Safety Management System (SMS) for Airport

Guidance, Tools, & Related Information

Airport Cooperative Research Program Report 1, Safety Management Systems for Airports
- ACRP Report 1, Safety Management Systems for Airports, Volume 1: Overview
  Describes the general benefits of SMS, the ICAO requirement, and how SMS could be used at airports in the United States.
- ACRP Report 1, Safety Management Systems for Airports, Volume 2: Guidebook
  Examines SMS components and their interactions and offers guidance on planning, implementing, and operating an airport SMS.
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
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, System Safety Analysis and Assessment for 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 Order 5200.11, FAA Airports (ARP) Safety Management System
Provides the basis for implementing SMS within the FAA Airports line of business.
FAA Order 8000.369, Safety Management System Guidance
Provides guidance for setting up common safety management systems within the Agency.
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)