A tus ground controller also assigned controller in charge duties was advised by the local controlle...

Narrative:

I was working ground control and also had the controller in charge position. The local controller cleared an aircraft for takeoff while a vehicle was still on the runway. The vehicle heard the local controller and exited the runway. I did not see or hear about this event until I was in the break room and then the local controller told me about it. There have been many problems at tus tower associated with vehicles and runway closures. We just had an evaluation team leave this facility a month ago and they said that we have the most vehicles that they have ever seen at an airport. There have been multiple reports filed because of the amount of vehicles on the movement areas and the length or runway inspections and sweeping. In a normal morning there are vehicles on all or some of the runways for hours. To fix this problem from happening again we need to fix the amount of vehicles on the movement areas and the length of time it takes to do a runway inspection.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A TUS Ground Controller also assigned Controller in Charge duties was advised by the Local Controller that he had cleared an aircraft for takeoff with a vehicle on the runway.

Narrative: I was working Ground Control and also had the Controller In Charge position. The Local Controller cleared an aircraft for takeoff while a vehicle was still on the runway. The vehicle heard the local controller and exited the runway. I did not see or hear about this event until I was in the break room and then the local controller told me about it. There have been many problems at TUS tower associated with vehicles and runway closures. We just had an evaluation team leave this facility a month ago and they said that we have the most vehicles that they have ever seen at an airport. There have been multiple reports filed because of the amount of vehicles on the movement areas and the length or runway inspections and sweeping. In a normal morning there are vehicles on all or some of the runways for hours. To fix this problem from happening again we need to fix the amount of vehicles on the movement areas and the length of time it takes to do a runway inspection.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1358834
Time
Date	201605
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	TUS.Airport
State Reference	AZ
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Ground Supervisor / CIC
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 2.0
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

A tus ground controller also assigned controller in charge duties was advised by the local controller that he had cleared an aircraft for takeoff with a vehicle on the runway.