Wood County Airport Authority discusses safety training
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WILLIAMSTOWN -- The Wood County Airport Authority discussed recent emergency preparedness staff and firefighter training and approved a change order regarding a hangar roof replacement.
The meeting opened with a report about enplanements for the month of August. Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport Manager Ben Auville said the number was higher due to missed days.
"You'll see they're going to be a little bit higher, around 800," he said. "What Contour (Airlines) did was they took all of their weather days and cancellations from the first part of the year and they bussed up their service for August and September. Their period of performance is the 1st of October to the 30th of September in the federal fiscal year. They were using makeup days to get back."
Auville said Contour Airlines added another flight during the week to make up for the missed days. He said he anticipated the number to drop back to their normal number of approximately 600 enplanements after September.
Board member Andy Morris spoke about a change order submitted for a project to replace Hangar 4's roof. The original order stated the airport wanted a new version of the previous roof they had with a 20-year weather warranty. While working with Murray Sheet Metal, the manufacturer said the warranty wouldn't be offered without a certain part. Morris said he figured out the part is made, but would include screw down installation. He said he thought that type of installation would wear down in 10 years and the airport would be better off installing the roof instead of screwing it down. The board approved the change unanimously.
Assistant Manager Sydnie Beall discussed a Sept. 26 emergency preparedness training day for staff and local fire departments.
"It went better than we could have imagined," she said. "We were all expecting bumps, bruises. We were expecting to find there was a lot wrong with our plan but overall it went extremely well," she said.
Beall said the first training was fire training for staff with the state of West Virginia.
"The fire chief took me aside and said we were the best trained airport fire department he's seen in 15 years," she said. "When they go to other airports, there's such a bad taste in everybody's mouth about fire training and it's something you have to do. The entire way we've thought about fire training has changed."
Beall said firefighters from Waverly, Williamstown and Vienna participated in the training.