To fine tune your emergency response plan and personnel and to put everybody involved in a “safety mindset,” schedule a table top emergency exercise several weeks before your event. Define two or three emergencies of varying severity and then ask your key players to walk through their response IN DETAIL. Who responds? How? Who is in charge? Who talks to the media? What happens if injuries overwhelm on-field capabilities to respond? Will there be a clear road off the airport grounds? Many air shows already conduct these table top emergency response exercises on an annual basis and find that it both prepares them for the upcoming air show and highlights potential problems and shortcomings in their emergency response plan.
