Applying an SMS Approach to Wildlife Hazard Management.

摘要

ACRP Report 145 introduces and guides the application of a risk-based approach to wildlife hazard management (WHM) programs and outlines additional steps for integrating such programs into an airport’s Safety Management System (SMS). This guidance includes a description of an SMS approach to WHM and includes a glossary of key terms; a listing of relevant resources and databases; an overview description of four components of SMS; a comparison of current WHM standards to those used in SMS; a description of innovative protocols and procedures—in narrative and visual formats—for developing WHM programs in the style of SMS; and applicability to airports of various sizes and operations regardless of SMS implementation, wildlife program, or Part 139 certification. This report also provides a customizable tool—the Wildlife Hazard Management Risk Assessment Tool (WHaMRAT)—and templates that are usable for assessing wildlife risk at airports. The tool includes a resource summary of existing database wildlife hazard descriptions; numerical values for hazard severity and likelihood by species, derived from the FAA Wildlife Strike Database; and a practical, simplified electronic or manual risk analysis template, which includes the incorporation of variables on or off the airport.