Saturday, February 8, 2014

Airline & Airport Emergency Drills - Management Software

Airline & Airport Emergency Drills

Emergency Drills and Exercises are essential for airlines and airports to train for, assess, practice, and improve performance in simulated, risk-free environments. Airlines and airports commonly use drills and exercises to prevent incidents and accidents and to protect people and assets in the event that such events manifest themselves.

Civil Aviation Authority Emergency Drill Requirements

Airlines and airports are often required to document critical emergency drills and exercises. Reports of these exercises may be sent to civil aviation authorities in regular reports. Examples include:

Airline & airports Emergency drills and exercises are important for safety assurance
  • CPR;
  • Fire;
  • Ditching;
  • Evacuation; and 
  • Automatic external defibrillator (AED) exercises.

Other Benefits of Airline & Airport Emergency Drills

Besides compliance with regulatory requirements, airlines and airports benefit from conducting emergency drills by:

  • Clarifying and training personnel in roles and responsibilities;
  • Improving inter-agency coordination and communications;
  • Identifying shortcomings in qualified personnel and resources; 
  • Improving individual performance; and 
  • Identifying opportunities for improvement.

Manage Emergency Drills in Airline & Airport SMS Software

Routine Airline & airports Emergency drills and exercises are important for safety assurance
SMS Pro has released version 1 of the Emergency Drills module of the aviation safety management systems (SMS) software.

Managers can schedule airline or airport emergency drills and exercises. Furthermore, they can document who participated, when the drill must be performed again and any shortcomings associated with the drill. Emergency Drills module is integrated with hazard reporting and risk management framework, thereby allowing managers to track and follow up on corrective preventive actions stemming from any emergency drill or exercise shortcomings.

Finally, Emergency Drills module is integrated into an airline civil aviation authority report for cabin crews required drills.

How to Get Emergency Drills Management Software for Airlines & Airports?

Existing customers: SMS Admins must contact the SMS Pro support staff and request this module.

New airlines, airports, aviation maintenance organizations, flight schools or FBOs starting to use SMS Pro in February of 2014 will receive this module automatically.

More Information of Benefits and Uses of Aviation Safety Software



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About NWDS - founded in 2003 by six software engineers, NorthWest Data Solutions (NWDS) provides custom computer programming and systems design services. NWDS creates many types of software, including e-commerce, financial, defense, engineering, logistics, aviation and more. In 2007, NWDS developed SMS Pro™ a web based SMS application that supports an organization's overall SMS through safety reporting, safety documentation, safety risk management and safety assurance. SMS Pro™ is currently used by aviation organizations in the U.S., Canada, Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East to help manage their SMS programs. NWDS continues to support SMS Pro™ and add new functionality. NWDS offers custom contract programming services in the U.S. and Canada and is managed by Chris Howell, one of the founders. Their headquarters is in Anchorage, Alaska. For information on NWDS visit their website at www.nwds-ak.com and www.asms-pro.com to learn more about SMS Pro™.