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The Fire Precautions (Sub-surface Railway Stations) (England) Regulations 2009
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Instruction and training of persons working in premises
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9.—(1) Every member of staff must be given basic instruction as soon as reasonably practicable after beginning work in station premises.
(2) Every member of staff must be given further basic instruction at least once in every period of seven months.
(3) No member of staff may be employed as the station manager unless the member of staff has been given basic instruction and, in addition, instruction—
(a)as to supervising and controlling action to be taken in case of fire in the premises by other members of staff;
(b)in making arrangements for calling for the assistance of the fire and rescue authority and securing that fire-fighters are directed to the source of any fire in the premises;
(c)as to taking action in case of fire in the premises to prevent the entry of members of the public to the premises;
(d)in the use of the means for advising members of the public in the premises on the action to be taken by them in case of fire in the premises; and
(e)in making arrangements for securing that the means of escape from the premises can immediately be used in case of fire and for enabling persons to leave the premises by train in case of fire.
(4) A fire drill must be held for members of staff not less than once in every period of six months for the purpose of providing them with training in the action to be taken in case of fire in the premises.
(5) The attendance of members of staff at a fire drill must be so organised as to secure that not less than one third of the number of those persons at work in the station premises at any one time have attended a fire drill in the preceding six months.
(6) Each fire drill in station premises must be held at a time when members of the public have access to the premises.
(7) A record must be made—
(a)of the occasions on which instruction is given under this regulation to each member of staff; and
(b)of the fire drills held in the premises under this regulation and of the names of the persons attending each fire drill.
(8) A record made under paragraph (7) above in relation to station premises must be kept in the premises for a period of not less than three years from the date on which it was made.
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