CHIETI. On the night between 18 and 19 May, inside the San Giovanni Tunnel, on the San Vito Lanciano – Fossacesia route, the technical failure of a TUA regional train will be simulated, with the start of a fire and the injury of the driver, which will require the intervention of the firefighters of the Chieti Command, of an 118 ambulance of the ASL Lanciano Vasto Chieti, of the Railway Police, in addition to the personnel of the Italian Railway Network, FS Security and TUA Spa, who will be engaged in the assistance and safety of travellers-figures identified among the volunteers of the Regional Civil Protection Agency.
This is an exercise proposed and organized by the Italian Railway Network Society to verify and consolidate the operational procedures and communication flows between the various institutions involved in the management of a hypothetical emergency event along the Pescara – Termoli railway line and the readiness of interventions.
The exercise is part of the Annual Plan of activities of the FSI Group, in relation to the obligations deriving from the Ministerial Decree of 28 October 2005 “Safety in Railway Tunnels” for tunnels exceeding 5 thousand meters in length and is part of the continuous training course on safety of rail transport, which allows Italian Railway Network personnel to put into practice what they have learned in the training phases both in relation to rescue and driving trains and assistance operations.
On the night between 18 and 19 May the National Fire Brigade will coordinate the rescue operations, through the intervention of operational personnel from the Chieti Command, using the bimodal vehicle, a particular vehicle supplied to the headquarters of the Fire Brigade of Lanciano, capable of traveling both on the road and along the tracks of the railway line to put out fires and bring passengers stuck inside the train to safety.
Safety outside the tunnel and traffic will be guaranteed by the staff of the police headquarters, the traffic police, the provincial commands of the carabinieri and the financial police of Chieti and by the local police command of San Vito Chietino, coordinated by the Prefecture of Chieti.
