 Scheduled Site Assessment For Ketchikan International Airport To Include Passenger Security Screening & Explosive Detection Equipment Site Assessment Teams July 08, 2002
The TSA will send assessment teams to conduct initial studies for the federalization of passenger security screening and/or baggage screening checkpoints. "Moving into these additional airports places us another step closer in the federalization process to meet our Nov. 19th deadline of a fully-deployed federal screening workforce and our Dec. 31st deadline for installation of explosive detection systems," said Magaw. The federalization process consists of three steps: a site survey to determine the best design of the checkpoints and baggage screening areas; checkpoint and baggage screening reconfiguration to best facilitate security and safety of the flying public; and the deployment of a general screening workforce. The timeframe between arrival of the site assessment team and full deployment of a federal screening workforce depends on the size of the airport and other factors. The recruitment, assessment, training and deployment of screeners at a given airport will take five weeks or longer. The Transportation Security Administration, which has responsibility for civil aviation security, is currently establishing federal security operations in the nation's commercial airports. TSA will deploy federal personnel, including passenger screeners, to all airports by Nov. 19, 2002, and is responsible for having checked baggage-screening equipment in place by Dec. 31, 2002. Over 200 airports have been visited by site assessment teams. The TSA will begin site assessments at the following Alaska airports to begin the process of deploying a federal screening workforce and installing explosive detection equipment.
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