TITLE: National Freight Safety Group
FREQUENCY : Every 8 weeks
CHAIR: Alan Tordoff, DB Schenker
DEPUTY: Dave Perry, Freightliner
MEMBERS: Level 1: 1 x DB Schenker, 1 x Freightliner, 1 x GB Rail Freight, 1 x Direct Rail Services Ltd, 1 x Colas Rail, 1 x Devon & Cornwall, I x Network Rail NDS, 1 x Network Rail Operations,
Level 2: (deputies): one per member. Nominations awaited 20130305
OBSERVERS: 1 x ORR, 2 x RSSB
MEETING MANAGER: RSSB
TERMS OF REFERENCE:
Aims of the NFSG
What: The aim of the National Freight Safety Group (NFSG) is to facilitate the improvement of safety in the rail freight industry through managing system risk.
How: It will achieve this by doing the following:
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Understanding the national risk profile for freight and developing strategies improving areas of concern and communicating issues to the route groups, multi-route groups and topic groups for action.
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Obtaining verification that issues have been addressed and are being managed.
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Providing an advisory function for the System Safety Review Group (SSRG) and industry members that the risk associated with freight is being co-operatively addressed
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Reviewing the effectiveness of freight industry performance in managing risks.
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Promoting and facilitating the management of risk collaboratively by the most appropriate means.
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Ensuring the co-operative structure encompasses the whole of the freight railway system’s risk profile.
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Identifying good practice and sharing it with the relevant groups & stakeholders.
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Promoting improvements in co-operation amongst SMS duty holders.
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Reviewing and challenging the effectiveness of the existing freight meetings to promote safety co-operation.
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Introducing an assurance process into the active groups and the process of safety co-operation.
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Sponsor and own research and development projects.
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Understand legislation and regulation and the impacts on the industry of proposed changes to them from within the UK and
Europe.
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Horizon Scan: systematically examine potential threats and opportunities to detect early signs of potentially important developments and changes to the industry risk profile.
AGENDA:
Standard Agenda 1
1. Approval of previous meeting notes and actions ( Chair )
2. Freight Safety Risk Management Strategy
3. Develop freight level Joint Safety Improvement Plans
4. Performance a. review freight performance in managing risks b. review data coverage and quality in SMIS.
5. Research and Development: a. Review performance of existing projects. b. Proposals.
6. Tools/products
– resource for sharing meeting information
7. Freight arrangements for addressing system risk
8. Co-operations with other groups
9. Relationships - Update from other freight topic groups
10. Community safety
– how to interact with local groups
11. Feedback from SSRG
12. Discussion items from members
13. AOB
Annual tasks:
1. Review terms of reference
2. Review chair and deputy
INPUTS
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Industry risk profile.
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Precursor Indicator Model (PIM)
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Safety Risk Model (SRM)
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Requests for assistance from other groups inc. SSRG
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R&D dashboard of relevant projects from RSSB
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Learning from operational experience report from RSSB
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OUTPUTS – All produced by the Chair
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Meeting notes/action log
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Stewardship Paper – annual report to be prepared containing progress on objectives and defining future objectives.
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Risk papers o Total freight system risk
Chairs meeting (topic/sub-group chairs)
OPERATION
Members and agreed deputies to be inducted in to the Aims and Operation of the NFSG, only inducted and/or invited members shall attend NFSG.
Administration
Produce the draft minutes and action list for approval by the chair 1 week after the meeting – Facilitator .
Send out chair approved minutes and action list to members 2 weeks after the meeting – Facilitator .
Prepare draft agenda to be approved by chair using template 4 weeks before the meeting - Facilitator / Chair
Request meeting inputs for pack 3 weeks before the meeting: deadline for submission of papers, 1 week before meeting
Facilitator
Compile meeting pack 1 week before meeting – Facilitator .
Review action list and follow up actions 4 weeks before the meeting - Facilitator
Send out meeting pack 1 week before meeting - Facilitator
Draft 20130305