Lismore City Council is acknowledging Airport Safety Week which aims to enhance and add to the safety conversation by encouraging all staff and contractors working on an aerodrome to consider their obligations to provide a safe environment for all airport users.
As part of the safety focus, staff at Lismore City Council conducted a Foreign Object Debris (FOD) walk to identify any dangerous debris on the entire length of the 1.6km runway.
Lismore City Council’s Airport Coordinator, who organised the FOD walk, said Council is always committed to ensuring the safety of all airport users and is embracing this year’s Airport Safety Week theme of ‘Safety is always our destination’.
“Foreign objects on runways costs the global aviation industry approximately $4 billion a year, so conducting daily checks is very important to us and FOD walks help to identify objects that drive-by scans may not pick up,” he said.
“Having Council staff take part in a FOD walk helps make the runway safer for anyone travelling to or from our airport destination. It also helps to raise awareness about the importance of airport safety and to further enhance the strong safety culture that exists at the airport.”
He said to ensure the safety culture at the airport continues, additional measures are conducted throughout the year.
“The Lismore Airport runway is inspected every morning, post any incidents, adverse weather or by request from airport operators. The surfaces are also swept several times a year ensuring debris is minimised,” he said.
Airport Safety Week is a collaboration between the Australian Airports Association (AAA) and the NZ Airports Association (NZ Airports) and runs from 18 to 22 October.
Source: Lismore City Council