Guam airport to test emergency response plans at Friday's disaster drill
By Pacific Island Times News Staff
The Guam International Airport Authority will simulate a disaster scenario on Nov. 13 as part of the triennial full-scale disaster exercise to test its emergency plans, communications and response capabilities in a real-time, high-stress environment.
"We can only learn to respond better and improve our emergency response capabilities by executing these types of exercises," said John Quinata, the airport's executive manager.
The exercises will involve the actual mobilization and movement of emergency personnel, vehicles, equipment and role-played casualties with the full involvement of associated agencies and mutual aid partners.
While airport operations will continue uninterrupted, along with regularly scheduled flights, officials advised passengers to anticipate unusual movement of equipment and the presence of police vehicles, firefighting trucks, ambulances, federal response vehicles and first responders during a simulated aircraft emergency on airport property.
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The Federal Aviation Administration’s Federal Aviation Regulation Part 139 requires that GIAA conduct a full-scale disaster exercise on Airport property every three years to test the Airport’s Emergency Plan. GIAA’s last exercise was held Nov. 15, 2023.
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