Canadian Aviation Regulations (SOR/96-433)

302.204 The on-scene controller shall be at the emergency site and shall not have other duties during an emergency, unless the life of a person is in danger nearby and the on-scene controller is alone and has the ability to assist the person.

302.205 The operator of an airport shall establish procedures that make the on-scene controller easily identifiable by all persons responding to an emergency.

• 302.206 (1) For aircraft operating in a passenger or cargo configuration, the operator of an airport shall make available to the emergency coordination centre aircraft crash charts specific to the aircraft used by the air operators that use the airport, and shall provide copies of the charts to

  • (a) the organizations responsible for fire-fighting services that are identified in the emergency plan; and

  • (b) the on-scene controller.

• (2) In the case of aircraft that have or may have a seating configuration of not more than nine passenger seats, the operator of an airport may use, instead of the aircraft crash charts referred to in subsection (1), other documents containing equivalent information.

• (3) The operator of an airport shall develop and review and update annually, if necessary, an airport grid map that includes a minimum of

  • (a) an area covering at least one kilometre around each runway;

  • (b) the airport access roads and gates; and

  • (c) the location of rendezvous points to which persons and vehicles that are responding to an emergency situation proceed in order to receive instructions.

• (4) The operator of an airport shall provide copies of the airport grid map to the airport personnel who must have one and the organizations identified in the emergency plan.

• 302.207 (1) The operator of an airport shall assign specific emergency response duties, other than those of an on-scene controller or a supervisor, only to those airport personnel who are identified in the emergency plan and who

  • (a) are knowledgeable of their duties as described in the plan; and

  • (b) have the skills to carry out their duties.

• (2) The operator of an airport shall assign to act as an on-scene controller or a supervisor only those airport personnel, or other persons authorized by the operator in the emergency plan, who are

  • (a) knowledgeable about the contents of the emergency plan;

  • (b) familiar with the procedures for the overall coordination of emergency operations at an emergency site; and

  • (c) trained for the particular role that they perform.

• (3) The operator of an airport shall

  • (a) keep records of the training that was received by persons to meet the requirements of subsections (1) and (2);

  • (b) preserve the records of training for three years after the day on which the training was received; and

  • (c) submit a copy of the training records to the Minister on request.