State Aeronautics Roles in Developing Emergency Air Operations Branches

The California Department of Transportation's Division of Aeronautics wanted to clarify its authority under state and federal law for establishing a state-level emergency Air Coordination Group (ACG), which is intended to augment air response to federal- and state-declared emergencies. The division also wanted to learn from the experience of other state aeronautics divisions and collect best practices for establishing a state-led ACG or Air Operations Branch (AOB). California state code appears to allow the establishment of an ACG. A survey of state practices identified eight respondents with defined AOB procedures. The survey and other information suggest that is not particularly common for state aeronautics divisions to be central to the establishment of emergency AOBs.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.dot.ca.gov/newtech/researchreports/preliminary_investigations/docs/emergency_air_operations_preliminary_investigation_rev9.pdf
• Record URL:
  • https://merritt.cdlib.org/d/ark%3A%2F13030%2Fm5bk2sq1/1/producer%2F904295245.pdf
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• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/904295245
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Preliminary Investigation requested by Derek Kantar, California Department of Transportation.
• Corporate Authors:

  CTC & Associates LLC

  4805 Goldfinch Drive
  Madison, WI  United States  53714

  California Department of Transportation

  Division of Research and Innovation
  1227 O Street, MS-83
  Sacramento, CA  United States  94273-0001
• Publication Date: 2014-9-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 28p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disaster preparedness; State departments of transportation; States
• Identifier Terms: Aeronautics Branch
• Geographic Terms: California
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Security and Emergencies; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01561612
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: CALTRANS, TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 27 2015 9:54AM