standards / manuals / guidelines for small hydro development - AHEC

• To arrange for evacuation of man material from affected area.• Arrangement of ambulance and emergency first aid.(ii)The disaster management plan for generating stations shall take care of thefollowing:• Emergency power supply system shall be made operational.• Back start procedure must be prepared needs to be reviewed from time totime.• In case of fire, the unit/station needs to be emergency tripped through theemergency push button.• Ensure immediate shut down affected or likely to be affected portion ofP.S., so that rest of the plant remains healthy.• Fire tenders need to be summoned immediately.• The fire extinguishing system needs to be automatically cut in and in caseof failure of auto system, the system should be manually started.• The earmarked hospital need to be informed of such emergency.The units should be restarted as soon as the cause for disaster has been clearedoff.(iii)Action PlanFor effective control and management of disaster an action plan andorganization shall be prepared by Power Station In-Charge alongwithresponsibilities. This shall consist of following factors:• Responsibility of employees about first information.• Responsibility of Emergency Management Manager (EMM) fordeclaration of emergency (EMM to be nominated by Plant In-Charge).• Responsibilities of various teams constituted to deal with specificemergency requirement.• Responsibility of EMM for “All Clear” signal after dibaster has beencleared off(iv)Essential StaffIn plants immediately affected or likely to be affected efforts will be made toshut down and make other units safe. The plant supervisors and operators willcarry out this work without exposing them to any risk. The following staff willalso help them:• Attendants• First aiders• Persons responsible for emergency lighting• Persons responsible for transport• Persons working as runners, in case communication failsAHEC/MNRE/SHP Standards/ E&M Works – Guidelines for Operation and Maintenance of Small Hydropower Station 13