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Hkksiky E.My BHOPAL DIVISION Hkksiky e.My BHOPAL DIVISION e.My vkink izca/ku ;kstuk DIVISIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN Hkkx&2 ¼Part-II½ lIre~ laLdj.k] 2017 SETH EDITION, 2017 if'pe e/; jsyos WEST CENTRAL RAILWAY qtrqcwta-qlq5qrisd West Central Railway - Bhopal Division urfro qfl-q rfsd td y{qfi' Alok Kumar, Divl. Railway Manager MESSAGE VIIth Edition of Divisional Disaster Management Plan is being published by Bhopal Division as per guidelines laid down in Disaster Management Act 2005 and Zonal Disaster Management Plan of West Central Railway. Disaster, both natural and man-made, generally results in loss of life and propefi. Although Indian Rai|ways have a well-equipped system to tackle all minor/major accidents and need to have a well laid-down plan to be implemented. As per Railway Board guidelin6s, now Zonal Disaster Management Plan is being published in two parts. The lst part contains general information, role and responsibility of various depaftments, guidelines issued by NDMA & Rai|way Board etc. and 2nd part contains information which is generally dynamic in nature i.e. data bank etc. Various instruccion contained in this edition of the Disaster Management Plan will be useful to Officers and Staff of Bhopal Division as well as adjoining division for attend!ng the disasters efficiently and effectively. a .)'C\crt1 \p (Alok Kumar) qfurq @ td _ frw_q qsd West Central Railway - Bhopal Division Tftq qrqf qR'.qsd *fwn 3Tffi Ravindra Sharma, IRSE Sr. Divl. Safety Officer ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The management of disaster revolves around preparedness, mitigation and response. As Railwaymen, we are expected to exercise spontaneous initiative and utmost devotion in disaster management. This VIIth revised edition of Divisional Disaster Management Plan incorporated important sections of Disaster Management Act 2005 and guidelines issued by National Disaster Management Authority, Role of different departments at the time of disaster ln the division, data bank and rail road map of Bhopal division etc. The revised action plan and data-bank will be very useful to tackle any disaster in the Divisional Railway network. I am thankful for all the Staff working in Safety Cell and all the Departments, who have given their valuabie contribution in preparation of this edition. Any suggestions for further i are welcome. (Ravindra Sharma) Disaster Management Plan VIIth Edition Part-II Bhopal Division "MULTI DISASTER RESISTANCE CONTROL ROOM" Welcome to "Multi Disaster Resistance Control Room" of Bhopal Division, West Central Railway. It is the first on Indian Railways, which has been set up as per the recommendations of the High Level Committee on Disaster Management and was inaugurated by CSO/WCR on 16th June, 2005. Highlights of MDRCR are as under • Round the clock manned. • 8 lines of 1072 are provided. • 400 Rail Rescue Volunteers have been registered. • Computer with Internet & Rail-net connection. • Two Fax Machine with P&T and Railway connection. • Two color Television with cable connection. • Camera. • Settelite Phone (Under procurement) • Telephones: Railway – 2 and P&T – 10. • Refrigerator. • Microwave oven. • Water Dispenser. • Electronic Ketle. • Two sets of sofa cum bed. Disaster Management Plan VIIth Edition Part-II Bhopal Division CONTENTS CHAPTER DESCRIPTION Page No APPENDIX-I DIVISIONAL ACTION PLAN 01-73 1 COMMERCIAL 4-7 2 ELECTRICAL (GENERAL) 8-10 3 ELECTRICAL (TRD) 11-15 4 ELECTRICAL (TRO) 16-20 5 ENGINEERING 21-23 6 MECHANICAL 24-44 7 MEDICAL 45-49 8 OPERATING 53-64 9 SECURITY DEPARTMENT 65-66 10 S&T 67-72 11 Safety 73 APPENDIX-II DATA BANK 74-162 1 AIR PORT & HELICOPTER SERVICES 75 2 ART & ARMV IN BPL DIVISION/WCR 76 3 BLOOD BANK 77-78 BOMB DETECTION SQUAD & PARA MILITARY 79 4 FORCE 5 CIVIL AUTHORITIES (M.P.) 80-98 6 CONTROL OFFICE 99 7 DEFENCE AND POLICE ESTABLISHMENT 100 8 DIVISIONAL RAILWAY OFFICERS 101-103 9 ELECTRONIC MEDIA 104 10 FIRE BRIDGADE 105-107 11 JCB M/C BULLDOZERS & CRANES 108-111 12 MEDICAL FACILITIES 112-141 13 N D R F 142 14 PETROLEUM & LPG DEPO 143 15 PRINT MEDIA 144-145 16 RAILWAY STATIONS & POLICE THANA 146-156 17 SOCIAL ORGANISATION & NGO 157 18 TENT HOUSE & FLOOD LIGHT 158-161 19 TRANSPORTERS 162 20 DEEP DIVERSE Disaster Management Plan VIIth Edition Part-II Bhopal Division DIVISIONAL ACTION PLAN Disaster Management Plan VIIth Edition Part-II Bhopal Division 1. COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT ROLE OF COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT On receipt of information of serious accident the following measure will be taken :- 1. DCM/ACM will proceed to Commercial Control in DRM office . 2. Sr.DCM/DCM will proceed to accident site alongwith DCMI & 5 TC adequate CCI porters and labours. 3. An Emergency Cell will be opened at BPL, ET, BIN & HBJ stations for information of passengers. 4. DCM/ACM will ensure proper catering arrangements. 5. SM will attend BPL station and will be overall incharge of Emergency cell at station along with Dy.SS (Comml) 6. ACM will proceed to accident site with staff by road with additional vehicle. DUTIES OF OFFICERS IN CONTROL OFFICE DURING ACCIDENT:- • On receipt of message from Control, DCM/ACM will immediately reach control office along with 2 CCI and will take position. • DCM/ACM would collect the following information from emergency control accident site. a) Time and place accident from emergency control at site/ operating HQ. b) Details of causalities-dead/injured and safe passengers from operating/emergency control at site information of train composition, No. of passengers traveling in train, No. of passengers in affected train/coaches, No. of TTE available in train. c) Details of special being run to accident site or from accident site to destination and official accompanying the special tains. d) Details of rescue operations and assistance being rendered to affected passengers. e) Telephone & fax number of the accident site. f) Information collected from site should relived to all emergency offices/enquiry offices with opened at stations. g) Maintain log of events, name of officers, deputed in hospital. • CCI in control will arrange to procure four copies of reservation charts of the concerned in case of passenger train from CCM(PM) Office and chart will be kept one each BPL PRS centre. • Commercial Control will inform Sectional CCI & CCIs of adjoining section to reach at site of accident. • CPS, CBS, CGS & CTI will be sent to site of accident to assist the passengers i.e. send the passengers involved in accident to Hospitals and shifting of passengers etc. They will be give details of such passengers to the Control Office. • List of Doctors, Hospitals and local authorities will be obtained from the concerned railway staff of the adjoining station. • In case of accident of Goods trains transport will be arranged along with labour for transshipment for which order will be given to sectional CMI and other supervisor staff available at site. • List of injured persons category-wise will be obtained from site of accident and accordingly ex-gratia payment will be given. Such list will be conveyed to Divisional Control office. List of injured persons will be given by the CCI at site hospital wise where they have been admitted. CCI at site3 will arrange Tea etc. Disaster Management Plan VIIth Edition Part-II Bhopal Division • DCM and Commercial Controller will ensure feeding of information regarding passenger name etc. to website in consultation with DSTE/Tele. THE EMERGENCY CELL WILL PERFORM FOLLOWING DUTIES DURING ACCIDENT:- • An emergency office should be opened immediately at BPL, HBJ, BIN &, ET • SM will be incharge of Emergency office, Emergency office should be manned by with CTI, 1 Hd.TC on duty in each shift. • Section CCI's should be available in the emergency office. Sectional CCI willl arrange available of refreshment material at site of brakdown. • The emergency cell will gather all information regarding accident from control and other locations well a accident site through phone. • A register should be maintained for information with time and date. • One Notice Board outside SM office displaying details of injured/dead as well as safe passengers alongwith list of affected/unaffected coach nos. should be made available. • Chart of affected and unaffected passengers should be readily available for conveying information next of kin/family of injured/dead passengers. Emergency Dot/Railway phone should be made available . • Adequate TTEs should proceed to accident site immediately alongwith special train. • Adequate Coolies should proceed to accident site immediately alongwith special train. • Adequate Safaiwalas should proceed to accident site immediately alongwith special train. • CBS, CGS, CPS will remain available at accident site along with adequate money for ex-gratia payment to injured passengers. MANAGEMENT OF THE ACCIDENT SITE:- THE DUTIES OF OFFICERS AT ACCIDENT SITE WILL BE AS UNDER:- Sr.DCM:- On receipt of information of serious accident Sr.DCM/DCM will proceed to accident site alongwith ACM and 2 TC. Sr.DCM/DCM will be overall in charge at the accident site. All the Commercial Officers and staff at the accident site will work under him. He will also co-ordinate with all other departments. The following action will be taken under guidance of Sr.DCM/DCM. Step-1 Arrangements will be made to provide alternate mode of conveyance to standard passengers. Step-2 Arrangements will be made to provide refund as per rules. Step-3 Arrangements will be made for making ex-gratia payments to passengers. Step-4 Arrangements will be made for filling up of claim forms by passengers. ACM will proceed in special train with catering arrangements. He will perform the following duties:- • The requirement of catering facility will be assessed. • The CCI of nearby station will be asked to arrange the availability of refreshment material at site of breakdown. • As per requirement the divisional catering team will collect sufficient readymade eatable material along with manpower i.e.
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