SULTANATE OF OMAN
ROYAL OMAN POLICE
DIRECTORATE LEGAL AFFAIRS
LEGISLATIONS SERIES – PART SEVEN
FIRSTLY: CIVIL DEFENCE LAW
SECONDLY: CIVIL DEFENSE PROCEDURES REGULATION
FIRST EDITION 1426 AH – 2004 AD
CIVIL DEFENSE LAW
NO. 76/91 (AS AMENDED)
CIVIL DEFENSE LAW (1)
Royal Decree
No. 76/91 (1)
We, Qaboos bin Said, Sultan of Oman.
After perusal of the Royal Decree number 26/75 promulgating
the law of organizing the State's Administrative System as
amended, and the Royal Decree number 64/78 pertaining to
issue of the law of expropriation for public interests as
amended and Royal Decree number 32/88 convening the
National Committee for Natural Disasters as amended. (2) and
Royal Decree number 35/90 issuing ROP Law
And in accordance with the public interest,
Have decreed as follows:
1. Article (1): The attached Civil Defense Law shall come into
force.
2. Article (2): The Inspector General ROP shall provide the
regulations related to procedures of civil defense and the
relevant decisions to apply this law.
3. Article (3): This Royal Decree shall be published in the
official Gazette and shall come into force with effect from the
day of its publication.
Qaboos Bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Issued on 10th Muharrum 1412 AH
Corresponding to 22 July 1991 AD
--------------------------(1) Published in the Official Gazette issue number (460)
(2) Revoked according to Royal Decree number 75/99
CIVIL DEFENSE LAW (2)
(Civil Defense Law)
Chapter one
Definitions
Article (1): In the cause of applying the provisions of this
law, the following words and expressions shall bear the
meaning against each:
a. Inspector General: The Inspector general ROP & Customs.
b. General Administration of Civil Defense: The General
Administration of Civil Defense ROP.
c. Civil Defense: A group of procedures, precautions and
actions aiming to protect the population, secure safety of
communications, national wealth, facilities, properties,
establishments, buildings and projects from general disasters
hazards and warranty flow of work regularly in all places.
d. General disaster: The event of nature or humans that result
in or suffering happens due to huge loss of lives or public or
private properties or both as the required abilities to confront
such occurrences exceed the capabilities of relevant
administrations in different areas.
e. Public facility: Any activity undertaken by the administration
itself or refer the same to a company, establishment or
individual to manage under its supervision and directions in an
attempt to provide general services.
f. Vital establishment: the establishment used to practice an
activity of economical, social or political importance whether
owned by the Government or Private sector.
g. The volunteer: Any person of own mere will or being invited
by from the relevant authority that takes initiative to contribute
in the civil defense works.
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Chapter two
The Civil Defense Procedures
Article (2): The Civil Defense Procedures include all
procedures and precautions that achieve its goals and
objectives especially the following:
1. Enactment of plans that aim to achieve public safety and
avoid disasters and mitigate their effects.
2. Design and execute evacuation plans for all or some of the
affected areas and provide relief to the inhabitants.
3. Establish, prepare and adapt civil defense operations rooms.
4. Setting procedures, criterion and regulating imports,
manufacturing, storage, sale, transport and handling and using
hazardous materials those are detrimental to public health and
safety of all kinds and dispose of their waste, and assure
providing necessary safety and protection systems in
coordination with relevant authorities.
5. Organize and supervise over means of detection pertaining
to radioactive pollution in coordination with relevant authorities.
6. Organize rules and means of safety, fire fighting and rescue
and also medical aid.
7. Setting plans to protect means of land, maritime and air
transportation,
telecommunications,
projects,
facilities,
institutions, establishments, companies, public and private
factories from accidents and dangers.
8. Establish and organize danger warning systems and
determine general or private safe places in buildings or
institutions for use at times of emergencies.
9. Storage of equipment, tools, disinfectants, materials and
necessary devises for civil defense activities.
10. Form, organize and train groups of volunteers to assume
civil defense activities and guide citizens and help them in
times of emergencies.
11. Coordination with different means of media and other
related areas concerned with disseminating knowledge
amongst population for protection against dangers of incidents
and avoid occurrence of the same.
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Chapter three
Emergency provisions
Article (3): The following measures are to be effective as
emergency state is declared:
a. The cadres working in civil defense activities, other than
military personnel, are subjected to disciplinary rules and
punishments determined against those who work in ROP.
b. Those who work in public and vital facilities and sectors of
medical services and food stuff handling are prohibited to leave
the places they work in un attended unless authorized, and also
this restriction is applicable for other categories that the
National Civil Defense Committee (1) considers the necessity to
stay at work in order to ascertain continuity of normal life.
c. The Head of National Civil Defense Committee is eligible to
issue determinations to temporarily seize built or non built
properties the committee views temporarily taking hold of the
same. In this regard the provisions of article (14) of the Law of
Expropriation for Public Interest. However, he is authorized to
issue decisions to seize moveable assets against fair
compensation to owners through the period they are deprived
to utilize such assets or against any defects or damages.
Article (4): The National Civil Defense Committee and relevant
sub committees in different areas take the responsibility of
supervising the execution of civil defense procedures in
coordination with the General Administration of Civil Defense.
Article (5): The Ministers and heads of sub committees issue
necessary decisions to form sub civil defense committees in the
ministries and associated facilities and establishments or that
fall under their supervision.
(1) The title of the committee was amended by the Royal Decree (75/99)
referred to above.
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Chapter four
General provisions
Article (6): Royal Oman Police represented in General
Administration of Civil Defense is eligible to form teams and
groups of volunteers and train them on civil defense activities in
their times of leisure aiming to contribute performing some of
civil defense work during times of emergencies and react
towards general disasters.
Article (7): The civil defense volunteers are subject, in cases of
death or injury resulting from practicing civil defense works, to
the same conditions applied for the personnel of the General
Administration of Civil Defense.
Article (8): The Inspector General may decide performing trials
and exercises to assure the training standard and serviceability
of civil defense equipment and mechanisms in order to confirm
cooperation and coordination between relevant authorities.
Article (9): The General Administration of Civil Defense through
its machineries and in coordination with other State's bodies of
relevance may assume the following:
1. Set the civil defense plans and follow up execution.
2. Train different teams and procure and store stocks and
necessary tools for civil defense activities.
3. Propagation and develop awareness among citizens
regarding the objectives and instrumentality of the civil defense.
4. Design plans and necessary protective conditions to protect
facilities, institutions, establishments, companies, buildings,
public and private factories from dangers of fire and disasters.
5. Regulate fire fighting and rescue operations.
6. Co ordinate works related to removal of debris, medical aid,
and detection of hazardous materials pollution with the
concerned authorities in cases of accidents.
7. Assume missions and responsibilities so dictated by the
National Committee of Civil Defense.
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8. Prepare public and private hospitals and other suitable
facilities and places to receive injured people in coordination
with relevant authorities.
Article (10): In recognition of provisions related to the approved
plan for managing emergency situations according to Royal
Decree number 32/88, the Inspector General sets rules,
precautions and plans of civil defense at the Sultanate's level
and determines missions and responsibilities of ministries,
establishments and authorities detailed with execution.
Article (11): The Inspector General in coordination with relevant
authorities shall solely determine areas, Wilayat and cities that
ought to be subject to all or part of civil defense precautions
included in this law, and issue necessary determinations for
execution thereof.
Article (12): Authorities responsible for public institutions and
private establishments, each in own specialty, shall appoint an
official to be concerned with all security and safety measures
according to the regulation issued by the Inspector general.
Article (13): The governmental and local authorities each in
own specialty shall provide the General Administration of Civil
Defense with all it requires from available information or
censuses or devices or equipment or mechanisms or services
for the purposes of civil defense in cases of incidents.
Article (14): The officials at the public institutions and vital
establishments and properties' owners and owners of
commercial and industrial activities, shall execute precautions
of civil defense determined through regulations and decisions
of the Inspector General in relevance at their own cost and in
timely manner.
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Article (15): It is prohibited to import equipment and devises of
civil defense and merchandize the same without referral to the
General Administration of Civil Defense to check samples and
confirm compatibility to the approved Omani standard
specifications through coordination with the other relevant
concerned governmental authorities.
Article (16): In the course of executing civil defense operations,
inviolability shall be considered as for buildings and
establishments as possible, and limit damages to the minimum
possible.
Article (17): It is not permissible to remove a machine, or board
or sign fixed for the purpose of civil defense operations or
change its place or its shape or invalidate the condition it was
prepared for, unless through coordination with the General
Administration of Civil Defense, however any violator to the
same shall be obligated to set back such things into the
condition as were before in addition to suffering the stipulated
punishment.
Article (18): The subject of civil defense shall be taught in
different phases of education whether public, private or
technical and in colleges and institutes according to plans and
syllabi stated by relevant authorities in coordination with the
General Administration of Civil Defense.
Article (19): The civil defense officers enjoy the juridical
apprehension authority in application of this law, and shall have
within this capacity authority to apprehend violations and writing
verbal processes of inquiry for actions breaching provisions of
this law and refer violators to concerned areas.
Chapter five
Punishments
Article (20): To be punished all that violates the provisions of
this law and regulations and decisions in execution thereto or
the accredited plan to manage emergency cases, with
imprisonment for a period not exceeding three years and a fine
not exceeding five thousands Rials Omani or one of these two
punishments.
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Chapter six (1)
The National Committee of Civil Defense
Article (21): The national Committee of Civil Defense is
composed of: (2)
- The Inspector General ROP & Customs, Chairman
- Assistant of Inspector General ROP & Customs
Operations as Deputy Chairman and membership of:
 The Under Secretary of each of the following Ministries:
 Ministry of Interior
 Ministry of Health
 Ministry of Transport and Communications
 Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources
 Ministry of Social Development
 Ministry of Education
 Ministry of Information
 Ministry of Finance
 Ministry of Housing Electricity & Water
 Ministry of Commerce and Industry
 Ministry of Oil & Gas
 Deputy Chairman of Sultan Qaboos University
 Chairman of Muscat Municipality
 Chairman of Dhofar Municipality
 A/ COSSAF for Operations and Planning
 Director General of Civil Defense
The Inspector general appoints one ROP officer of a rank
not less than Ra'aid (Major) to coordinate the work of this
committee.
(1) This chapter was added according to the Royal Decree 75/99
(2) Committee's Formation was amended by Royal Decree 51/2003
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Article (22): The national Civil Defense Committee is
concerned with the following:
1. Draw the general policy of civil defense in a manner that
warrants development of civil defense services and plans.
2. Prepare a comprehensive plan concerned with managing
disaster situations and determine duties and responsibilities of
the ministries and different governmental authorities to execute
the same.
3. Form sub committees of civil defense in the Sultanate's
governorates and areas and specify their specialties together
with setting regulatory rules for the work of these sub
committees.
4. Determine areas, Wilayat and cities that all or part of the civil
defense precautions are applied as mentioned in the law and
issue decisions necessary to execute these precautions.
Article (23): The committee meets through invitation by its
president twice a year at least and anytime so dictated by
situations. The committee is allowed to invite to its meetings
those deemed suitable to help from experts and specialized
entities without counting their votes, and the committee shall
lay down the internal rules and regulations regarding regulating
work process therein.
Article (24): Through a decision by the Inspector General in
perusal of a determination issued by the Minister Responsible
for Finance, fees of licenses and certificates are decided upon
according to the provisions of this law and related regulations in
execution, with no more than (100 Rials Omani) for license fees
regarding transport and storage of hazardous materials and
issue of certificates pertaining to conformity of equipment,
devises and materials of civil defense, imported in adherence to
Omani standard specifications, in that not to exceed (500
Biases) per meter with respect to security & safety fees of
commercial, industrial and domestic establishments.
CIVIL DEFENSE PRECAUTIONS
REGULATION
Civil Defense Precautions Regulation (1)
Determination No: 21/93 (1)
Regarding Civil Defense Precautions Regulation
- After perusal of the Royal Decree number 32/88
promulgating the formation of the National Committee for
Natural Disasters as amended.
- And The ROP law issued by the Royal Decree number
35/90 as amended
- And the Civil Defense Law issued by the Royal Decree
number 76/91
And in accordance with the public interest,
Have decided as follows:
Article (1): The attached Civil Defense Precautions Regulation
shall be implemented.
Article (2): To be revoked all that contradicts or violates this
regulation.
Article (3): This Decision shall be published in the official
Gazette and shall come into force with effect from the day of its
publication.
Fareeq Awal
Said Bin Rashid Al Kilbani
Inspector General ROP & Customs
Issued in: 6th Shawal 1413 AH
Coincide with 29th March 1991 AD
(1) Published in the official gazette issue No: (501)
Civil Defense Precautions Regulation (2)
(Civil Defense Precautions Regulation)
Chapter one
Executive Procedures for Civil Defense Precautions
Article (1): The administrations responsible for public facilities
and vital institutions, establishments and companies, properties'
owners and owners of industrial & commercial activities shall
execute civil defense plans and precautions according to the
procedures mentioned in annex (1) in coordination with the
General Administration of Civil Defense and other concerned
authorities, and such precautions are to be born by them within
a certain period of time with effect from serving responsible
persons with a written notice explaining the relevant procedures
in this regard.
Article (2): The bodies responsible for public facilities and vital
institutions, establishments and companies, properties' owners
and owners of industrial & commercial activities shall appoint a
security & safety person in charge as mentioned in annex (2)
subject that person in charge will be of experience previously
acquired in the services of security and safety field and shall be
qualified to assume such duties and be dedicated for this
purpose in the public institutions and vital establishments,
however as concerning private establishments the devotion to
do that shall be subject to the following:
1. If more than 50 persons work for the establishment or the
number of visitors and employees together exceeds (75)
persons at any single time.
2. If the establishment is an active production source of the
basic requirements and needs of people.
Other than that it is possible to assign one qualified official to
assume security and safety roles in the establishment in
addition to his original work.
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Article (3): Sub committees for civil defense are to be formed in
ministries, administrative units, facilities and affiliated
establishments or those under their supervision as the
constitution of such sub committees shall comprise:
- Official in charge of administrative and financial affairs.
- Official in charge of security and safety.
However, the committee may demand and seek assistance
by experts in order to achieve the objectives of civil defense
plans and precautions in the establishment.
The committee is concerned with the following:
a. Execute civil defense plans and precautions in the
establishment.
b. Controlling execution of protective conditions.
c. Prepare and execute interference plans at times of
emergency.
d. Organize and extend exchanged support and utilize the
same between locations in the governorate/area and
between local civil defense administrations and departments.
e. Forming specialized teams and train them according to
specifies syllabi and provide necessary devises and
equipment.
The committee convene its meetings once every three
months or as deemed necessary and the General
Administration of Civil Defense must be informed with the
issued executive decisions.
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Chapter two
Executive Procedures for security & safety conditions
Article (4): The officials responsible for public facilities and vital
institutions, establishments and companies, properties' owners
and owners of industrial & commercial activities shall execute
security & safety conditions and precautions against dangers of
fire and disasters stipulated within conditions and directions
valid in the Sultanate.
Article (5): When manufacturing, importing, transporting,
storage or handling hazardous or radioactive or explosive
materials, safety conditions as provided in the valid regulations
in the Sultanate have to be adopted after availing the license
from relevant authorities in ROP and other concerned
authorities.
Article (6): The safety, fire and disasters protection equipment
shall be conforming to the standard specifications applied in the
Sultanate, and not permissible to manufacture, import or
merchandize the same unless availing the license from the
General Administration of Civil Defense in coordination with the
concerned authorities and within instructions issued in this
regard.
Article (7): The General Administration of Civil Defense
undertakes, through its mechanisms and in coordination with
the other State's specialized authorities, to observe the
execution of conditions referred to in articles (4) and (5) during
the term specified for execution that starts from the date
detailing the person in charge of the establishment or
hazardous activity to execute the same in writing stating the
period for execution with the necessary provisions and
conditions in this regard.
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Chapter three
Article (8): The General Administration of Civil Defense
through its mechanisms and in coordination with the other
State's specialized authorities, to assume the following:
1. Draw emergency plans that include basic rules for the civil
defense procedures required to be executed at different
locations while following up processes of execution.
2. Take actions towards training civil teams on rescue, medical
aid and fire fighting procedures and prepare training programs
suitable to the standards and services required by these teams
in coordination with their relevant bodies.
3. Establish operations room for the General Administration of
Civil Defense with available capabilities to cater for civil
defense work, and a small operation room at every civil
defense departments and sections that are linked with the
operation rooms of ROP HQs in governorates, areas and
Wilayat and supervise over preparation and organize sub
operation rooms inside vital public and private institutions.
4. Design plans and necessary protective measures to safe
keep the facilities, establishments, institutions, companies,
buildings, public and private factories from dangers of fire and
disasters.
5. Prepare a plan to cover all Sultanate's areas with services of
fire fighting and rescue operations and provide suitable
capabilities for this purpose while keeping reserve stocks of
materials and tools required by civil defense.
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6. Propagation and develop awareness among citizens
regarding the objectives and instrumentality of the civil defense
and ways to avoid accidents and preparation of a program to
teach civil defense subjects to students all through educational
phases in coordination with relevant authorities.
7. Make census in collaboration with officials in Ministry of
Health and other concerned authorities to identify public and
private hospitals in governorates and areas of the Sultanate
that can host injured people result of disasters or accidents and
specify other suitable alternatives in case the number of these
hospitals is not enough.
8. Supervise over formation of volunteers teams and train them
according to the decision issued in this regard.
Article (9): Apply the precautions stipulated vide article (2)
of the Civil Defense Law in the following governorates,
areas and Wilayat:
1. Muscat Governorate
2. Al Batinah Area (Wilayat Sohar)
3. Musandum Governorate (Wilayat Khasab)
4. Al Dhahirah Governorate (Wilayat Buraimi and Ibri)
5. The Interior Region "Dakhilyah" (Wilayat Nizwa and Bahla)
6. The eastern Region "Sharqiyah" (Wilayat Sur)
7. The Central Region "Al Wusta" (Wilayat Haima)
8. Dhofar Governorate (Wilayat Salalah and Thamrait)
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Article (10): To be applied in places other than governorates
and Wilayat mentioned in the previous article, all precautions
referred to in clauses (4), (6), and (7) of article (2) of the Civil
Defense law.
Article (11): The General Administration of Civil Defense shall
observe execution of civil defense precautions and apprehend
any violations to provisions of Civil Defense law and this
regulation.
Article (12): To be punished all that breaches the provisions of
this regulation with imprisonment for a period not exceeding
three years and a fine not more than five thousands Rials
Omani or one of these punishments.
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Annex (1)
Civil Defense Plans & Precautions
The civil defense plans and precautions include preventive
arrangements and control procedures when accidents take
place, as follows:
Firstly: Preventive procedures:
1. Specify locations of harboring workers:
It is imperative to identify locations to harbor the workers and
visitors of the establishment in case of accident or disaster that
endangers their lives subject that such harboring places shall
fulfill the following:
a. To be in a safe place within the ground floor.
b. Protection against hazards.
c. To accommodate workers and visitors available at one time.
d. Existence of enough entries and exits.
e. comfortable to people attending.
2. Protection against radioactive pollution:
In establishments where radioisotopes are used for research or
industrial purposes (laboratories, hospitals, reactors etc), the
below mentioned shall be followed:
a) Fulfillment of all constructional conditions regarding storage
or use of radioactive materials whether pertaining to the
location, restrictions or warning signs.
b) Organize means of detection to the non authorized
radioactive pollution.
c) Provide protective means to workers including protective
clothes and equipment.
d) Explain procedures of purging and clean pollution.
e) Disposal of radioactive waste in coordination with relevant
authorities.
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3. Protection against chemical and biological hazards:
a) In the establishments that use chemical substances, early
detection devises shall be sourced to discover pollutions
harmful to peripheral environment.
b) Take necessary measures to protect the respiratory system
and eyes and provide suitable medical requirements.
c) Fulfill all conditions regarding transport, storage and use of
hazardous materials as related to specifications and pertinent
hazards and organize procedures of registering and control of
handling such materials in accordance with the rules applied in
the Sultanate.
d) Train workers in the field of dealing with chemical hazardous
substances in the ways how to confront such hazards and in
cases of emergencies in addition to providing them with
protective clothes and equipment during handling such
materials.
4. Protection against fire hazards:
a) Provide roads that allow access of vehicles and civil defense
equipment to the location.
b) Follow means to restrict fire and hazards to the minimum
possible level and that shall be through stating safe distances
and creating separators in a manner that makes separate
independent sectors.
c) Provide entries and exits for emergencies to enable escape
of workers in the establishment in cases of hazards to a safer
place if any emergency occurs.
d) Provide early warning systems for fire occurrence or as
expected to happen.
e) Provide control measures regarding fuel resources
(gas/liquid) in case an accident takes place.
f) Provide enough water resources for fire fighting purposes.
g) Provide fire and rescue devices and equipment that include
hand held, fixed and auto equipment from types suitable to the
size of the establishment and natures of hazards.
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5. Security and safety rules in warehouses:
a) The storage shall be within separate buildings in safe
premises distant from production facilities and to consider
having many storage places instead of stacking materials in
one place to reduce possibilities of loss.
b) Categorize stores in that each store is featured with one type
of hazards i.e. (inflammables, radioactive materials, corrosive
materials, poisonous materials and oxidizing materials etc.)
c) The rules and specifications related to storage, handling and
transport of hazard materials shall be adhered to as issued by
the General Administration of Civil Defense.
6. The civil defense teams in the establishment:
a) Form teams from within the workers to confront emergencies
(rescue, evacuation, medical aid, fire fighting and repairs).
b) The security & safety in charge shall be responsible for such
teams regarding qualification, training and preparation.
Secondly: Control measures in cases of emergency:
The effectiveness of controlling accidents depends on
preparing a control measures plan in advance in order to
activate the same as incident happens so as to direct the
capabilities correctly, and the control plan includes the following
elements:
1. Study the hazards that may the establishment encounter:
a) Hazards encountered by components of the location (floods,
collapses and storms etc).
b) Hazards resulting from production activities (fires,
explosions, radiation, chemical and biological hazards).
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2. Determining capabilities to confront accidents:
a) Design a plan for evacuation of personnel and move the
assets and prepare alternative stores to transfer materials
there.
b) Designate assembly points for workers.
c) Provide communications and early warning system to deal
with alerting against all types of dangers.
d) Determine suitable measures to face accidents and provide
protection against anticipated dangers including (fire fighting,
rescue equipment, protective clothes, respiratory masks, first
aid kit and spare parts, and repair kits etc).
e) Put into effect suitable measures to protect documents and
papers from loss or damage during incidents.
3. Specifying duties and responsibilities:
a) Lay down instructions that determine duties and
responsibilities required to face emergency cases.
b) Identify persons assuming such responsibilities and divide
them into teams that execute emergency services (rescue,
evacuation, medical aid, fire fighting or repairs).
c) Assign officials to supervise these teams.
d) Assign officials to control operations in cases of emergency.
4. Establish emergencies operation room
An emergency operations room to be set up in a secure place
within the ground floor in the establishment in order to receive
reports and warnings about incidents and related losses, put
into effect the already drawn plans to confront disasters, and
relevant issued instructions, and this room represents a link
between the establishment and external authorities anticipated
for providing relief and assistance.
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The operations room shall be equipped with the following:
a) Means of communications with responsible authorities,
security agencies and civil defense.
b) Information and detailed planning about the establishment
and number and names of workers, their positions and
possibilities of encountering incidents together with probabilities
to face accidents and available protection measures in the
establishment.
c) Information about hazardous materials used in the
establishment (types, quantities, places of existence,
specifications, hazard ness and ways to handle in cases of
emergency).
d) The pre prepared plans to face emergencies and exchanged
assistances and relief.
e) The number of teams trained to face disasters (rescue,
evacuation, medical aid, fire fighting or repairs) and names of
each official in charge and team members and points of
assembly in case a warning of danger is received.
f) This room shall have spare lighting system and safe
ventilation system.
g) The security and safety official in charge shall prepare and
equip the room and guarantee continuity of serviceability.
5. Mitigate effects resulting from accidents:
A system for mitigating effects resulting from incidents in order
to warrant prompt repairs and continuous productions and
provision of services, which include:
a) Engineering services to re commission and proceed with
management and production process.
b) Removal of debris, opening of routs and repairing collapsed
buildings and carry out necessary repairs to water and
electricity supplies.
Normally such responsibility is undertaken by Officials in
charge of engineering and technical services in the
establishment with a possibility to seek external help.
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6. Procedures of stopping operations:
The emergency situation might require halting work and
operations whether regarding affected area or all sections of
the establishment according to how serious the situation is and
in this regard the following steps are to be followed:
- Switch off power from engines
- Cut off fuel supply from lines
- Close windows and doors unless explosives are available
in the location.
- Free passages and cover equipment and devices with
protective covers.
7. External relief agreements:
The plan must include the agreements concluded between
emergency services in the establishment and local authorities
(police, civil defense, electricity, water, health, municipality etc)
and also relief agreements exchangeable in the area in order to
contribute according to capabilities as suitable to emergency
situation.
8. Training and performing rehearsals:
Training is one of the basic needs that contribute to the
success and execution of the emergency plan, and training
shall include all levels and be continuous so as those detailed
to implement the plan shall be highly qualified to assume their
duties when facing incidents without panic or fears. The
supervisors can train in the training centers in the General
Administration of Civil Defense and immediately after that they
can assume training of the civil defense team in the
establishment.
Trials must be held from time to another periodically to
acknowledge proficiency of executing the plan and affirm that
any individual is properly doing his role, and that might entail
exchangeable relief as this can be coordinated with cooperating
entities in accordance with prior agreements.
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9. Adherence to protective and organizational conditions:
The officials in charge of facilities and vital institutions,
establishments and companies, properties' owners and owners
of industrial & commercial activities shall execute precautionary
and protective conditions against gangers, and also apply
organizational procedures that achieve the proper and
exemplary level of safety rules in the establishments in
accordance with the rules and regulations valid in Sultanate of
Oman.
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Annex (2)
Duties of official in charge of security & safety
The official in charge of security and safety is responsible
to do the following:
1. Study the nature of work inside the establishment and its
branches in order to determine hazards and damages as
anticipated and means of encountering that.
2. Identify the places that could be sources of fire so as to apply
protection measures, for example:
a. Places of waste collection.
b. Places to store inflammable materials
c. Electrical fittings and appliances
d. Mechanical cooling units
e. Warming/heating units
3. Provide fire fighting equipment and means according to the
protection plan set by the General Administration of Civil
Defense, controlling , maintaining and making trials on the
same in the determined times and that includes:
a. Warning systems
b. Manual, auto fire fighting equipment and water hoses.
c. Water resources (main and alternative).
d. Means to curtail fire spread and resultant heat or gases.
4. Assure serviceability of corridors, staircases and doors and
others to enable life saving that are used as escape ways for
workers in cases of rescue and emergency.
5. Identify assembly points to workers in cases of evacuation.
6. Provide suitable rescue equipment relevant to the size of the
establishment and that shall be placed in a suitable place to
facilitate using and also the establishment ought to have
enough moveable ladders.
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7. Supervise preparation of emergency operations room and
confirm availability of required conditions.
8. Apply all protection conditions in order to protect workers
from industrial hazards and provide safety conditions for them.
9. Confirm availability and suitability of controlling water pipes,
gas and electricity outside workplaces so as to facilitate cut off
electricity, gas or water in times of need and an alternative
sources of lighting if electricity is off in an attempt to evacuate
workers easily from workplaces in emergency cases.
10. Confirm adopting proper storage rules as follows:
a. Assure that storage of the hazardous materials that are
inflammable or explosives is according to security and safety
rules
b. Compatibility in storage and set items without stacking or
storage in non permissible heights while providing passages
allowing moving freely and avoidance of storage in front of
doors and windows.
c. Provide enough ventilation inside the warehouse.
d. Keep away heat resources and materials that can cause fire
in storage places.
11. Complete preservation of the establishment cleanliness and
avoid leaving any inflammable substances like wastes or
papers or pieces of wood on the floor, and also avoid storing
any items in the passages or workplaces.
12. Enlighten workers with rules of protection from dangers and
properly inform them about procedures to follow in cases of
evacuation in emergency and that includes using provisional
fire fighting equipment and ways to deal with hazardous
materials and proper actions to be followed in dealing with and
curing injuries.
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13. Prepare trained teams from workers on rescue, medical aid,
fire fighting and repairs and assign an official to lead each team
with designing a plan for possibility to call such teams ASP in
cases of emergencies.
14. Draw a plan to mitigate effects resulting fro incident or
disaster and required engineering services or others needs in
the cause of re commissioning and continue management and
production under all circumstances.
15. In cases of emergency, the following steps are applicable:
a. Switch off power from engines
b. Cut off fuel supply from lines
c. Close windows and doors unless explosives are available
in the location.
e. Free passages and cover equipment and devices with
protective covers
16. Continue checking and inspection to assure execution of
requirements pertaining to protection from dangers and
assume trials once every three months in coordination with
Civil defense Authorities to ensure adequate local warning
systems and abilities of teams of fire fighting, rescue,
medical aid and repairs to assemble in a standard time in
places previously specified and make sure of the extent of
knowing their duties and roles.
17. Prepare emergency plan including the previous elements
in coordination with the general Administration of Civil
Defense and local authorities (ROP, civil defense, electricity,
water, health etc) also agreements exchanged for relief with
other establishments in the vicinity in order to contribute with
their resources in emergency situations.