Unitary Management of the Forces in Case of Railway Accidents

ll be recorded and evaluated the way in which the situation was managed (the way in which there have been coordinated and carried out activities/actions). There shall be sent the necessary intervention crews including the qualified first aid and emergency care teams within the County Ambulance Service and SMURD. There shall be sent the nearest intervention team for collective accidents, if any. There shall be consulted the police representative, the worker designated by the railway infrastructure manager and the emergency medical assistance on the most secure and efficient managerial decisions in case of an accident to which actions are taken. If the accident involves a dangerous cargo, the County Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, shall send a consultant on rescue (recovery) of the cargo. If hazardous substances are present, there shall be kept a minimum security distance set by the Security Intervention Coordinator, based on the type of the substance and the intervention structures that are not endowed with appropriate intervention machines shall operate outside the danger zone. At the time the fire was extinguished, there shall be taken measures to limit the spread in the air or on the ground of dangerous substances. The worker designated by the railway infrastructure manager to remove any remaining contaminants on- site shall be supported, having previously been consulted the police. The measures shall be taken for the recovery of goods transported in accordance with the powers of the institutions involved. When there is a worker designated by the administrator of railway infrastructure, the I.G.S.U. representatives shall transfer the responsibility to him for the cancellation of the measures taken and shall communicate about him to their own dispatcher. There shall be recorded the way the situation was handled (the way there were coordinated and carried out activities/actions). 5. ROMANIAN POLICE The main tasks in these situations shall be assigned to the Railway Transport Police, who will carry out specific activities under the Concept of action in the integrated system, with the structures of the Public Order Police and Traffic Police. The forensic activities shall be carried out by specialized structures within the area of reach of IPJ where the accident occurred. CFR Network Statement - 2026 ANNEX 32 Version: 15.0.0 Update: 15.12.2024 Pag: 15 / 20  Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate “CFR” S.A. România ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT DURING THE 4 OPERATIONAL STAGES A) Alert Stage The Transport Police Dispatcher asked to locate the accident gathering information about: access path to the place where it took place; - if there are traffic jams; - if there is reported the presence of hazardous substances/wind direction; - if there is reported the location of an explosive device or bomb; - the place where it took place, the hazardous zone, 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 sector: embankment, height, near the railway bridgehead, the existence of the contact line of 27 KV; - the details on the state of the ground in the railway area: strong earth, gravel, earth with poor resistance, softened by water, etc - the details of the fuel in the fuel tanks of the locomotive; - the atmospheric conditions, visibility; - the proportion and the consequences of the danger; - people and property at risk, if there are injured persons ; - the type of means of transport involved (locomotive, coaches); - the condition and the type of rolling stock (locomotive, wagon type…………, motor unit): crack in - the container, gas release or vapours, flip, scattering of cargo on the ground, fire, explosion, etc., if the situation allows that; - the request of certain intervention means when there is necessary (helicopters, bags for body transport, transmitters, projectors with their own power supplies, welders); - if there is reported the location of an explosive device or bomb; - if it has been reported the presence of suspicious persons who have abandoned baggage or hand luggage; - description of the persons suspected for the production of the accidents. CFR Network Statement - 2026 ANNEX 32 Version: 15.0.0 Update: 15.12.2024 Pag: 16 / 20  Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate “CFR” S.A. România B) Response and on-site arrival stage The arrival to the scene of the accident shall be made in the shortest time possible, using acoustic and light warning systems in accordance with the legal provisions. Those who arrive first at the crash site shall verify if their presence is required on-site and if not they shall leave the area. According to the Concept of action in an integrated system, the arrival on-site of the accident shall be carried out by a police unit that is the nearest, and this unit shall adopt the first intervention measures referred to in this guide, until the arrival of workers of the police transport. C) Intervention Stage I. Immediate Intervention The intervention team members who reach the top spot shall take the following measures: - to discharge, isolate and deny the access to the persons without creating panic in the area in order to protect them, at a distance of not less than 200 meters of the area where the accident occurred; - to guard the place of the accident, in order to preserve the clues, evidence and traces in perfect conditions which could enhance setting the causes and the guilty parties and to prevent expansion of the havoc and damages; - to request, where appropriate, to restore the telephone communications which were cut off and to provide lighting to the place of the accident; - To request means of intervention when necessary (crane train, helicopters, bags for body transporting, transmitters, projectors with their own power supplies, welders); - Use of the safety-warning vest; - Provision of the contact with the other civil institutions on-site until the arrival of a superior. In the case of the railway accidents in which the cars are involved in transporting dangerous goods, there shall be taken measures under "the Emergency Measures Guide" for the transport of dangerous goods. The dangerous goods shall be identified by consulting the transport documents and labels for hazard and warnings (if the situation warrants). In these situations, the following measures shall be taken: - keeping a distance of at least 200 metres; - identifying the goods transported by reading the numbers on the orange plates (using the binoculars) applied on the sides of the wagons for freight transport; - The hazard assessment and the implementation of the measures provided for in the Guide, according to the powers, isolation of the site and denial of access; - The staff operating in contaminated areas shall compulsorily wear the appropriate personal protective equipment CFR Network Statement - 2026 ANNEX 32 Version: 15.0.0 Update: 15.12.2024 Pag: 17 / 20  Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate “CFR” S.A. România - The members of the other teams of intervention shall act outside the prohibition established. II. Information The intervention team members, once they arrived on-site they shall provide detailed information to the Dispatcher, as well as: - the exact location of the accident, providing details (location of means of transport involved in the accident – prone, knocked over, derailed, crushed, etc.) - description, consequences and proportions; - necessary means of intervention (crane train of 250 tons); - if damages were produced at the contact line of 27kv CFR and there is required the interruption of the electricity supply to the contact line; - the details on the condition of the land: strong ground, gravel, ground with poor resistance, softened by water, etc.; - wind direction and speed on the ground level; - the accessibility to the location where it took place; - the number and type of vehicles involved and whether they can be moved out of place; - the number of injured persons and the nature of the injuries (if there are any victims); - the number of ambulances required for the case; - the risk factors: fire, dangerous substances, weather (weather conditions); - which traffic line is blocked; - if there is necessary to supplement the police force; - other issues, which deserve to be mentioned. III. First aid - providing first aid to the victims; - release of the victims (in cooperation with the staff of the extrication crews and emergency medical assistance); - stabilization of the means of transport, where appropriate; - prevention measures to cut the remaining shards due to break-ins. IV. Other tasks Deviations shall be made only by the representatives of the railway infrastructure manager. CFR Network Statement - 2026 ANNEX 32 Version: 15.0.0 Update: 15.12.2024 Pag: 18 / 20  Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate “CFR” S.A. România - to ensure safety of the intervention teams worker, of the wounded persons and other participating forces; - facilitating access routes to/from the place of the accident for the intervention services; - provision of the traffic deployment and the prevention of jams. - Maintaining the public order and safety in the accident area. The research team arrived on site, the police officer who arrived first on-site presents to the prosecutor or to the head of the investigation team the findings and the measures that there have been taken. V. Investigative activities There shall be taken measures to preserve traces, objects bearing traces or of material evidence in danger of being destroyed, removed, modified or altered by the existing atmospheric conditions or by other people. There shall be proceeded to the identification of eyewitnesses and the preliminary investigation on the circumstances and conditions in which the accident occurred. The tasks shall be executed and measures submitted by the unit's management, the team leader or the officer on duty. There shall be deployed activities for overall orientation in order to determine the area to be included in the place to be searched; to cover the place of accident, to divide it on sectors and to set the priorities. The overall orientation requires the execution of photos, sketches, with the consequences of the accident, the condition and the position of the main traces as material resources. The orientation photos can be run out from the helicopter or from longer distances and the sketch photos can be run after panoramic photography process offering an accurate image on the place, on the consequences and the arrangement of the different traces. All through the photos or movies there can be set the activities of the research team for rescuing the victims. There shall be picked up the topographic planimetry characteristics and arrangements of the objects on the ground, with distances suitable for drawing the outline of the place of catastrophe. The investigation activities of the technical causes of the accident are in the competence of AFER and the Transport Police, providing support by preserving the evidence and enhancing the access of investigators to the scene of the accident. D) Recovery stage After the completion of the on-site investigation and removal of all hazards, the area shall be cleaned after the conclusion of the intervention teams, for the restoration of the previous situation of the accident. If there have been previously requested special signalling measures on the railway or the surrounding access paths, they shall be cancelled, the railway infrastructure manager and the manager of the adjacent railroads being announced in this respect. CFR Network Statement - 2026 ANNEX 32 Version: 15.0.0 Update: 15.12.2024 Pag: 19 / 20  Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate “CFR” S.A. România If the ambulance has required special measures in the traffic, the police shall automatically retrieve the cancellation decision. When there is also a worker on- site designated by the manager, the police shall transfer to him the responsibility for the cancellation of the measures taken. 6. THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH Specific activities shall be carried out in accordance with the legislation in force, namely:-the Law 95/2006 title IV; -GEO 126/2003 regarding the operation, functioning and financing of emergency assistance provided with helicopters purchased by the Ministry of Health and assigned to the medical operators of Fundeni Clinical Institute and County Emergency Clinical Hospital of Targu Mures, which was approved by Law 40/2004; Joint Orders of the Minister of Health (No. 777/23.06.2004) and the Minister of Administration and Interior 277/23.06.2004) approving the Methodological Norms of GEO 126/2003. AMBULANCE/SMURD The ambulance/SMURD dispatcher shall be informed about: - the access path to the place where the accident occurred; - if there are traffic jams; - if there are injured or restrained persons. in the case of (possible) victims: the number of the injured persons and the nature of their injuries; - the number of ambulances needed for intervention; - if the risk factors are present, such as a fire or hazardous substances. B) Response and on-site arrival stage The movement to the scene of the accident shall be achieved in the shortest time possible, using sound and warning systems. C) Intervention Stage First aid There shall be analyzed the victims, there shall be established the victims that are in need of first aid and medical assistance shall be provided. There shall be treated the injuries that may threaten the lives of the victims and shall be prevented from new ones. The victims that are trapped shall be released in cooperation with the extrication personnel of the GIES. There shall be indicated in terms of minutes how quickly the victim must be released, based on their state (condition) at that time. As soon as the second crew participating in the intervention arrives, if any, it will take over the competences of "buffer" of the ambulance arrived first at the scene of the accident. CFR Network Statement - 2026 ANNEX 32 Version: 15.0.0 Update: 15.12.2024 Pag: 20 / 20  Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate “CFR” S.A. România Other tasks: - choice of the hospital where the victim shall be transported to as well as the means of transport. - informing the police about the name and the address of the hospital where the victim shall be transported. D) Recovery Stage If one of the members of the medical intervention crew requested special measures, he shall request their cancellation, through its own call centre. When there is a representative of the road administrator or of the police on the site, they will automatically retrieve previously annulled the measures taken responsibility. There shall be recorded the way of managing the situation (there were coordinated and carried out activities/actions). For the incidents that took place on the railway infrastructure (which does not belong to the public railway infrastructure), which requires means of intervention, the movement of the trains shall be carried out according to a plan set by the trader's representative whose railway infrastructure the incident has been produced, along with the driver of the means of intervention. If there were previously requested or conducted temporary signalling measures, they shall be cancelled only after prior notification of the police. The National Railway Company CFR SA, operates in the telephone emergency call 4444 in the CFR network, which is picked up by the specialists of the General Safety Traffic Inspectorate, in order to notify the railway incidents that have produced. CFR Network Statement - 2026 ANNEX 32 Version: 15.0.0 Update: 15.12.2024 Pag: 21 / 20  Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate “CFR” S.A. România CFR Network Statement - 2026 ANNEX 32 Version: 15.0.0 Update: 15.12.2024 Pag: 22 / 20