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AIRPORTS COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	07/18/2018
Subject: Discuss the Full-scale emergency exercise week of October 15-19
Submitted For:	Keith Freitas
Department:	Airports
Referral No.:
Referral Name:
Presenter:		Contact:	Beth Lee, (925) 681-4200

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Referral History:

The Contra Costa County Public Works Airports Division is planning for a Tri-Annual Full Scale Emergency exercise and training week from October 15^th – 19^th. Airports are required to conduct an annual table top exercise of the Airport Emergency Plan. Every third year, busy commercial airports are required to conduct a full scale exercise of the Airport Emergency Plan. While this requirement does not currently apply to Buchanan Field, the Airports Division has determined that it would be better to start conducting these exercises now, in order to be prepared should they be required in the future. The full scale exercise will allow for improved aviation emergency response by Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF), ConFire and Sheriff personnel as well as by mutual aid units.

Referral Update:

The Airports Division has entered into a contract with Industrial Emergency Council (IEC) based out of Menlo Park, CA to provide onsite training from October 15^th -19^th, 2018. This training will include two days of live fire exercises solely for ARFF personnel to fulfill the annual live fire training requirements of the FAA. The remaining three days will be mutual aid training days with ConFire. The three days selected to cover each shift at the first responding ConFire stations (5, 6, and 9). The “B” shift day will be the Full Scale exercise ad will include response from ConFire, Contra Costa County Sheriff Office, Office of Emergency Services as well as medical units attached to ConFire.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

Staff will continue to prepare for the Full Scale exercise. This will include gathering the training syllabus from IEC and preparing the scenario for the mutual aid training days

Fiscal Impact (if any):

The total cost to the Airport Enterprise Fund will be approximately $25,000. Some of these costs will be offset by covering the annual live burn requirement of the FAA that the Airports Division usually sends ARFF staff to at facilities approved by the FAA. Those facilities usually cost $2,500 per ARFF personnel after including travel and lodging. With nine ARFF personnel on staff, that will defer up to 75% of the cost while providing better training with mutual aid personnel.

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