Safety Management System (SMS) for Airport

Guidance, Tools, & Related Information

FAA System Safety Handbook
- Chapter 2: System Safety Policy and Process (PDF)
  Reviews the FAA policies about system safety and the safety risk management (SRM) process.
- Chapter 3: Principles of System Safety (PDF)
  Summarizes the principles of System Safety and discusses planning principles, hazard analysis, comparative safety assessment, risk management decision making, safety order of precedence, behavioral-based safety, and analytical models used in system safety.
Nuclear Regulatory Agency's Fault Tree Handbook (NUREG-0492) (see Chapter 1)
Describes system safety in terms of everyday decision-making. Helps managers gain a better understanding of how systems safety can help achieve core missions. Sets the foundation for structuring the SMS to address both broad-ranging system issues and specific subsystem issues.
Unlocking the Potential of a Safety Management System (PDF)
Taken from Flight Safety Foundation Digest, November-December 2005.

ICAO Safety Management Website
Discusses ICAO requirements and audit programs and provides access to SMS course materials and related publications.
- ICAO Safety Management Manual (PDF)
Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO)

AC 150/5200-37, Introduction to Safety Management Systems for Airport Operators
February 28, 2007
AC 23.1309-1D, Equipment, Systems, and Installations in Part 23 Airplanes
January 16, 2009
ARP 4754, Certification Considerations for Highly Integrated or Complex Aircraft Systems (see Appendix A)
SAE International standard. Although written for aircraft design, gives a concrete example of how to evolve a highly complex system such as the Air Transportation System. SAE charges for this document.
ARP 4761, Guidelines and Methods for Conducting the Safety Assessment Process on Civil Airborne Systems and Equipment
SAE International standard. Defines a process for using common modeling techniques to assess the safety of a system as it is being designed or modified. SAE charges for this document.
FAA System Safety Handbook
Provides instruction on how to perform system safety engineering and management for FAA personnel involved in system safety activities. Establishes a set of consistent and standardized procedures and analytical tools that enable each FAA office to comply with FAA's SRM Order:
- FAA Order 8040.4, Safety Risk Management
Nuclear Regulatory Agency's Fault Tree Handbook (NUREG-0492) (PDF)