4.78 MB - Perth Airport

SAFETY COMMITMENT
Westralia Airports Corporation maintained its high level of commitment to safety, completing a number of successful exercises during
the 2004/2005 financial year.
In July and August 2004, evacuation drills were conducted in Terminal 1 and 3 respectively.
On 7 September 2004, the Perth Airport Emergency Planning Committee conducted a Welfare exercise. ‘Welcare 2004’ tested the
aerodrome care of the uninjured procedures, including the registration of the walking wounded and their reunification with family
and friends.
In October 2004, Perth Airport conducted the annual field exercise, ‘Exercise Freebird’, in this instance a crash on the airport site
during take-off was simulated. The exercise tested the response of multi-agency command and control procedures including
communications systems, necessary for the overall management and resolution of a major emergency situation in real time.
More than 100 volunteers who role-played as victims, family or friends aided the success of Welcare 2004 and Exercise Freebird.
PERTH AIRPORT RUNWAY INCURSION GROUP
Westralia Airports Corporation has responded to international recommendations to develop a runway incursion strategy.
In May 2005, the Perth Airport Runway Incursion Review Group (RIRG) was formed and is chaired by WAC’s Airside Safety Manager.
The committee consists of airline representatives, ramp operators and WAC officers.
Air Services Australia has formed a national RIRG and the Perth Airport group will work closely with that national body.
AIRPORT IN A BOX
The introduction of “Airport in a Box”, one of the five new WAC business systems, means Perth Airport now has in place one of the
world’s most technically advanced airport operational flight information systems.
The arrival and departure of an aircraft may look like a simple process, but actually involves a complex interaction of many
organisations supplying and exchanging data.
Airport in a Box now streamlines many of these processes enabling tighter control on data exchange and therefore higher quality
information.
For airport visitors the most noticeable difference is the significant improvement in the clarity of flight information display systems,
which are now provided on new state-of-the-art LCD panels.
The system has worked effectively in the majority of South African airports and more than 20 other worldwide locations.
Airport in a Box is part the $2.5 million upgrade of operational and business systems conducted over the past 12 months.
WASP
The new asset life cycle system named WASP will commence on 1 July 2005 and provide a detailed breakdown of all significant airport
assets and their relationships. The system is able to collect and report actual maintenance costs against every asset within the system
to provide managers with a more accurate picture of the overall performance of assets under their control.
WASP helps fully manage maintenance of assets by recording fault occurrence and resolution procedures.
Ultimately the system is designed to reduce overall maintenance costs by scheduling preventative measures recommended as a result
of collecting and collating the new data.
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