Victorian Numbered Regulations

RAIL SAFETY (LOCAL OPERATIONS) (ACCREDITATION AND SAFETY) REGULATIONS 2017 (SR NO 77 OF 2017) - REG 19

An emergency plan must address the following—

        (a)     the consequences of a major incident occurring;

        (b)     methods to prevent an emergency from escalating;

        (c)     initial response procedures for dealing with an emergency and the provision of rescue services;

        (d)     recovery procedures for the restoration of railway operations and for the assistance of persons affected by the occurrence of an emergency;

        (e)     the allocation of roles and responsibilities to persons employed by the rail transport operator relating to emergency management, including arrangements for communication and co-operation between organisations in the event of an emergency;

        (f)     processes for the training of personnel who will be responsible for implementing the emergency plan and arrangements to maintain the competence of those persons in emergency management;

        (g)     call-out procedures;

        (h)     the allocation of personnel for the on-site management of the emergency;

              (i)     procedures for liaison with relevant emergency services, including information about the circumstances in which the emergency services should be immediately contacted;

        (j)     procedures to ensure that emergency services are provided with all the information that is reasonably required to enable them to respond effectively to an emergency;

        (k)     the intervals within which the plan must be reviewed, being intervals not longer than 3 years.