Agenda - 03-10-20; 8-n Attachment 1 - System Safety Plan

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• Participating in exercises that improve coordination across departments and between responding agencies for any sort of critical incident 3.2b. - EMERGENCY OPERATIONS POLICIES Checking Weather and Other Hazardous Conditions OCPT has in place Operations Policies that address responding to emergencies. Particular attention is given to the following issues: At OCPT, management is responsible for checking the weather and other reports to ensure it is safe to send vehicles on the road. A designated individual checks this information before each shift and at appropriate intervals, especially if severe weather is expected. Drivers performing their routes continuously assess road conditions, evaluating weather, construction, accidents, and other situations to ensure it is safe to proceed. Every effort is made to avoid sending drivers on routes if it is unsafe to do so. However, if a condition arises requiring a driver to abort a route, the dispatcher will contact the driver (or the driver will alert the dispatcher), and the dispatcher will provide instructions on how to proceed. OCPT uses National Weather Service warnings, forecasts, and advisories available at www.weather.gov, and weather radios monitored at dispatch site to track real- time information on the following conditions: • Hazardous weather outlooks , • High wind warnings • Special weather statements High wind watches • Winter storm watches Wind advisories • Winter storm warnings Gale warnings • Snow and blowing snow advisories Tornado watches and warnings • Winter weather advisories Hurricanes • Heavy freezing spray warnings Flood warnings • Dense fog warnings Flood statements • Fire weather forecasts Coastal flood statements OCPT also maintains a dispatcher log, a narrative description of what occurs during each shift. This enables the incoming dispatcher to read the previous shift log and know what needs to be tracked, problem areas of concern, or what is going right and wrong. Aborting or Changing Route Due to a Hazard To the extent possible, OCPT avoids sending vehicles out in conditions that might pose a hazard. It is the responsibility of the management to check weather and other relevant conditions at the beginning of a shift, and on an ongoing basis, to safeguard the wellbeing of passengers, employees, and others. If a hazard is encountered that causes it to be unsafe to continue on a route, agency policy is as follows: 771Page