Unitary Management of the Forces in Case of Railway Accidents

CFR NETWORK STATEMENT - 2026 ANNEX 32 UNITARY MANAGEMENT OF THE FORCES ATTENDENDING THE INTERVENTION IN CASE OF RAILWAYS ACCIDENTS Validity: 14.12.2025 – 12.12.2026 Version: 15.0.0 Update: 15.12.2024  Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate “CFR” S.A. România CFR Network Statement - 2026 ANNEX 32 Version: 15.0.0 Update: 15.12.2024 Pag: 1 / 20  Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate “CFR” S.A. România UNITARY MANAGEMENT OF THE FORCES ATTENDENDING THE INTERVENTION IN CASE OF RAILWAY ACCIDENTS According to the Order of the Minister of Transport no. 210 of 14.03.2000, the railway accidents are very serious facts produced during trains’ traffic or shunting activity which resulted in substantial property damage and/or casualties. The management of forces and means of the intervention involved in case of railway accidents are all ongoing activities and procedures used by the decision makers, public institutions and services responsible for the identification and monitoring of risks, assessment of information and analysis of the situation, the establishment of the mode of action and making the best decisions to return to normality. In the event the railway accidents are caused by people carrying out rail transport operations, by third persons or incurred as a result of the technological and natural risks, the institutions involved in the area of intervention shall take action by taking measures in such situations. Depending on the extent of the accident the following institutions with intervention competence shall be required and shall interfere with specific means and forces: 1. The railway infrastructure manager (CNCF "CFR" - SA) 2. The Railway Undertaking and the economic agent who has loaded the goods (in the case of dangerous goods). 3. The General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations (National Operational Centre) by the county inspectorate or inspectorates for emergency situations in the territory where the accident took place. 4. The Romanian Police (the Railway Transport Police, the Public Order Police, the Road Traffic Police). 5. The Public Health Authority through the emergency medical assistance services prior to hospitalization and health care structures. 6. The Special Aviation Unit within MIRA. 7. The Emergency community services in the territory where the accident took place. 8. Other institutions authorized by law to intervene, if necessary. The first two institutions according to the specific rules of the railway activities will intervene with the forces and means in every situation, being announced according to the existing training procedures, and the other institutions, depending on the severity and the extent of the accident, shall participate at the request of the representatives of the railways by calling the emergency dispatcher on 112. In the case of dangerous goods, the emergency dispatcher will notify the carrier, the producer and the County Inspectorate for Emergency Situations in order to send the event specialists and consultants on rescue issues (recovery) of the goods in question. The emergency medical services shall be informed about the nature of the dangerous substances where there is a risk of exposure in order to prepare the data related to the substances in question. The data shall also contain the appropriate antidote, if necessary. CFR Network Statement - 2026 ANNEX 32 Version: 15.0.0 Update: 15.12.2024 Pag: 2 / 20  Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate “CFR” S.A. România A.1 INTERVENTION MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION OF THE ON-SITE RAIL ACCIDENT Coordination of the on-site activities shall be carried out as follows: - in the first stage, consisting of the operational management and intervention in the accident there are distinguished two situations: 1. in the event of a rail accident intervention which does not require dialling the 112 dispatcher the management and the coordination of the means and facilities involved shall be provided by the person with the highest position within the C.N.C.F. "C.F.R. "-S.A. who is present on-site of the accident. 2. in the situation when the gravity and the extend of the railway accident also requires the participation of other institutions involved in the intervention requested by calling 112 dispatcher, the management of the means and facilities involved shall be provided by the COMMANDER OF THE ACTION, assigned by the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations. In the case there are involved dangerous goods, in order to limit, reduce or eliminate the risk factors in the shortest time the Commander of the action shall urgently require from the safety adviser of the railway undertaking and from the emergency medical assistance services prior to hospitalization (Ambulance/SMURD). The representatives of the C.N.C.F. "C.F.R.” - S.A. and of the railway undertaking shall have the primary role in the assessment of the conditions specific to the railway accidents in order to prepare for and to conduct the intervention. - In the second stage, the research deployment, by the representative of the Prosecutors’ Office or of the Romanian Police, according to the competences. The priorities for intervention are to: - provide the emergency medical intervention together with rescue/extrication operations; - ensure the safety of workers in the intervention teams; - ensure the safety of traffic participants and goods transported; - ensure the traffic flow where there is not required restricting the area of intervention; - protection of the goods. For the achievement of an efficient cooperation there should be established specific and concrete tasks for all participating institutions in case of such accidents. The information needed for the cooperation shall provide information on the specificity of the other intervention services. There should be forwarded correct on-site information referred to the dispatcher in charge. The efficient transmission of information from the crash site helps limiting the consequences. OPERATIONAL STAGES A) Alert stage The dispatcher reports the accident. It informs about the most facile access route to the place of CFR Network Statement - 2026 ANNEX 32 Version: 15.0.0 Update: 15.12.2024 Pag: 3 / 20  Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate “CFR” S.A. România occurrence, if there are spills of hazardous substances, after which, according to the data obtained, sends the intervention crews on-site. B) Response and on-site arrival stage - the first crew must arrive on-site in the shortest possible time; - permanent monitoring of the response time is necessary. C) Intervention stage - the exchange of information; - rescue and first aid operations; - emergency medical care; - coordination with other forces. D) Recovery stage - completion of the intervention actions of the emergency services crews; - measures to resume the traffic in safety and fluency conditions. ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY INSTITUTIONS WITH OPERATIONAL COMPETENCES IN THE EVENT OF RAILWAY INCIDENTS 1. RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGER A) Alert stage The notification on the railway accident depending on its type shall be subject to the procedure referred to in the "Instructions for the prevention and investigation of railway accidents and events no. 003/2000”, annex 2, drawn up by the Ministry of Transports-AFER. In accordance with the procedure referred to above, the supervisor on duty of the Traffic Controller or the station master shall immediately inform the 112 Dispatcher (the data provided in the instruction manual of the index 105), the Transport Police Dispatcher (telephone 021/3362215) and the Railway Undertaking whose rolling stock is involved in the accident, about: - the exact place of the accident and how to access the area; - the hazardous area, the area of distribution, the vicinity of the hazardous area (if they are in the vicinity of sources which may amplify the dangers, as gas stations, railway complexes meant for processing wagons that are loaded with dangerous goods), fuel depots, inhabited areas etc; - the details on the railway section: embankment, height, near the railway bridgehead, the existence of the contact line of 27 KV; - the details on the state of the land in the railway area: strong earth, gravel, earth with poor resistance, softened by water, etc. CFR Network Statement - 2026 ANNEX 32 Version: 15.0.0 Update: 15.12.2024 Pag: 4 / 20  Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate “CFR” S.A. România - the condition and the type of rolling stock (locomotive, wagon type…………, motor unit): crack in the container, gas release or vapours, rollover, scattering cargo on the ground, fire, explosion, etc., if the situation allows that; - the incipient phase of a fire; - if there have been injured or killed people; - the atmospheric conditions, visibility; - the wind direction and speed on the ground; - the proportion and the consequences of the danger; - the persons and goods in danger, if they are injured persons; - if there have also been informed the other liable factors involved in the intervention to the railway accident (Environment Guard, Prosecutor’s Office, etc.); - the request of certain railway cranes and other specific means when there is necessary (helicopters, bags for body transport, transmitters, projectors with their own power supply sources); - the place of the accident and how to access the area; the accessibility to reach on-site of the accident; - the number and the type of vehicles involved and whether they can be move out. In particular cases there shall be mentioned whether the means of transport involved is derailed or overturned in the water or in the rough land. - risk factors: heat, dangerous substances, weather (weather conditions); - which railway lines are out of order; - what traffic line have been affected by the event (blocking traffic or speed reduction); - if there was a collision of high impact (speed >80 Km/h); - the number of victims and their status. The dispatchers within the intervention institutions following the notification by the supervisor on duty of the TC or the station master may also require additional information by telephone/fax: 1. 021/3192514 from the Central Traffic Regulator within the National Railway Company CFR S.A.; 2. 021/3170404 from the General Inspectorate for Traffic Safety within the above mentioned company. B) Response and on-site arrival stage By the order of the Director General of the railway company in the area where the accident took place the EMERGENCY CELL shall be enabled in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Rules of Operation. The arrival of the emergency cell members on-site of the accident shall be achieved in the shortest time possible. CFR Network Statement - 2026 ANNEX 32 Version: 15.0.0 Update: 15.12.2024 Pag: 5 / 20  Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate “CFR” S.A. România The means of intervention shall be directed to the crash site and shall be used in accordance with the provisions of the "Instruction for exploitation of intervention means no. 659/1999 "prepared by the Ministry of Transport. C) Intervention Stage By specialized personnel, there shall be taken measures for the interruption of power supply to the contact line and shortening it by linking it to the ground, the completion of this action being communicated to the head of the intervention, the access of other freight or passenger train sets shall be denied in the area of the accident, as well as the removal of the means of transport in the area adjacent to the event. CI) Rapid Intervention Safety measures on-site: The emergency cell members arriving first on-site shall urgently provide the the following measures: - the evacuation, isolation and denial of access of other users without creating panic, in areas meant to provide protection, at a distance of 200 meters ahead of the area where the accident occurred; the provision of the security on-site in order to preserve the clues, evidence and traces that could lead to the establishment of the causes and to prevent further expansion of the damages and havoc; to request, where appropriate, the restoration of telephone communications that was cut off and the provision of lighting on-site. There shall be worn reflective vests. The members of the emergency cell shall coordinate the intervention activities specific to the railway infrastructure and shall provide the link with the other participating forces. In the event of a rail crash, there shall be taken into consideration the possible presence of hazardous substances in the composition of the train or in the train sets located on the siding lines. In the case of rail accidents involving dangerous goods there shall be considered the measures contained in the "Guide to Emergency Measures" for the transport of dangerous goods. There shall be observed the following rules in these situations: • maintenance of at least 200 metres distance; • identification of the goods carried, by reading the numbers on the orange plates (using the binoculars); • assessment of the danger and the enforcement of the measures provided for in the Guide, according to the skills; • isolation of the area and the denial of access; • positioning towards the wind direction. C2) Information The emergency cell members arriving first on-site shall provide additional information upon the request from the dispatchers of the institutions involved in the intervention: CFR Network Statement - 2026 ANNEX 32 Version: 15.0.0 Update: 15.12.2024 Pag: 6 / 20  Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate “CFR” S.A. România • the exact place of the accident and if the means of transport involved are located in a difficult area in point of accessiblility; • the access routes to the crash site; • the number and type of vehicles involved and whether they can be moved out; • the number of wounded and the nature of the injuries in the event of (potential) victims; • the risk factors: heat, dangerous substances, weather (weather conditions); • the railway line (the railway section) is blocked; C3) Other tasks - redirect the railway traffic depending on the situation occured; - protect (provide the security) the intervention teams, victims and other road users; - maintain the access paths free for the intervention services; - releasing, including removing and transporting damaged vehicles, cleaning and bringing the railway to its original state. - In respect of environmental damage: - limitation of damages brought to the railway infrastructure; - alerting the112 Dispatcher with readiness, if there is a risk of environmental pollution; - repair of the railway infrastructure; - transmission of information to the mass media for the users of means of transport (such as detours for diversion of traffic). D) Recovery Stage starting the operations to remove the consequences of the railway accidents can be performed only with the approval of the Head of the research team, of the Prosecutor, the Transport Police representative or AFER representative. For accidents produced on the CFR railway infrastructure, where there are not required means of intervention for remeding the consequences, the railway infrastructure manager, after examining the on- site situation, shall take measures for: a. the restoration of train traffic; b. securing the goods from the damaged means of transport and further transportation arrangements; CFR Network Statement - 2026 ANNEX 32 Version: 15.0.0 Update: 15.12.2024 Pag: 7 / 20  Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate “CFR” S.A. România 2. RAILWAY UNDERTAKING PASSENEGERS RAILWAY UNDERTAKING A) Alert stage The notification of the railway accident based on its type shall be performed according to the procedure set down in the "Instructions for the prevention and the investigation of railway accidents and events no. 003/2000”, annex 2, drawn up by the Ministry of Transport - AFER. In accordance with the procedure referred to above, in addition to the tasks of notification, the employee who learned about the accident, if the situation so requires, shall immediately inform the 112 Dispatcher (the data provided in the instruction manual of the index 114), about: - The exact place of the accident and how to access the area; - the hazardous area, the area of distribution, the vicinity of the hazardous area (if they are