Athletic Trainers, coaches and administration should be educated on when to clear the field. It is important for athletic training departments to create a lightning specific emergency action plan as over half of thunderstorms occur in the afternoon 5 and as Athletic Trainers can attest, over half of summer activities are held outdoors between the hours of 2:30pm and 6:00pm. Spectators should be sent back to their cars, or a specific building where they can seek shelter until the storm threat passes. Lightning guidelines should specify where spectators are to go in the event of a dangerous storm staying on the bleachers, an open-air concession stand or seeking refuge under trees or an open concourse are still a risk for being struck by lightning.
3 This should not only include athletes, but spectators as well. 2 The National Athletic Trainers’ Association’s Position Statement on Lightning Safety suggests creating a Lightning Specific Emergency Action Plan which encompasses promoting awareness, creating a chain of command, determining the safest location to seek shelter, having a reliable weather monitoring system and creating specific guidelines for return to play. 1 In the past 10 years, there have been 277 fatalities due to lightning. So the general rule of thumb is if there is thunder, there is lightning nearby. 1 Thunder is always a precursor to lightning, though you may not always hear it because the thunder is so far away. Lightning is a rapid release of electricity that can be in a cloud, cloud to air or cloud to ground. With that in mind, now is a good time to review what the guidelines are when there is lightning in the area and your sports teams, athletes and patients are spread across the great outdoors. Clear aircraft on airways or routes whose widths or protected airspace do not overlap the peripheral boundary.įor stationary ALTRVs and temporary flight restrictions (TFR) issued for the purpose of space launch or reentry operations to protect aircraft hazard areas ( AHA):ĭo not allow nonparticipating aircraft to operate in an AHA unless real-time notifications of the actual start of activity and end of activity of the AHA is provided to affected facilities via ATO Space Operations coordination.ĭo not provide ATC services to aircraft at airports that lie within an AHA unless real-time notifications of the actual start of activity and end of activity of the AHA is provided to affected facilities via ATO Space Operations coordination.Across the country summer sports have begun to trickle outside, the anticipation for warm weather building along with the anticipation of severe weather and storms.Where facility management has identified these areas as outlined in FAA Order JO 7210.3, Facility Operation and Administration, vector aircraft to remain clear of the peripheral boundary.įor stationary ALTRVs issued for the purpose of space launch or reentry operations, ensure aircraft remain clear of the peripheral boundary. Some prohibited/restricted/warning areas are established for security reasons or to contain hazardous activities and do not require radar separation of 3 miles (FL 600 and above - 6 miles) from the special use airspace. Provide radar separation of 3 miles (FL 600 and above - 6 miles) from the special use airspace, ATCAA, or stationary ALTRV peripheral boundary.Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) ReportsįAA Order JO 7210.3, Para 2-1-18, Prohibited/Restricted Areas and Stationary ALTRVs.Special Use, ATC-Assigned Airspace, and Stationary ALTRVs.Terminal Radar Service Area (TRSA) - Terminal.Basic Radar Service to VFR Aircraft - Terminal.Initial Separation of Departing and Arriving Aircraft.Initial Separation of Successive Departing Aircraft.
Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS)-Terminal.Automatic Terminal Information Service Procedures.
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