updated on 05.18.2012

   
 

USA Government- SMS Resources

  1. NTSB Resources
    NTSB Aviation Accidents, News
    NTSB Accident Reports:  synopses, statistics, reports & publications
    NTSB - Runway Incursion Forum: Promoting Runway Safety (collection of videos, animations, PowerPoints)
    NTSB Accident Dockets

  2. United States Armed Forces/Department of Defense
    Army Aviation Prevention Program Pamphlet 385-16  (added 8/1/2011)
    Army System Safety Management Guide, Pamphlet 385-16  (Nov. 13, 2008)
    Air Force Pamphlet 90-902 Operational Risk Management (ORM) Guidelines & Tools
    Coast Guard SMS Manual Guidebook  
    Department of Defense - Risk Management - Risk Assurance
    Department of Defense, MIL-STD-882D, Standard Practice for System Safety

  3. United States Departments (of): Energy, Interior, Forest & Transport Research Board, Nuclear...
    Dept of Agriculture & Forestry, Aviation Safety & Mishap Prevention Plan (great description of safety culture)
    Federal Government Resources
    Dept of Energy - Integrated Safety Management – A Tool That Works!  Click here for the US DOE website
       Dept of Energy Integrated SMS Manual doc m4544-1
       Dept of Energy Integrated SMS Manual 450.4-1B - Policies , Functions, Responsibilities
       Dept of Energy - Office of River Protection Integrated SMS Description
       Dept of Energy Manual 4111 Policy
       Dept of Energy (& Jefferson Labs) Integrated Safety Manual (off site)
    National Forest Service (FAA & ICAO SMS PowerPoint) "Safety...the Proactive Way" - Mar 2010
        Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center (LLC) Aviation Safety (Wildfire)
        National Wildfire -Interagency Aviation Mishap Response GUIDE & CHECKLIST
    Dept of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Aviation Library
    Dept of the Interior, National Business Center - Aviation Safety Document Library
    Dept of the Interior, National Business Center - New Aviation Management System (AMS)  (5/23/2010)
    NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) - Hazard and Risk Analysis Info
    Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Agency's Fault Tree Handbook (NUREG-0492) (see ch. 1)


Organizations SMS Resources

  1. TRB (Transportation Research Board (division of National Research Council, non-profit agency

  2. ACRP = Airport Cooperative Research Program
    ACRP - Interview Summaries - SMS Implementation at Airports Outside the U.S.
    ACRP Report (TRB) SMS Airports - Vol.1   (Sept. 2007)
    ACRP Safety Management Systems for Airports, Volume 2: Guidebook   (Nov. 2009)
    ACRP General Aviation Safety and Security Practices -  A Synthesis of Airport Practice  (TRB)- SMS
    ACRP Reports (offsite)

  3. MITRE  CAASD - SMS & Sample SMS documents  (FAA SMS "Read-Me-First" Document Reference Link - #9) MITRE Center for the Advanced Aviation System Development is a non-profit research organization used by the USA Government (IRS, Dept. of Defense, FAA, etc...)  for a variety of projects-- MITRE offers a selection of SMS training courses including SMS II and SMS Implementation (prerequisite is previous training in SMS).  Click here for more info on MITRE

  4. ACSF - Air Charter Safety Foundation  (Great Resource!)
    ACSF ISA (Industry Standard Audit, accepted by FAA)
    ACSF AVSiS is a safety event reporting and management system for FAA-certificated Part 135 operators and Part 91K
    ACSF SMS Resources Webpage
    ACSF SMS Articles:
    The Biggest Myth In Aviation? / The Whack-A-Mole Model of Safety Management / How's Your Cheese? /etc...

  5. SKYbrary.aero - Aviation Safety Knowledge (bird strike, runway incursion etc...)
    SKYbrary - SMS (fantastic resource!)

  6. ALPA - Air Line Pilots Association

  7. AOPA Air Safety Foundation

  8. Aviation Safety Network - latest safety occurrences

  9. Exxon Mobil SMS Program Website - (FAA SMS "Read-Me-First" Document Reference Link - #15)

  10. Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) 
    A Roadmap to a Just Culture: Enhancing the Safety Environment by GAIN (excellent)
    Flight Safety Foundation - Approach and Landing Accident Reduction (ALAR)
    Flight Safety Foundation - ALAR Toolkit & Resources
    Flight Safety Foundation - links to CAA's
    Flight Safety Foundation - Operator's Flight Safety Handbook
    FSF, Culture Surveys from Appendix D, Ops Flight Safety Handbook
    Flight Safety Foundation - GAIN Research Docs (global aviation information network)
    GAIN - Survey of Analytical Processes and Requirements for Airline Flight Safety Management
    GAIN - Reports on the Application of Text and Data Mining Tools (GAIN & Flight Safety Foundation)
    Global Aviation Safety Network (GAIN) The driving idea behind GAIN is that government, industry and labor can cooperate to make the system safer. GAIN originally was proposed by the FAA to learn about causal factors in accident chains by bringing together diverse groups in a voluntary, privately owned and operated global network of data collection and exchange systems. GAIN provided information on tools and processes to help safety decision makers identify, promote and support existing tools and processes. When FAA in 2007 ended its support for GAIN, Flight Safety Foundation stepped in to support distribution of the wide range of fine products developed by GAIN.

  11. IBAC - International Business Aircraft Council
    IS-BAO - International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations

  12. IATA Operation Safety Audit (IOSA) website - (FAA SMS "Read-Me-First" Document Reference Link -#13)

  13. ISASI - International Society of Aviation Safety Investigators
    Safety Culture and its Measurement in Aviation

  14. NATA (National Air Transportation Association) SMS website (FAA SMS "Read-Me-First" Document Ref. Link -#6)
    NATA Safety 1st Management System for Air Charter  (added 11/27/2011)
    NATA - for SMS Operators
    NATA Safety 1st Management System for Air Operators Brochure

  15. NBAA - National Business Aviation Association
    NBAA National Business Aviation Association - SMS (FAA SMS "Read-Me-First" Document
    Reference Link -#10)
    NBAA Safety Statistics

  16. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Online Safety Manual

 


SMS Articles & Books of Interest

    Recommended Reading:         (ABC order)

*(DSmith) *(D.McCune)  *(editor's recommendation)

 

 

 

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