2019 SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY ZONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN 2019 South Eastern Railway ZONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT EDITION DETAILS First Edition : 2004 First Revised Edition : 2008 Second Revised Edition : 2014 Third Revised Edition : 2016 Fourth Revised Edition : 2019 EDITORIAL BOARD 1) Chief Editor : Shri G.K.Dwivedy. Principle Chief Safety Officer 2) Associate Editor : Shri K.Bandyopadhyay, Dy CSO (Mech.) Shri R. R. Roy, Dy.CSO (Engg.) Shri D.Naskar, Dy.CSO (Traffic) Sk. Aftabuddin, Dy CSO (Elec.) 3) Member : Shri Bidyut Biswas, Safety Councellor (Mech.) Shri J.K.Biswas, Safety Councellor (Elect.) Shri Hemant Kumar,Safety Councellor (Optg) Shri D.K.Das Safety Councellor (Optg). Shri Sudip Acharya, Safety Councellor (Elect). Shri Abhiram Dolui, Safety Councellor (Elect.) INDEX Chapter Subject Page No. Index vi Definition of Disaster 1 Introduction 2 Chapter-1 Concept of Disaster on Railways 5 Chapter-2 Disaster Management Act - 2005 6 Chapter-3 General Instructions of the Railway Board 10 Chapter-4 National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) 11 Chapter-5 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) 17 Chapter-6 Disaster Preparedness – ARMv / ARTs 19 Chapter-7 Standard List of Items of BD Crane & ART 23 Chapter-8 Disaster Response – Co-Ordination Centres 42 Chapter-9 Site Management Plan – I 48 Chapter-10 Site Management Plan – II 53 Chapter-11 Site Management Plan – III 68 Chapter-12 Training and Mock Drill 75 Chapter-13 Earth Quake Management 77 Chapter-14 Flood Management 83 Chapter-15 Guidelines during Chemical Disasters 90 Chapter-16 Guidelines during Biological Disasters 95 Chapter-17 Guidelines for Disasters in Tunnels 96 Chapter-18 Guidelines for Disaster during Fire Accidents 98 Chapter-19 Guidelines for Disaster Management during Cyclone 99 Chapter-20 Nuclear and Radiological Emergency Disaster 108 Chapter-21 Crisis Management 110 Chapter-22 Strike Management 112 Chapter-23 Media Management Plan 114 Chapter-24 Preservation of Clues and Preparation of Joint Note and Site Sketch at the Accident Site 118 Chapter-25 Land / Hill Slide 119 Chapter-26 Duties of Railway Personnel in the event of a serious Accident 120 Chapter-27 Guideline for On Board Staff 135 Chapter-28 Passenger Care 137 Chapter-29 The Guidelines for First Aid 141 Chapter-30 Important Telephone numbers of Railways 145 Chapter-31 Extracts of S.E. Railway Schedule of Powers for 145 Meeting Emergencies 177 Annexures Index of Annexures 181 DEFINITION OF DISASTER : Railway Board letter No 2003 / Safety (DM) / 6 / 2 Pt. dated 06-01-09, defines Railway Disaster in following way, “Railway Disaster is a serious train accident or an untoward event of grave nature, either on the Railway premises or arising out of Railway activity in that area, due to natural or man-made causes, that may lead to loss of many lives and/or grievous injuries to a large number of people, and/or severe disruption of traffic, necessitating large scale help from other Government/Non-government and Private Organizations”, Salient Features of Disaster Management Act 2005 : Disaster Management Act 2005, has been introduced with a view to provide effective management of disasters and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. The following provisions are available in this Act. 1. Formation of NDMA with Prime Minister as Chairperson and nine(09) other members and an Executive Committee with Secretaries to Govt. of India as member. 2. NDMA shall have powers to lay down policies, guidelines, planning and co-ordination and evaluation & monitoring for Disaster Management. There shall be a National Plan drawn up for disaster management in the whole country. 3. Similar state DMAs with Chief Minister as Chairperson and eight(08) other members shall be formed having power to lay down policies, guide lines and planning & monitoring at state level. There shall be a state executive committee which Chief Secretary as Chairperson and four other secretaries. A state DM plan shall be made. 4. At District level, a District DM Authority with Collector/DC/DM as Chairperson and SP, DMO and other two Dist. Level Officers as member shall be formed with similar function and a District Disaster Management Plan shall be drawn. 5. Central Govt will take measures for co-ordination among various DMA, with various ministries, and Naval, Military and Air Forces for capacity building, preparedness and effective response. Assistance to State Govt. shall be provided. Every ministry shall take measures as per guidelines laid down in national plan and prepare their own Disaster Management Plan. 6. Similar action will be taken by the State Govt. and local Authorities at State and District levels respectively. 7. A National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) shall be formed for planning, training and research in the area of Disaster Management. 8. A National Disaster Response Force will be constituted for specialist response to Disaster. 9. The act provides punishment for obstruction, failure of officer in duty, for contravention of any order of requisition, false warning, discrimination, etc., by imprisonment or fine or both. Railway Board Vide letter no- 2003/Safety/DM/6/3 dtd. 09.11.09, informed that, “Ministry of Railway can request NDMA for assistance of NDRF when situation so warrants.” In case of Railway Disaster Zonal Railways on request from Divisions or suo- motto may approach Railway Board, who will request NDMA to direct NDRF Battalions for necessary help. Railway Board Vide letter no- 2003/Safety(DM)/6/3 dtd. 27.07.10, informed that, “ Zonal Railway is directed to advise divisional officers to conduct and take part in the mock drills in co-ordination with the representative of NDMA as also NDRF battalions located nearest to the divisional offices”. Railway board vide their letter No.- 2003/Safety (DM)/6/3 dated 19.08.2013 after discussion with NDMA officials have circulated a time table for conduct of mock exercise/co-ordination meeting with the local NDRF battlion for each zonal railway every year. INTRODUCTION A Disaster is a sudden and great calamity, which causes or has the potential to cause deep distress to Railway users, passengers, staff and their families. However, there is a distinction to be made between a Disaster and an accident.Accidents are occurrences where safety has been affected, where as, Disasters are those situations which cause acute distress to passengers, Railway users, staff and their families. Disaster management in the Railway context envisages expeditious, orderly, effective and adequate relief measures in case of a disaster. Given the size and complexity of the Railway network and the uniqoely peculiar nature of each Railway disaster, it is very difficult to precisely lay down the exact line of action for each and every contingency. Continual efforts have been made by the Railways to evolve a well organised and well-planned system for handling different situations on the basis of the experiences gained over time. This booklet represents an effort to take the S.E. Railway farther in that direction. DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN Railway Board’s Safety Directorate vide their letter No. 2003/Safety-I/6/2 dated 29th September 2003 laid down the requirement of “Zonal Railway’s Disaster Management Plan” as follows: All Divisions and Zonal Railway HQ (including Kolkata Metro) must devise their disaster management plan, if not already done taking into consideration the resources available with them, their neighboring divisions/Zonal Railways, Civil Authorities, industrial units and Armed Force bases located in their territory. This would enable the Divisions/ Zonal Railways to muster the entire local resources in case of a major disaster/natural calamity. Zonal Railways Disaster Management plan should integrate all divisions and also to take into consideration adjacent Railways’ framework. The DM plans so prepared shall be received & updated in January every year based on new data and development like formation of District/State level DM Plan (Ref. : Rly Board letter no. 2009/ Safety(DM)/6/14 dtd. 12.10.2011. 1. TYPES OF DISASTER CAUSING INTERRUPTION TO TRAIN SERVICES Human / Equipment failure Natural Calamities Sabotage / Man-made Collision Land Slide Setting fire to train / Railway installations. Derailments Earthquake Bomb blasts. Level Crossing Accidents Floods Placing of obstruction on Fire on trains Storm/Cyclone/Tornado Track for disruption to Tsunami Traffic. Terrorism. Human / Equipment failure The disasters/accidents may be caused by human/equipment failure, which may affect normal movement of train services with loss of life or property or both. Natural Calamities Natural calamities may also cause serious disruption to traffic with loss of life/property. Sabotage/Man-made. Sabotage causing deliberate loss of life and / or damage to property. 2. CLASSIFICATION OF A RAILWAY ACCIDENT AS A DISASTER Disaster in the Railway context is defined as a major train accident leading to serious causalities, long duration of interruption to traffic and cannot be tackled with own resources but requires help from other non-Railway resources. This compendium of instructions has been prepared for dealing with such disasters and not normal train accidents. In case of a serious accident the Administration would take a conscious decision whether the situation is to be classified as a Disaster or not. 3. OFFICER AUTHORISED TO DECLARE AN ACCIDENT AS A DISASTER “GM”, “AGM” or “CSO” are authorized for declaring an untoward incident as Railway Disaster. Such declaration will be issued to all concerned with the approval of competent authority. If the accident is declared as Disaster, all instructions as contained herein this Disaster management Plan would automatically come into force, and officers and staffs of all departments would take action as laid down in this book. Action as prescribed in Accident Manual will inter-alia come into force. All officers and Supervisors concerned should be fully conversant with various duties listed therein and carry them out without fail. CHAPTER – 1 CONCEPT OF DISASTER ON RAILWAYS Disaster Risks in India : India is vulnerable, in varying degrees, to a large number of natural as well as man-made disasters.