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Canadian Aviation Regulations

Version of section 302.208 from 2008-11-28 to 2022-12-20:

  •  (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

    • (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

    • (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

    • (a) an up-to-date list of the participants and their telephone numbers and the radio frequencies used to communicate;

    • (b) fully operational communication equipment; and

    • (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

    • (a) the date of an exercise;

    • (b) the type of exercise;

    • (c) the minutes of the debriefing session after the exercise; and

    • (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

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