Testing of the Emergency Plan

 302.208 (1) In this section, international service has the same meaning as in
subsection 55(1) of the Canada Transportation Act.
 (2) The operator of an airport shall test the emergency plan by conducting a full-
scale exercise
o (a) for the airports designated by the Minister in the Canada Flight
Supplement to be used by international service, at intervals not
exceeding two years; and
o (b) for other airports, at intervals not exceeding four years.
 (3) The operator of an airport shall conduct full-scale exercises based on
scenarios that relate to a major aircraft accident and, at a minimum, the
exercises shall include the assembly and deployment of fire-fighting, policing and
medical services organizations.
 (4) The operator of an airport shall conduct a table top exercise each year in
which no full-scale exercise is conducted.
 (5) The operator of an airport, when conducting a table top exercise, shall have
o (a) an up-to-date list of the participants and their telephone numbers
and the radio frequencies used to communicate;
o (b) fully operational communication equipment; and
o (c) a copy of the airport grid map.
 (6) The operator of an airport shall base the table top exercises on scenarios that
include an aircraft accident or incident.
 (7) The operator of an airport shall provide the Minister with a notice in writing of
the date and time when a table top or full-scale exercise is to be carried out at
least 60 days before the day of the exercise.
 (8) The Minister may observe the testing of an emergency plan.
 (9) After each exercise, the operator of an airport shall conduct a debriefing with
all the organizations identified in the plan and a representative of the airport
personnel who participated to evaluate the effectiveness of the emergency plan
and identify deficiencies.
 (10) The operator of an airport shall implement an action plan to correct any
deficiencies in the emergency plan that were identified during a debriefing
session.
 (11) The operator of an airport shall conduct partial exercises to assess proposed
changes in the plan in order to correct deficiencies.
 (12) The operator of an airport shall record
 o (a) the date of an exercise;
o (b) the type of exercise;
o (c) the minutes of the debriefing session after the exercise; and
o (d) any action plans to correct deficiencies that were identified during a
debriefing session.
 (13) The operator of an airport shall keep an exercise record for 10 years after
the day on which the record is made.
 (14) The operator of an airport shall submit debriefing minutes and corrective
action plans relating to an exercise to the Minister on request.

 SOR/2007-262, s. 2

Authorization
302.209 The Minister may, on application by the operator of an airport, provide to the
operator written authorization not to conduct the full-scale exercise during an interval set
out in paragraph 302.208(2)(a) or (b) if the operator demonstrates that the testing
requirements for a full-scale exercise have been met through an activation of the
emergency plan in response to an emergency during that interval.

 SOR/2007-262, s. 2

[302.210 to 302.300 reserved]