The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority on Monday decided to conduct full scale airport emergency exercise 2018 on March 28 as per International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards. This was decided during a meeting held at Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore under the chairmanship of Airport Manager Tahir Sikander. The aim of the exercise is to test the response of all internal/external participating agencies as per Crisis Emergency Response Plan (CERP), including test of fire-fighting equipment, and to establish rapport between agencies working at different levels to deal any real emergency situation at the airport.
One aircraft will be used for the exercise. Upon receipt of emergency call, fire brigades of Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority and Pakistan Air Force will respond to the simulated scene of an aircraft accident and extinguish the fire. Ambulances from Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority, various hospitals, Pak Army, PAF, Punjab Emergency Services Rescue-1122 and Edhi Foundation will also participate in the exercise.
A triage area will be established at the airport to deal with simulated critically/seriously injured and other passengers, which would be sent to different city hospitals by helicopter and ambulances.
Designated umpires from Civil Aviation Authority, Rescue-1122, Shaheen Air International Limited and various airlines will assess and evaluate the performance of all participating agencies. The exercise will be witnessed by the representatives of airlines, airport managers of various airports and representatives of various governmental and non-governmental agencies.
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