on 
the airport or in the communities it 
serves who have agreed to provide med-
ical assistance or transportation; 

(3) The name, location, and telephone 

number of each rescue squad, ambu-

lance service, military installation, 
and government agency on the airport 
or in the communities it serves that 
agrees to provide medical assistance or 
transportation; 

(4) An inventory of surface vehicles 

and aircraft that the facilities, agen-
cies, and personnel included in the plan 
under paragraphs (c)(2) and (3) of this 
section will provide to transport in-
jured and deceased persons to locations 
on the airport and in the communities 
it serves; 

(5) A list of each hangar or other 

building on the airport or in the com-
munities it serves that will be used to 
accommodate uninjured, injured, and 
deceased persons; 

(6) Plans for crowd control, including 

the name and location of each safety or 
security agency that agrees to provide 
assistance for the control of crowds in 
the event of an emergency on the air-
port; and 

(7) Procedures for removing disabled 

aircraft, including, to the extent prac-
tical, the name, location, and tele-
phone numbers of agencies with air-
craft removal responsibilities or capa-
bilities. 

(d) The plan required by this section 

must provide for— 

(1) The marshalling, transportation, 

and care of ambulatory injured and 
uninjured accident survivors; 

(2) The removal of disabled aircraft; 
(3) Emergency alarm or notification 

systems; and 

(4) Coordination of airport and con-

trol tower functions relating to emer-
gency actions, as appropriate. 

(e) The plan required by this section 

must contain procedures for notifying 
the facilities, agencies, and personnel 
who have responsibilities under the 
plan of the location of an aircraft acci-
dent, the number of persons involved in 
that accident, or any other informa-
tion necessary to carry out their re-
sponsibilities, as soon as that informa-
tion becomes available. 

(f) The plan required by this section 

must contain provisions, to the extent 
practicable, for the rescue of aircraft 
accident victims from significant bod-
ies of water or marsh lands adjacent to 
the airport that are crossed by the ap-
proach and departure flight paths of air 
carriers. A body of water or marshland 

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§ 139.327 

is significant if the area exceeds one- 
quarter square mile and cannot be tra-
versed by conventional land rescue ve-
hicles. To the extent practicable, the 
plan must provide for rescue vehicles 
with a combined capacity for handling 
the maximum number of persons that 
can be carried on board the largest air 
carrier aircraft in the Index group re-
quired under § 139.315. 

(g) Each certificate holder must— 
(1) Coordinate the plan with law en-

forcement agencies, rescue and fire-
fighting agencies, medical personnel 
and organizations, the principal ten-
ants at the airport, and all other per-
sons who have responsibilities under 
the plan; 

(2) To the extent practicable, provide 

for participation by all facilities, agen-
cies, and personnel specified in para-
graph (g)(1) of this section in the devel-
opment of the plan; 

(3) Ensure that all airport personnel 

having duties and responsibilities 
under the plan are familiar with their 
assignments and are properly trained; 
and 

(4) At least once every 12 consecutive 

calendar months, review the plan with 
all of the parties with whom the plan is 
coordinated, as specified in paragraph 
(g)(1) of this section, to ensure that all 
parties know their responsibilities and 
that all of the information in the plan 
is current. 

(h) Each holder of a Class I Airport 

Operating Certificate must hold a full- 
scale airport emergency plan exercise 
at least once every 36 consecutive cal-
endar months. 

(i) Each airport subject to applicable 

FAA and Transportation Security Ad-
ministration security regulations must 
ensure that instructions for response 
to paragraphs (b)(2) and (b)(7) of this 
section in the airport emergency plan 
are consistent with its approved air-
port security program. 

(j) FAA Advisory Circulars contain 

methods and procedures for the devel-
opment of an airport emergency plan 
that are acceptable to the Adminis-
trator. 

(k) The emergency plan required by 

this section must be submitted by each 
holder of a Class II, III, or IV Airport 
Operating Certificate no later than 24 

consecutive calendar months after 
June 9, 2004. 

§ 139.327 Self-inspection program. 

(a) In a manner authorized by the Ad-

ministrator, each certificate holder 
must inspect the airport to assure com-
pliance with this subpart according to 
the following schedule: 

(1) Daily, except as otherwise re-

quired by the Airport Certification 
Manual; 

(2) When required by any unusual 

condition, such as construction activi-
ties or meteorological conditions, that 
may affect safe air carrier operations; 
and 

(3) Immediately after an accident or 

incident. 

(b) Each certificate holder must pro-

vide the following: 

(1) Equipment for use in conducting 

safety inspections of the airport; 

(2) Procedures, facilities, and equip-

ment for reliable and rapid dissemina-
tion of information between the certifi-
cate holder’s personnel and air car-
riers; and 

(3) Procedures to ensure qualified 

personnel perform the inspections. 
Such procedures must ensure personnel 
are trained, as specified under § 139.303, 
and receive initial and recurrent in-
struction every 12 consecutive calendar 
months in at least the following areas: 

(i) Airport familiarization, including 

airport signs, marking and lighting. 

(ii) Airport emergency plan. 
(iii) Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) noti-

fication procedures. 

(iv) Procedures for pedestrians and 

ground vehicles in movement areas and 
safety areas. 

(v) Discrepancy reporting procedures; 

and 

(4) A reporting system to ensure 

prompt correction of unsafe airport 
conditions noted during the inspection, 
including wildlife strikes. 

(c) Each certificate holder must— 
(1) Prepare, and maintain for at least 

12 consecutive calendar months, a 
record of each inspection prescribed by 
this section, showing the conditions 
found and all corrective actions taken. 

(2) Prepare records of all training 

given after June 9, 2004 to each indi-
vidual in compliance with this section