DMRG Rules 39Chapter V · Control and Working of Stations

Section 39 · Emergency evacuation

(1)

The Station Controller shall control the evacuation from the Station Control Room in the event of evacuation of the station becoming necessary as the result of cessation of train services, risk of fire or other emergency-

(a)

all Automatic Fare Collection barriers shall be set to open freely in the exit direction and the station staff deployed to assist in passenger evacuation;

(b)

information and instruction shall be passed to the public by Public Address System and where available, visual displays.

(c)

all inwards escalators shall be stopped and used as fixed stairways in the outwards direction ;

(d)

all ticket sales shall be suspended and the staff used to assist in passenger evacuation; and

(e)

all station exits shall be opened.

(2)

Station staff shall verify that each area of the station has been evacuated and when areas are verified as clear as passengers, the staff shall leave the station and secure it unless otherwise instructed by the Traffic Controller.

(3)

If fire or smoke is present, passengers shall, as far as practicable, be instructed to use exit routes that avoid contaminated area.

(4)

If the fire is in the station, the Traffic Controller shall be informed so that he can instruct Train Operators not to stop the train at the station.

(5)

If the fire is at the concourse level, the train may be stopped to allow passengers to board only, as means of evacuating the passengers more quickly and Train Operators shall make announcements in their trains to inform passengers not to alight.

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