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1615366067665 9. Duties Of Commercial Staff In Case Of Accident Copy Copy

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a) Telephone and FAX numbers of the control at accident site manned by Commercial

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DUTIES OF COMMERCIAL STAFF IN CASE OF ACCIDENT 
 
1.   On receipt of information of accident from the Operating Emergency Control,    
following Officials of   Commercial department at HQ will be informed by the 
Commercial Control of the headquarter:- (Designations of HODs and Dy HODs may 
differ from zone to zone.) 
  a) 
CCM 
  b)      CCM/FM 
  c)  
CCO 
  d) 
CCM/PS 
  e) 
Dy. CCM/General 
  f) 
Dy. CCM/Catering 
  g) 
SCM/General 
 
2.     Nominated Commercial officials (para no. 3) on receipt of information of 
trainaccident would proceed to the site of accident by the quickest available means. 
         In case of serious accidents involving passenger trains, CCO (in absence of CCO, 
CCM (S&M) or CCM/IT will proceed to the site of accident. CCM/G will remain in 
Commercial Control. 
  3 .    Centers of Activity: 
  a) Headquarter 
  b) Divisional Commercial Control 
  c)  Site of Accident. 
 
a) 
Headquarter: 
 
i)   Commercial Control will have DOT and railway Telephones, FAX, photocopier  
machine and a PC with an Internet. The details are as under:- 
         Telephone Nos.             P&T 
                                             Railway. 
                                             Fax 
 
ii) Commercial Control office in Headquarter would be manned by officers 
round the clock basis:- 
  
   In case of serious accident of passenger carrying trains, CCM/G will immediately 
come to Control office. In his absence, CCM(IT)/CCM(S&M) and Dy.CCM/G will 
come to the Control office. If Dy.CCM/G is not available, SCM/G will attend. 
Thereafter, Control duties will be assigned as per roster for manning the Control 
office round the clock. Besides regular staff manning commercial control at least 
one officer and one inspector will remain in the control round the clock. Officer 
deputed will be responsible for proper functioning of the control. 
 
iii)  Headquarter Commercial Control would collect following information: 
 
a)  Time and place of accident from Operating Emergency Control. 
b) Details of dead/injured Passengers, rescue operations, helps/assistance being 
    rendered at the site of accident, enroute etc. from the divisional Commercial 
control/control at the site of accident. 
c) Details of specials being run to the accident site and officials accompanying from 
Operating Emergency Control. 
d) CCM/IT will get the reservation charts printed and supplied to control. In 
addition the addresses as per requisition slips shall also be get collected by 
CCM/IT & supplied to Commercial control, and Divisional Control.

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iv) Commercial control at HQ will maintain:  
 
a) Telephone and FAX numbers of the control at accident site manned by Commercial 
officer. 
b) Names and phone numbers of hospitals where injured are admitted/(i) with names 
of passengers and (ii) location of dead bodies identified (iii) digital photographs of all 
injured and dead transmitted through computer network to be displayed and at sites 
or telecast & all enquiry offices. 
c) Telephone and FAX numbers of enquiry offices that would have been set up at 
various stations including at other Zonal Railway. 
 
v) Commercial control in the Headquarters office would constantly monitor the 
information relayed from the divisions and other railways regarding the dead and 
injured persons and enquiry offices opened at important stations. 
vi) Commercial control in the HQ office will monitor/coordinate regarding assistance 
required by the division from other divisions/other railways in terms of deployment of 
material, staff and officers. 
vii) In case of confirmation of death/injury, the Commercial control will inform the 
concerned division/railway (Commercial control) to convey the information to the 
family of affected passengers. 
viii) Maintain a log of events. 
 
b) Divisional Control. 
 
i)   Control Offices will have DOT/Rly. Telephones, FAX, photocopier machine and a PC 
with an Internet connection. The details of telephones and 

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