Incident management

The ICS (Incident Command System) originally named Field Command Operations System, was a concept formed in 1968 at a meeting called Fire of Chiefs in Phoenix, Arizona. The program was primarily built to model the management hierarchy of the United States Navy used mainly for fighting wild fires in California and Arizona during the 1970’s. ICS was fully developed during suppression efforts of California’s catastrophic wild fire disaster that caused millions of dollars in damage which also…

the United States was not prepared for the emotional devastation or destruction that attack would have on so many people. The damage it created cost the United States billions of dollars in damage repair, relief aid, and debris cleanup after the incident occurred. The fact of the matter is the United States was unprepared and thus, this paper will discuss and analyze the response between the World Trade Center attack, as well as the attack on the Pentagon. When the attack on the World Trade…

Focusing on the human interfaces, the author claimed that human errors are recognized to be the secondary cause of more than 75% of accidents/incidents. In the sections of “Human Factors” and “Management”, the author claims human factors are the main cause for aviation accidents and emphasizes most of accidents can be avoided by a good operation and management from crew groups. On the other hand, this book encourages errors because human error will not be totally avoidable; and pilots should…

Both physiological and psychological human related factors have contributed to either an accident or incident within the aviation industry. The classification includes the factors that affect the mental and physical ability of a pilot to operate an aircraft. The specific contributors include workload, situational awareness, familiarity, training and experience, fatigue and memory. Situational Awareness The term describes the ability of an individual which in the case is a pilot to beware of…

Crew Resource Management In finding its place in the world, human flight has progressed at an extraordinary rate. After all, it was just over 100 years ago that the Wright brothers made their first short flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. By today’s standards the first powered aircraft was little more than a large box kite. Within a very short time, large aircraft were developed with the capability of carrying incredible numbers of passengers and cargo across vast distances. It is fascinating…

observed, it can cause severe injury and even death. We will review two case studies where this routine task had gone wrong. We will discuss the possible causes of the errors and how we can prevent a similar incident in the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF). Case Study 1 - Civil Airliner Incident In 2008, the nose tire of a 50-seater passenger aircraft exploded during inflation. The German aircraft engineer performing the task was standing less…

the globe each day, concerns on aviation safety has always been an important topic. This is particularly illustrated during of the happening of the 2000 Air France flight 4950 crash accident. This report will analyse the causes of this devastating incident, as well as the ethical implications therein, in aspects of the aircraft’s structural flaws, regulatory oversight, and engineering negligence. FINDINGS SUMMARY On 25th July, 2000, the Air France flight 4590, flying from Paris to New York,…

There are number of risk involved in the aviation especially in the terms of operation and safety as internal safety of the aircraft is an inherent function of management. Modifications and improvement in safety is a continual process however there are much safety kept in the form clothing, noise control, temperature and electrical control. For the aircraft there are fabrics for fire safety and precaution like Nomex, Kevlar and PBI. For fire safety and protection at high temperature PBI is the…

National and international guidelines were prompt developed with the objective of creating a security management system able to supervise the identification of risks, and the definition and optimization of control measures. According to Tay and Carlo (2014) information to assess travelers use to make decisions about which airline to fly, and the relative importance…

Yuma, Arizona has faced a wide array of disasters and emergencies over the years. It is the responsibility of all organizations to develop a plan to incorporate all facets of emergency management in the protection of the community. The Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) for Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) is part of this framework and is based on preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery. Within the EOP, the communication plan must be foundationally strong for the overall success of the…