Defibrillator regulations in Catalonia

Catalan regulations on external defibrillators of the Generalitat de Catalunya, DECREE 30/2015, of March 3, which regulates the installation of DEA DESA defibrillators in Catalonia and their use.

DECREE 30/2015, of March 3, which approves the catalog of activities and centers obliged to adopt self-protection measures and establishes the content of these measures.

According to article 132.1 of the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia, the Generalitat has exclusive competence in matters of civil protection, which includes, in any case, the regulation, planning and execution of measures related to emergencies and civil security, as well as such as the direction and coordination of civil protection services, which include fire prevention and extinction services, without prejudice to the powers of local governments in this matter, respecting what is established by the State in the exercise of its powers in matters of public safety.

Through Decree 82/2010, of June 29, which approves the catalog of activities and centers obliged to adopt self-protection measures and establishes the content of these measures, the precepts related to self-protection included in the Law were developed. 4/1997, of May 20, of civil protection of Catalonia, in accordance with the provisions of article 7, to determine the catalog of activities and the type of centers that are obliged to adopt self-protection measures and the personal and material resources necessary to deal with risk and emergency situations. Likewise, in accordance with the provisions of article 20 of the Civil Protection Law of Catalonia, the structure of the content of the self-protection plans was specified.

The aforementioned Decree has been modified by Decree 127/2013, of March 5, setting a new term to present certain local self-protection plans and adaptation of self-protection plans for public shows, recreational activities and of establishments and spaces open to the public to Decree 82/2010, of June 29, which approves the catalog of activities and centers obliged to adopt self-protection measures and establishes the content of these measures.

The application of Decree 82/2010, of June 29, has made clear the advisability of reviewing certain aspects related to the activities and centers obliged to adopt self-protection measures and the procedure for processing self-protection plans.

The second additional provision of Decree 82/2010 establishes that the catalog must be updated, where appropriate, four years after its entry into force, based on the experience acquired as a result of its application. Consequently, the new established regulation responds to this provision established in the Decree.

Regarding the catalog of activities and centers with self-protection obligation, the affected activities and centers are significantly reduced to adapt it to those in which it is essential to carry out self-protection plans, and a series of criteria are established with the objective to create a catalog with a simpler structure, with a more detailed and precise list of activities and centres.

In this sense, certain activities and centers of interest for the civil protection of Catalonia are equated to the same thresholds as those set in the Basic Standard for self-protection of centers, establishments and dependencies dedicated to activities that can give rise to emergency situations, approved by Royal Decree 393/2007, of March 23. The number of activities affected by the standard is simplified and the distinction between activities with or without specific regulations is eliminated.

Likewise, the activities or centers that were included in the catalog based on their occupation of people are merged into a more generic and reference criterion, and in terms of health, educational and public residential activities, the occupation criteria are homogenized.

Regarding the catalog of activities and centers of interest for local civil protection, a catalog of minimums is established with broader thresholds so that the municipalities themselves regulate in a more specific way the activities and centers that are of interest to them. in accordance with their area of ​​competence.

Considering the effective participation of the different entities, organizations and companies affected in the procedure for preparing this catalogue, in compliance with article 7.2 of the Civil Protection Law of Catalonia, and in accordance with the opinion of the Labor, Economic and Social Council of Catalonia;

Having seen the report of the Civil Protection Commission of Catalonia; For all these reasons, at the proposal of the Minister of the Interior, in accordance with the opinion of the Legal Advisory Commission and in agreement with the Government,

 

Decree:

 

Chapter 1

General disposition

 

Article 1

Object

In accordance with the provisions of Law 4/1997, of May 20, on civil protection in Catalonia, the purpose of this Decree is to regulate the actions aimed at adopting self-protection measures and the personal and material means necessary to deal with situations of risk and emergency in companies and, in general, entities and organizations that may be affected in a special way by situations of serious collective, internal or external risk, catastrophe or public calamity, and also in activities, centers and facilities and its dependencies, public and private, that can generate these situations.

 

Article 2

Purposes

The purposes of this Decree are:

1. a) Determine the catalog of activities and type of centers with the obligation of self-protection, in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Protection Law of Catalonia.
2. b) Establish the minimum content of the self-protection plans of the centers or activities object of this Decree. In accordance with the provisions of Annex VI, a self-protection plan is understood to be the document that provides, for a certain activity, installation, center, establishment or dependency, the emergencies that may occur as a result of its own activity and the safety measures. response to situations of risk, catastrophes and public calamities that may affect it.
3. c) Establish coordination systems between the activities and centers covered by this Decree and the public services that make up the civil protection system, for the purposes of communication with external response systems and the creation of effective information mechanisms during situations of emergency.
4. d) Establish control systems by the Administration, both regional and local, regarding the validation of the plan, its registration and its implementation process.
5. e) Regulate the organizational mechanisms and the provision of the necessary means to ensure rapid detection and response and to avoid effects of great intensity or impact on the population.
6. f) Ensure the existence and maintenance of the minimum means of self-protection by the activities and centers and through periodic control by the Administration, both regional and local.

 

Article 3

Scope of application and definitions

3.1 The provisions of this Decree apply to the activities and centers of interest for the civil protection of Catalonia detailed in annex I, epigraph A, and to the activities and centers of interest for local civil protection included in annex I, epigraph B .

3.2 Likewise, the competent general direction in matters of civil protection, by virtue of the provisions of article 16.a) and annex VIII, or the affected municipality, in accordance with article 17.c), ex officio or request of the person concerned, may include within the scope of this Decree new activities and centers that, without being included in sections A and B of annex I, present a special risk or a significant risk, respectively, following the procedure that provided for in articles 20, 21, 22 and 23.

3.3 Likewise, the owner of a center or activity not subject to this Decree can draw up a protocol for action in emergencies to internally regulate the actions aimed at adopting self-protection measures and the personal and material means necessary to deal with risk and emergency situations. .

3.4 If the activity affects more than one municipality, it will be considered an activity of interest to the civil protection of Catalonia.

3.5 This Decree is the reference regulation in civil protection due to the objectives of preparing and processing self-protection plans for those activities, facilities, establishments or dependencies included in the scope of application of this Decree and which are already subject to their own specific regulations. with self-protection instruments in accordance with the provisions of annex VII.

As regards the minimum content of the self-protection plans, Annex II must be applied in any case, while avoiding duplications deriving from the specific regulations mentioned.

3.6 Excluded from the administrative control of the Generalitat are the centres, establishments or installations dependent on the Ministry of Defence, penitentiary institutions, security forces and bodies and customs, as well as judicial bodies.

3.7 Likewise, Annex VI defines the concepts and specific terms for the purposes of what is established in this Decree.

 

Chapter 2

Self protection

 

Article 4

General obligations of the person who owns the activity

4.1 The owners of the activities and centers included in the scope of application of this Decree are subject to the following obligations:

• a) Guarantee that the conditions of the centre, facility, establishment or activity are sufficient to ensure compliance with the self-protection conditions, taking into account both internal and external risks.
• b) Communicate and prepare the corresponding self-protection plan from the beginning of the activity, in accordance with the content established in this Decree and its annexes, which must necessarily be implemented during the first year of validity of the plan.
• c) Submit the self-protection plan to the public administration body responsible for civil protection to proceed with its approval and subsequent control of its implementation, depending on the type of activity.
• d) Incorporate, within the period established in the self-protection plan, the modifications derived from the report prepared by the competent Administration body for approval.
• e) Send, in all cases, the data detailed in annex IV, on risk analysis and others applicable to emergency management, to the electronic register established for these purposes by the Administration of the Generalitat, municipal registry , if applicable, or other electronic platforms provided for this purpose.
• f) Apply the measures provided for in the self-protection plan in the cases and in the manner that have been established in the same plan and in general in episodes of risk or emergency that may affect the activity.
• g) Have the minimum means of self-protection referred to in Annex III.
• h) Maintain, update and review the self-protection plan of the activity.
• i) Comply with any other obligation established in this Decree and in the other provisions that are applicable.

4.2 The people at the service of an activity have the obligation, in accordance with their abilities, to participate in the self-protection plan of the activity and assume the functions assigned to them, if they are

required for it. Likewise, they are obliged to participate in the necessary training established to carry out the aforementioned functions and to participate in drills.

 

Article 5

Preparation of the self-protection plan

The preparation of self-protection plans for the activities and centers included in the scope of application of this Decree is subject to the following requirements:

1. a) The self-protection plan, as well as its review and update, must be drawn up and signed by competent technical personnel and must also be signed by the owner of the activity, if it is a natural person, or by the person who represents, if it is a legal person.
2. b) In the case of temporary activities carried out in centers, establishments, public spaces, facilities or dependencies that have authorization for an activity different from the one that is intended to be carried out and included in Annex I, the organization of the temporary activity has the obligation to prepare and implement, prior to the start of the new activity, a self-protection plan, in accordance with the procedure established in articles 21 and 23.
3. c) The centers, establishments, spaces, facilities and dependencies that have to have a self-protection plan have to integrate into their plan the plans of the different activities that are physically located in them, as well as provide for the rest of the activities not included in the plan. Decree. A single comprehensive self-protection plan can be accepted in these centers, establishments, spaces, facilities and units, provided that all the particular risks of each of the activities they contain are foreseen and provided that the domino effect between them is considered. Likewise, in the case of basic, road or rail supply infrastructures with facilities included in Annex I of this Decree, a single comprehensive self-protection plan may be accepted for the entire basic, road or rail supply infrastructure, provided that this integrate the self-protection plans specifically prepared for the facilities included in annex I. For the purposes of implementation, the facilities included in annex I have to comply with all the requirements specified in this article.
4. d) The holders of the different activities, under a lease, concession or contract, who are physically in the centers, establishments, spaces, facilities and dependencies that have to have a self-protection plan, in accordance with the provisions of the annex I, they have to elaborate, implement and integrate their plans, with their own means and resources, unless something different is expressly established by contract.

 

Article 6

Review and update of the self-protection plan

6.1 The self-protection plan must be reviewed whenever there is a substantial modification and, at least, every four years, except for the plans of activities and centers subject to risk regulations

inherent to serious accidents involving dangerous substances, which must be reviewed according to their specific regulations. The review of the plan must follow the same initial approval procedure, depending on the type of activity in question.

6.2 Likewise, the self-protection plan must be permanently updated, that is, the owner of the activity is responsible for the systematic modification of the data that may have had some variation and for incorporating them into the action protocols. The updated self-protection plan must be sent, through the registry provided for in article 4.1.e), to the competent general direction for civil protection if it is a plan of interest to the civil protection of Catalonia, or to the affected municipality if it is a plan of interest for local civil protection.

 

Article 7

Deregistration of activities or centers of interest for the civil protection of Catalonia or local

Without prejudice to the obligations established by the specific regulations that are applicable, for the processing of withdrawals from the establishments, in the event of cessation of the activity or in the event of the disappearance of the cause that motivates the affectation, the persons who own the activities and centers of interest for the civil protection of Catalonia or local, as well as the administrations that have justified proof, have to notify this circumstance to the competent general direction in matters of civil protection or to the municipality, through the registry provided for in article 4.1. .e), within three months.

 

Article 8

Minimum content of self-protection plans

8.1 The self-protection plan must have the minimum content established in annex II.

8.2 The action manual indicated as document 3 in annex II must guarantee in any case:

1. a) The detection of the emergency.
2. b) The alert to the internal acting teams and the alarm to the occupants.
3. c) The notice, request and receipt of external assistance services and, as appropriate, the communication of the activation of the plan and the preventive self-protection measures applied, in accordance with the interface defined in article 12.
4. d) The application of self-protection measures to the population present in the activity that may proceed, with confinement as a general measure or evacuation in cases where the emergency requires it.
5. e) Emergency information to all persons who may be exposed to risk.
6. f) Coordinated intervention.
7. g) The people in charge of executing each of the above actions.

8.3 Likewise, the plan must have an organizational and hierarchical structure within the organization, which establishes the functions and responsibilities of all the people involved in emergency situations. In the activities and centers of interest for the civil protection of Catalonia, in accordance with section A of annex I, a self-protection committee can be established, whose mission is to foresee and advise on the management, implementation and maintenance actions of the plan of self-protection.

8.4 Likewise, the self-protection plan must have adequate operational capacity, it must be coordinated with the civil protection plans that are applicable, and the requirements of the administrative intervention procedure described in chapter 4 and the plan interface must be guaranteed. emergency and communication procedures described in article 12.

 

Article 9

Functions of the person who owns the activity in relation to the self-protection plan

9.1 The owner of the activity has the following functions:

• a) Direct the self-protection plan or, where appropriate, designate a directing person of the self-protection plan, responsible for the functions and actions specified in the plan.
• b) Appoint a person responsible for the management of actions aimed at risk prevention and control.
• c) Appoint a person in charge of emergency, with authority and management capacity, responsible for the management of actions aimed at responding to emergencies, in accordance with the content of the action manual as established in annex II of this Decree.

9.2 The responsibilities mentioned in the previous section can be assumed by different people or by a single person, according to the structure of the activity and in a manner compatible with the volume of assigned tasks.

 

Article 10

Implementation and maintenance of the self-protection plan

10.1 The self-protection plan must necessarily be implemented during the first year of validity of the plan and must be maintained continuously. The aforementioned implementation and maintenance must comply with the following aspects:

1. a) Theoretical and practical training of personnel working in the activity. A program of periodic training activities appropriate and dimensioned to the activity must be established to ensure the maintenance of the theoretical and practical training of the personnel assigned to the self-protection plan, and establish systems or forms of verification that this knowledge has been acquired.
2. b) Information to the users of the activity about its risks, about the measures to be taken in case of emergency and about the existing means to make these measures effective: evacuation routes, meeting points and confinement areas, if applicable. It must be ensured that the assembly points are outside the access routes of the emergency services to the facility or, in case of material impossibility, that they allow easy access for the emergency services to the facility.
3. c) Carrying out and communication of emergency drills, with the periodicity and conditions established in article 13 of this Decree.
4. d) Before the two years of validity of the plan, the person in charge of or responsible for the activity must prepare a report describing the actions to implement the plan carried out in the first year, signed by the head of the emergency. Every four years, a report must be drawn up describing the plan's maintenance actions, also signed by the head of the emergency.

10.2 The owner of the center or activity must keep the documentation of all the actions of implementation and maintenance of the plan. The competent Administration may require at any time, as an obligation derived from the plan, the aforementioned documentation; the lack of availability and remission of the documentation may entail the imposition of the applicable sanctions.

10.3 The competent Administration may evaluate the implementation actions and propose the appropriate corrective actions. Likewise, the owner of the activity or center may propose alternative measures depending on their organization and available means.

 

Article 11

Means of self-protection

11.1 The activities and centers affected by this Decree are obliged to provide themselves with the minimum self-protection means specified in Annex III in order to ensure the proper execution of the self-protection plan.

11.2 The resources that make up the minimum means of self-protection can be pooled by nearby activities in the event that the response time to an emergency does not exceed ten minutes.

 

Article 12

Interface of emergency plans and communication procedures

12.1 In the event that the self-protection plan is activated at any stage, in accordance with the provisions of the same plan, the person in charge of the activity – or the control, alarm and communications center (connected 24 hours a day) that specifies their plan – you have to communicate it immediately in the following way:

1. a) Immediate telephone communication to the Catalunya 112 Emergency Call Management and Attention Center by all the activities and centers affected, in cases where external help from the emergency services is required. This call will not be mandatory in the cases in which the self-protection plan is applied preventively in the event of an internal or external contingency or external help is not required.
2. b) In the case of activities and centers of interest for the civil protection of Catalonia in accordance with section A of annex I, it is necessary to notify the Operational Coordination Center of Catalonia (CECAT) in the following way:

- Immediately by telephone by the person in charge determined by the plan as soon as the activation is decreed, for all those cases that generate or may generate affectation inside or outside and are susceptible to applying emergency measures for the protection of the population inside or outside the activity. This communication will be complemented by email.

- Always via email as soon as possible indicating:

• Name and location of the facility, for its immediate location.
• Activation phase of the self-protection plan.
• Description and scope of the risk or emergency condition and estimate of the effects produced or possible inside the establishment, and outside if known.
• Self-protection measures adopted and planned, both in terms of confinement/evacuation and the intervention teams themselves, and the external support measures requested to control the accident and care for the people affected.
• Relevant complementary information that facilitates the civil protection response for emergency management and the protection of the population.

- In addition to the initial communication, these activities must maintain a flow of information with the CECAT for the duration of the emergency.

c) In the event that it is an activity or center of interest for local civil protection, in accordance with section B of annex I, immediate communication is necessary to the municipal alarm receiving center, and in cases in which the municipality does not have a center, communication can be made to the center that it establishes. Said communication must contain the same data as those specified in section 1.b) of this article.

12.2 In the non-communication in time and form to CECAT or 112 in the cases in which it corresponds, the sanctioning regime established in the current legislation on civil protection matters will be applied.

12.3 The communication and information obligations must be included in the self-protection plan.

12.4 If, as a consequence of the emergency, the Administration assesses the need to activate the corresponding civil protection plan, the emergency committee may be convened, normally located at CECAT in the case of plans of the Generalitat of Catalonia or at CECOPAL. in the case of municipal plans, to a representative of the corresponding facility or activity, if applicable, and in accordance with the data available. In the same way, the incorporation of technical personnel or room operators to CECAT may be required, facilitating their incorporation to reinforce coordination in the resolution of the emergency, especially in the case of basic services to the population.

12.5 Subsequent communication of emergencies. Once the consequences and possible causes of emergencies are known, as well as an estimate of the affected population, the owners of the activities and centers, within a maximum period of seven business days, must prepare and send a report, without prejudice to that the procedures established by the applicable sectoral regulations are carried out.

This report must detail at least the description of the emergency and the known causes; exact time and emergency detection procedure; chronology of the actual performances and of the

actions provided for in the self-protection plan, including internal and external communications; protection measures taken (confinement or evacuation of the occupants) and aspects of the self-protection plan to be improved or modified, as a result of the experience derived from the emergency.

The owners of centers or activities have to send it to the competent general direction in matters of civil protection or to the corresponding town hall. The lack of issuance may suppose the imposition of the corresponding sanctions.

 

Article 13

Drills and Communication Procedures

13.1 All the activities included in the scope of application of this Decree are obliged to carry out simulations of activation of the self-protection plan with a minimum annual periodicity, except for activities carried out on a temporary basis.

13.2 The performance of drills can be with the mobilization of their own personal resources or those of others, or with dispatch. In the event that there is mobilization of outside media, you must have their prior acceptance in order to coordinate.

13.3 Regarding the different activities included in the scope of application of this Decree that are physically located in the same center, establishment, space, facility or dependency, as well as in

In the case of road or railway infrastructures or basic services with facilities included in annex I of this Decree, it is allowed to carry out a single drill at least once a year, provided that all the included activities participate, in accordance with the plan of unique comprehensive self-protection that they have to prepare by virtue of what is established in this Decree.

13.4 All drills that involve actions that may cause calls to the Catalunya 112 Emergency Call Service and Management Center or CECAT must be reported to the competent Administration, through the corresponding registry, at least fifteen business days in advance. .

After the drills have been carried out and within a period of twenty business days from their completion, the person in charge of the activity must prepare a self-assessment report signed by the head of the emergency, as well as detailing the improvement actions, where appropriate, and differentiate both those that involve changes in the self-protection plan and those of implementation.

13.5 The owner of the center or activity must have access to the self-assessment reports mentioned in the previous section at all times and must provide them, as an obligation derived from the plan, to the competent Administration at the time it is required; Failure to submit the aforementioned reports to the competent Administration may lead to the imposition of the corresponding sanctions.

13.6 The competent Administration must assess the convenience and need for technical personnel at its service, municipal technicians or collaborating entities of the Administration, to monitor the

evolution of the drill when public services participate.

 

Chapter 3

Competent bodies for the purposes of this Decree

 

Article 14

Civil Protection Commission of Catalonia

The functions of the Civil Protection Commission of Catalonia are the following:

• a) Propose technical criteria for the correct interpretation and application of this Decree.
• b) Propose the necessary revisions and updates of this Decree or its annexes.
• c) Propose the modifications that are pertinent to other normative provisions of the Generalitat related to self-protection.
• d) Prepare criteria, studies and proposals in the field of self-protection.
• e) Approve the self-protection plans of companies, establishments, centers, dependencies, facilities or activities of interest to the civil protection of Catalonia, in accordance with section A of annex I.

 

Article 15

Municipal civil protection commissions

The municipal civil protection commissions have as their main function, within the scope of this Decree, to standardize the self-protection plans of companies, establishments, centers, dependencies, facilities or activities of interest to local civil protection.

 

Article 16

General Directorate responsible for civil protection

The following are functions of the competent directorate general in matters of civil protection:

• a) Include within the scope of application of section A of annex I of this Decree by resolution of the general director, with the corresponding reasoned report, and given the criteria of annex VIII, the activities, facilities or dependencies that present a special risk.
• b) Receive, through the corresponding registry, the self-protection plans of companies, establishments, centers, dependencies, facilities or activities of interest to the civil protection of Catalonia, in accordance with section A of Annex I.
• c) Request the town hall of the municipality where the activity or center of interest for the civil protection of Catalonia is located, in accordance with section A of annex I, to make the allegations it deems appropriate regarding the self-protection plan of the activity or center within the scope of their powers.
• d) Demand from the holders of the activities and centers of interest for the civil protection of Catalonia, in accordance with section A of annex I, the modifications that are necessary to guarantee the minimum conditions of self-protection.
• e) Prepare the prior technical report required for the approval of the self-protection plans of the facilities, centres, establishments or dependencies of interest for the civil protection of Catalonia in accordance with section A of Annex I.
• f) Process the records of revocation or temporary suspension of the accreditation as competent technical personnel for the preparation of self-protection plans.
• g) Execute a system of control and evaluation of the implementation of self-protection plans and compliance with the obligations imposed in terms of self-protection object of this Decree that have been approved by the Civil Protection Commission of Catalonia.
• h) Propose to the competent body to exercise the sanctioning power, within the scope of application of this Decree, in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Protection Law of Catalonia and the regulations on the sanctioning procedure applicable to the areas of competence of the Generalitat.
• i) Establish the guidelines, in the technical aspects of civil protection, in coordination with the Public Security Institute of Catalonia, so that competent technicians are trained for the purposes of this Decree.
• j) Be responsible for maintaining the electronic record of self-protection plans. This registry must incorporate and integrate the data on risk analysis and others applicable to emergency management, specified in annex IV. This register, which must be consultable by the competent bodies in matters of civil protection in Catalonia and by the operations involved in emergency management, must be applicable during emergency management and for the preparation of emergency plans. emergency and the civil protection map of Catalonia.
• k) Perform the functions established by regulation in relation to the collaborating entities of the Administration and control.
• l) Promote self-protection, establishing the necessary means and resources for the development of actions aimed at informing and raising awareness among citizens, companies and institutions in terms of risk prevention and control, as well as in terms of preparation and response in emergency situations.
• m) Propose criteria, carry out studies and process proposals in the field of self-protection.
• n) The other functions established in this Decree.

 

Article 17

Town Councils

The municipalities have the following functions:

• a) Prepare the prior mandatory technical report for the approval of the self-protection plans of the facilities, centers, establishments or dependencies of interest for local civil protection in accordance with section B of annex I, as well as formulate the allegations, in their case, to the homologation of the self-protection plans of interest for the civil protection of Catalonia of the facilities, centers, establishments or dependencies located in their municipality.
• b) Demand, based on the report mentioned in section a) of this article, the owners of the activities, establishments or centers of interest for local civil protection the modifications that are necessary to guarantee the minimum conditions of self-protection.
• c) Prepare, within the scope of its powers, and in development of what is not provided for in annex IB of this Decree, the necessary provisions to, where appropriate, expand the catalog of activities or centers obliged to develop self-protection plans of scope local for the purpose of including the activities, facilities or dependencies that present a significant risk at the discretion of the corresponding municipal Administration, with the reasoned report of the competent municipal body.
• d) Execute a system of control and evaluation of the implementation and compliance with the obligations imposed in terms of self-protection object of this Decree that have been approved by the local civil protection commission or competent body.
• e) For the purposes of this Decree, exercise the sanctioning power, in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Protection Law of Catalonia and the regulations on the sanctioning procedure applicable to the areas of competence of the Generalitat.
• f) Contribute to the competent directorate general for civil protection, within a period of three months from its approval, for the purpose of its registration in the electronic register of self-protection plans, regarding activities and centers of interest for civil protection. local, the data specified in annex IV and the data corresponding to the self-protection plans approved by the municipal commission of civil protection or competent municipal body.
• g) Notify the competent body in matters of civil protection of the Generalitat in cases in which it is detected that accredited technical personnel draw up self-protection plans that do not comply with the requirements established in this Decree.
• h) The other functions established in this Decree.

 

Article 18

County councils and other supra-municipal entities

The county councils have to provide support, assistance and cooperation to the municipal civil protection functions.

Likewise, this support activity can be carried out by other supra-municipal entities included in the municipal and local government regulations.

In the event that the county council has a county civil protection commission, the functions of approving the self-protection plans by the municipalities can be delegated to the corresponding county council.

 

Article 19

Public Security Institute of Catalonia

Within the scope of application of this Decree, the Public Security Institute of Catalonia has the following functions:

1. a) Train the competent technical personnel for the purposes of this Decree, following the technical guidelines of the competent directorate general for civil protection.
2. b) Accredit the training centers necessary to cover the training demands in the territory.

 

Chapter 4

Procedure

 

Article 20

Activities and centers of interest for the civil protection of Catalonia

Non-temporary establishments, activities, centers or facilities of interest to the civil protection of Catalonia, in accordance with section A of annex I, are subject to the administrative procedure described in this article.

20.1 The preparation and processing of the self-protection plan, which must be carried out as follows:

1. a) Prepare the corresponding self-protection plan. Without prejudice to the obligation to have a self-protection plan from the beginning of the activity, in accordance with the corresponding sectoral regulations and procedures, the maximum period for processing the plan to the competent general direction for civil protection through the registry provided for in article 4.1.e) for new activities is six months from the start of the activity.
2. b) Within a maximum period of four working days, the competent general direction in matters of civil protection must request from the town hall of the municipality where the activity is located, the allegations regarding the activity's self-protection plan. The city council, directly or through the corresponding supra-municipal entity, will transfer them to the competent general direction in matters of civil protection, within a period of three months.

In the case of activities that affect more than one municipal term, the competent general directorate in matters of civil protection will inform the municipalities of the affected municipalities within a maximum period of four working days, which may make allegations about the self-protection plan of the activity, directly or through the corresponding supra-municipal entity, and will transfer them to the competent directorate general for civil protection, within a period of three months.

20.2 The approval of the self-protection plan and the technical report of the competent directorate general for civil protection must be processed in accordance with the following procedure:

1. a) Once the allegations have been received or the period to make them has elapsed, the competent general directorate for civil protection prepares a technical report on the self-protection plan, which must take into account aspects of the content of the self-protection plan and related aspects. to the self-protection conditions of the center, facility, establishment or activity.
2. b) The technical report must be issued within a maximum period of four months from receipt of the self-protection plan, directly or through duly accredited collaborating entities of the Administration and control, in accordance with the provisions of article 27. The Failure to issue the report within the stipulated period must be considered as a favorable report.
3. c) In the event of an unfavorable report, it must be sent through the corresponding registry to the owner or representative of the activity or center so that within a maximum period of fifteen business days they can provide the documents, allegations or evidence that they consider appropriate or incorporate the modifications to the proposed self-protection plan derived from the aforementioned technical report.
4. d) In the event that the interested party makes allegations, provides documents or evidence or incorporates modifications to the plan proposal, the competent directorate general for civil protection must issue a new report within a maximum period of fifteen business days, that in case it is unfavorable it is binding. Failure to issue the report within the stipulated period must be considered as a favorable report.

20.3 For the approval of the self-protection plan, the Civil Protection Commission of Catalonia must assess the allegations made by the municipality or municipalities where the facility is located and the technical report prepared by the competent general directorate for civil protection.

20.4 The person who owns or represents the activity or center may understand that his request for approval of the self-protection plan has been deemed by administrative silence if, after a period of six months from its presentation in the aforementioned registry, the relevant body of the competent department in matters of Civil Protection of Catalonia has not notified you of the express resolution.

 

Article 21

Activities of a temporary nature of interest to the civil protection of Catalonia

Activities of a temporary nature of interest to the civil protection of Catalonia, in accordance with section A of Annex I, are subject to the following procedure:

• a) They must prepare the corresponding self-protection plan, which must be sent to the competent general direction for civil protection, through the registry provided for in article 4.1.e), within a month prior to the start of the activity.
• b) The aforementioned general management must request, in the case of activities that affect more than one municipal area, the allegations from the town hall of the municipality where the activity is located or from the town halls of the affected municipalities within a maximum period of four calendar days. on the self-protection plan of the activity.
• c) The town hall or town halls, directly or through the corresponding supra-municipal entities, have to transfer them to the competent general direction in matters of civil protection, within a maximum period of ten calendar days from the day following the receipt of the notification. the request for allegations, through the aforementioned registry.
• d) Once the municipal allegations have been received or the term to make them has elapsed, the competent general directorate for civil protection prepares a technical report on the self-protection plan, which must take into account aspects of the content of the self-protection plan and aspects related to the self-protection conditions of the activity.
• e) The technical report must be issued within a maximum period of fifteen calendar days from receipt of the self-protection plan, directly or through duly accredited collaborating entities of the Administration and control, in accordance with the provisions of article 27. Failure to issue the report within the stipulated period must be considered as a favorable report.
• f) In the event of an unfavorable report, it must be sent through the aforementioned registry to the owner or representative of the activity so that within a maximum period of ten calendar days they can provide the documents, allegations or evidence they deem appropriate or incorporate the Modifications to the proposed self-protection plan derived from the aforementioned technical report.
• g) In the event that the interested party makes allegations, provides documents or evidence, or incorporates modifications to the plan proposal, the competent general directorate for civil protection must issue a new report within a maximum period of five calendar days from count from the receipt of the allegations made by the owner of the activity, which both in the event that it is favorable and in the event that it is unfavorable is binding. Failure to issue the report within the stipulated period must be considered as a favorable report.
• h) For the approval of the self-protection plan, the Civil Protection Commission of Catalonia must take into account the allegations made by the municipality or municipalities where the installation is located and the technical report prepared by the competent general direction in matters of civil protection. .
• i) The person who owns or represents the activity may understand that his request for approval of the self-protection plan has been accepted by administrative silence if, after a period of one month has elapsed since its presentation in the corresponding registry, the relevant body of the competent department in matters of protection Civil of Catalonia has not notified him of the express resolution.

 

Article 22

Activities and centers of interest for local civil protection

Non-temporary establishments, activities, centers or facilities of interest to local civil protection referred to in section B of Annex I are subject to the administrative procedure described in this article.

22.1 For the preparation and processing of the self-protection plan:

4. a) They must prepare the corresponding self-protection plan, in accordance with the provisions of this Decree, and send it to the town hall of the municipality where the activity is located. Without prejudice to the obligation to have a self-protection plan from the beginning of the activity, the maximum period to send the plan to the town hall, through the registry provided for in article 4.1.e), for new activities is six months from the start of the activity.
5. b) The technical staff of the same town hall, duly accredited collaborating Administration and control entities or other supra-municipal entities must make a report on the self-protection plan and on the self-protection conditions of the activity. This report must be prepared within a maximum period of three months and must take into account aspects of the content of the self-protection plan and aspects related to the self-protection conditions of the activity. Failure to issue the report within the stipulated period must be considered as a favorable report.
6. c) In the event of an unfavorable report, it must be sent to the owner or representative of the activity or center so that within fifteen business days they can provide the documents, allegations or evidence they deem appropriate or incorporate the modifications to the proposal. self-protection plan derived from the aforementioned technical report.
7. d) In the event that the interested party makes allegations, provides documents or evidence or incorporates modifications to the plan proposal, the competent body must issue a new report within a maximum period of fifteen business days, which in case it is unfavorable is binding. Failure to issue the report within the stipulated period must be considered as a favorable report.

22.2 The approval of the self-protection plan by the municipal civil protection commission will be based on the report described in letter b) of the previous section of this article, provided that it meets the requirements specified in this Decree.

In the case of municipalities that do not have their own civil protection commission, they can choose to delegate their function of homologation of self-protection plans to the regional civil protection commission or to the governing body of the corresponding town hall.

22.3 The person who owns or represents the activity or center may understand that his request for homologation of the self-protection plan has been accepted by administrative silence if, after a period of six months from its presentation in the corresponding registry, he has not been notified of the express resolution.

22.4 The municipality has to send the approved plan, through the registry provided for in article 4.1.e), to the competent general directorate for civil protection, together with the data on risk analysis and others applicable to the management of emergencies, in accordance with section 3 of annex IV.

 

Article 23

Activities of a temporary nature of interest to local civil protection

Activities of a temporary nature of interest to local civil protection referred to in section B of Annex I are subject to the following procedure:

• a) They have to prepare the corresponding self-protection plan, which must be sent to the town hall of the municipal area where the activity is located, within a month prior to the start of the activity.
• b) The technical staff of the town hall itself, duly accredited external collaborating entities of the Administration or other supra-municipal entities must prepare a report on the self-protection plan and on the self-protection conditions of the activity. This report must be prepared within a maximum period of fifteen calendar days, counting from the entry of the plan in the corresponding registry, and must take into account aspects of the content of the self-protection plan and aspects related to the self-protection conditions of the activity. Failure to issue the report within the stipulated period must be considered as a favorable report.
• c) In the event of an unfavorable report, it must be sent to the owner or representative of the activity so that within a maximum period of ten calendar days they can provide the documents, allegations or evidence that they consider appropriate or incorporate the modifications to the proposal for self-protection plan derived from the aforementioned technical report.
• d) In the event that the interested party makes allegations, provides documents or evidence or incorporates modifications in the proposed plan, the competent body must issue a new report, within a maximum period of five calendar days from the receipt of the allegations made by the owner of the activity, which both in the event that it is unfavorable and in the event that it is favorable is binding. Failure to issue the report within the stipulated period must be considered as a favorable report.
• e) The approval of the self-protection plan by the municipal civil protection commission or the body to which it is delegated will be based on the report described in section b) of this article, provided that it meets the requirements specified in this Decree. In the case of municipalities that do not have their own civil protection commission, they can choose to delegate their function of homologation of self-protection plans to the regional civil protection commission or to the governing body of the corresponding town hall.
• f) The person who owns or represents the activity or center may understand that his request for approval of the self-protection plan has been deemed by administrative silence if, after a period of one month has elapsed since its presentation in the corresponding registry, he has not been notified of the express resolution. .
• g) The municipality must send the approved plan, through the registry provided for in article 4.1.e), to the competent general direction for civil protection, together with data on risk analysis and other data applicable to management. of emergencies, in accordance with section 3 of annex IV, before the start of the activity.

 

Article 24

Competent technical personnel for the preparation of self-protection plans

24.1 In order to be accredited as competent technical personnel to prepare self-protection plans for activities and centers of interest for local civil protection, in addition to having a university degree, you must pass a basic training course to prepare self-protection plans for the activities and centers of interest for local civil protection. In this case, to pass the course, a final project must be prepared, which must consist of a self-protection plan for an activity or center of interest for local civil protection, in accordance with section B of Annex I.

24.2 In order to be accredited as competent technical personnel to prepare self-protection plans for activities and centers of interest for the civil protection of Catalonia, personnel with a university degree

who has been accredited to prepare self-protection plans for activities and centers of interest for local civil protection must pass a higher education course to prepare self-protection plans for activities and centers of interest for civil protection in Catalonia. As a requirement to pass the course, you must prepare a final project that consists of writing a self-protection plan for an activity or center of interest for civil protection in Catalonia, in accordance with section A of annex I.

24.3 Personnel who have provided services as technicians in the competent civil protection department with functions related to civil protection plans for a minimum period of three years, and who cease to provide them after this period, may be accredited to prepare self-protection plans for activities included within the scope of application of this Decree.

24.4 Civil protection technicians with a university degree from municipalities or other supra-municipal entities that accredit their functions through a contract or appointment of a total or cumulative duration of not less than three years may be accredited to prepare self-protection plans for activities and centers of interest for local civil protection if they pass a short course of specialization training on self-protection plans, specifically designed, taught by the Public Security Institute of Catalonia. To have accreditation as competent technicians for the elaboration of

self-protection plans for activities and centers of interest for the civil protection of Catalonia, in accordance with section A of annex I, the provisions of section 2 of this article are applicable.

24.5 Both the specific course for the preparation of self-protection plans for activities and centers of interest for the civil protection of Catalonia, in accordance with section A of Annex I, and the specific course for the preparation of self-protection plans for activities and centers of interest to local civil protection are organized into different modules or blocks depending on the subject. The Public Safety Institute of Catalonia can establish, if applicable, different training itineraries and to be able to validate certain modules, depending on the previous degree and the experience of the students.

24.6 The department responsible for civil protection may sign collaboration agreements for the accreditation of technicians from other territories.

24.7 The rest of the aspects related to the administrative procedure and the effects of the accreditation of the competent technical personnel are carried out by order of the person in charge of the competent department in matters of civil protection.

 

Article 25

Temporary suspension of the status of accredited technician or revocation

25.1 The competent department for civil protection may temporarily suspend, for a maximum period of six months, the status of accredited technical personnel for the preparation of self-protection plans in cases where it is proven that the accredited technician prepares self-protection plans. that do not meet the requirements of current regulations or that irregular actions have been carried out, lacking in rigor or professionalism.

Likewise, the revocation can be carried out when the loss of some of the necessary requirements for authorization is verified.

25.2 The temporary suspension or revocation requires, after a fifteen-day hearing of the person concerned, the processing by the competent general directorate in matters of civil protection of the corresponding administrative file, in accordance with the administrative procedure regulations applicable in the Administration of the Generalitat , which is not punitive.

 

Article 26

Competent bodies for reporting

26.1 The reports prior to the approval, the periodic evaluation reports of the implementation and the reports prior to the updates and revisions of the self-protection plans of the activities and centers of interest for the civil protection of Catalonia, in accordance with epigraph A of annex I, can be prepared directly by the competent bodies in matters of civil protection of the Generalitat or by

through accredited collaborating Administration and control entities, in accordance with the procedure established by law.

For these purposes, the Generalitat's civil protection technicians are considered accredited technical personnel to issue a report on the self-protection plans for the activities covered by this Decree. Accredited technical personnel are also considered to be those who meet the requirements established by this Decree to prepare self-protection plans of this type and who meet the requirements established by regulation when they belong to duly accredited collaborating entities of the Administration and control.

26.2 The reports prior to the approval, the reports of periodic evaluation of the implementation and the reports prior to the updates and revisions of the self-protection plans of the activities and centers of interest for the local civil protection, in accordance with epigraph B of the annex I, can be prepared directly by the competent bodies in matters of civil protection of the municipalities, other entities of a supramunicipal nature or through accredited collaborating entities of the Administration and control, in accordance with the procedure established by regulation.

For these purposes, the competent technical personnel of the municipalities, county councils or other supra-municipal entities are considered technical personnel with accreditation to issue reports on self-protection plans for activities and centers of interest for local civil protection. Technical personnel with accreditation to issue a report on self-protection plans for this type of activity are also considered personnel who meet the requirements established by regulation when they belong to duly accredited collaborating entities of the Administration and control.

 

Article 27

Accredited Administration and control collaborating entities

The competent department in matters of civil protection, municipalities and supra-municipal entities that provide assistance to the municipality may entrust duly accredited collaborating entities of the Administration with the exercise of inspection and control functions, and also the preparation of reports on the self-protection plans of centers and activities included in the scope of application of this Decree.

The aforementioned collaborating entities of the Administration must be duly authorized by the competent department in matters of civil protection, according to the procedural regulations and legal regime of the public administrations of Catalonia and what is established by regulation. Likewise, the technical personnel of the aforementioned entities must have technical status for the preparation of self-protection plans and meet the other requirements that are established.

 

Article 28

Technical report prior to approval

The technical report must pronounce on whether the self-protection plan conforms to compliance with this Decree.

For the purposes of issuing the technical report, it must be taken into account that the self-protection plan is not a document for the evaluation of other different regulations and, therefore, it only has to be limited to compliance with the specifications of this Decree.

 

Article 29

Support for the quality of self-protection activity

With the aim of guaranteeing and controlling the quality of the self-protection activity of the activities included in the scope of application of this Decree, the competent general direction in matters of civil protection, in collaboration, if applicable, with the town halls and with other organisms involved in the process, elaborates:

• a) Explanatory guides, which are made available to the public, on the content of self-protection plans, based on the indices included in Annex II.
• b) Standardized models on the requirements that the control actions to be carried out by the competent administrations must comply with.
• c) Recommendations in relation to the application of annex III, relative to the minimum means of self-protection.

 

Article 30

Regime of inspections and access of the competent authorities to the activities and centers object of this Decree

30.1 As established in articles 16 and 17 of this Decree, the general directorate responsible for civil protection and the town halls can implement a control and evaluation system for the implementation of self-protection plans and compliance with the obligations imposed in this area. of self-protection object of this Decree that have been approved by the Civil Protection Commission of Catalonia or local.

30.2 The aforementioned inspection, control and evaluation task can be carried out by the competent department in matters of civil protection and the city council through competent technical personnel, in accordance with the provisions of article 26 or, where appropriate, collaborating entities duly accredited Administration and control.

30.3 In all cases, the persons responsible for the establishments, facilities and activities covered by this Decree must provide maximum collaboration to carry out the inspection tasks. For this purpose, they have to facilitate the access of inspection personnel to the establishment and have to make available to them the information or documentation that is required.

30.4 In the event of an emergency, access must be facilitated for the technical and operational personnel of the Generalitat and the municipality related to the emergency, and the persons responsible for the establishments must provide maximum collaboration.

 

Article 31

Sanctions regime

Failure to comply with the obligations of self-protection authorizes the competent public administrations to sanction, in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Protection Law of Catalonia and the regulations on the sanctioning procedure applicable to the areas of competence of the Generalitat.

 

ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS

 

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Updating of the catalog of activities and centers obliged to adopt self-protection measures

The catalog of activities and centers obliged to adopt self-protection measures, established in annex I, can be updated based on the experience acquired as a result of its application, if applicable, by means of an order from the person in charge of the competent department in matters of civil protection, with the previous report of the Civil Protection Commission of Catalonia.

 

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Processing of procedures related to self-protection plans

The administrative procedures regulated in this Decree must be processed by the means and in the manner established by order of the person in charge of the competent department in matters of civil protection.

 

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Approval of specific municipal plans to cover various activities

In the event that a local entity develops various activities in its territory that are required to draw up and approve a self-protection plan, it can draw up a specific municipal plan that performs the function of integration, coordination and relationship of the different self-protection figures.

 

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Emergency action protocol

Pursuant to article 3.3 of this Decree, those centers or activities that are not within the scope of action of this Decree may draw up an emergency action protocol specifying those measures to manage any incident that affects them. For this purpose, the competent directorate general for civil protection will prepare and publish guidance guides for their preparation. These documents are not regulatory in nature and are not subject to prior or subsequent administrative intervention.

 

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Training of human teams that form the minimum means of self-protection

The human teams that make up the minimum means of self-protection established by annex III of this Decree must have the corresponding training in accordance with what is established by the sectoral regulations and the competent department in matters of public safety, at the proposal of the General Directorate of Civil Protection, in accordance with the functions that this Decree determines in its annex III in relation to these human teams.

 

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Special regime of the Barcelona City Council

Barcelona City Council has powers in matters of civil protection recognized by Law 22/1998, of December 30, of the Municipal Charter of Barcelona. By virtue of these competences, the regulation of the catalog and the processing of self-protection plans for facilities, establishments or activities of interest to local civil protection, among others, correspond to the City Council, in accordance with the municipal regulations established. .

 

TRANSITORY DISPOSITIONS

 

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Files in process

The files in process and presented before the entry into force of this Decree are governed by Decree 82/2010, of June 29, which approves the catalog of activities and centers obliged to adopt self-protection measures and sets the content of these measures, except in cases where the provisions of this Decree are more favourable.

 

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Presentation of documentation

As long as the registry or electronic platform referred to in article 4.1.e does not come into operation, the corresponding documentation may be submitted in accordance with the provisions of the general regulations on administrative procedure.

 

REPEAL PROVISION

Decree 82/2010, of June 29, which approves the catalog of activities and centers obliged to adopt self-protection measures and establishes the content of these measures, and Decree

127/2013, of March 5, setting a new deadline to submit certain local self-protection plans and adaptation of self-protection plans for public shows, recreational activities and establishments and spaces open to the public Decree 82/2010, of June 29, which approves the catalog of activities and centers obliged to adopt self-protection measures and establishes the content of these measures.

 

FINAL PROVISIONS

 

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Application and development powers

The person in charge of the competent department in matters of civil protection, with the prior report of the Civil Protection Commission of Catalonia, must dictate the provisions that are necessary for the application and development of this Decree.

 

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Safeguarding compliance with occupational risk prevention regulations

The provisions of this Decree are understood without prejudice to the provisions of Law 31/1995, of November 8, on occupational risk prevention, and the regulations that develop it.

 

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Activities with more than ten centers, facilities or establishments

The holders of activities affected by this Decree who have more than ten centres, facilities or establishments located in Catalonia may address a reasoned request for modification of the deadlines for compliance with the obligations derived from them to the competent directorate general for civil protection. of this Decree. The competent directorate general for civil protection has to make a reasoned decision on the alternative schedule for compliance with the aforementioned obligations within a period of two months. The lack of notification of the resolution within the aforementioned period determines the acceptance and, therefore, the interested party must understand the request made as positive silence.

 

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Entry into force

This rule enters into force a month after its publication in the Official Gazette of the Generalitat de Catalunya.

However, the owners of the centers and activities affected by annex III, regarding minimum means of self-protection, have a maximum period of one year from the publication of this Decree to comply with the provisions established in the aforementioned annex. .

Barcelona, ​​March 3, 2015

Artur Mas i Gavarró

President of the Generalitat of Catalonia

Ramon Espadaler i Parcerisas

Interior Counselor

 

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Annex I

Catalog of activities and centers with the obligation of self-protection in civil protection

1. Catalog of activities and centers of interest for the civil protection of Catalonia
2. a) Industrial and storage activities:
3. Chemical product storage activities covered by the complementary technical instructions (Royal Decree 379/2001, of April 6, approving the Chemical Product Storage Regulations and their complementary technical instructions, and Royal Decree 2016/2004, of October 11, which approves the Complementary Technical Instruction MIE-APQ-8 «Storage of fertilizers based on ammonium nitrate with high nitrogen content»), in the following quantities:

• ITC APQ-1 (storage of flammable and combustible liquids), with a capacity of more than 200 m3.
• ITC APQ-2 (storage of ethylene oxide), with a capacity of more than 1 ton.
• ITC APQ-3 (chlorine storage), with a capacity of more than 4 tons.
• ITC APQ-4 (anhydrous ammonia storage), with a capacity of more than 3 tons.
• ITC APQ-5 (storage of bottles and cylinders of liquefied and dissolved compressed gases under pressure), of
• category 4 or 5.
• ITC APQ-6 (storage of corrosive liquids), with a capacity of more than 500 m3.
• ITC APQ-7 (storage of toxic liquids), with a capacity of more than 200 m3.
• ITC APQ-8 (storage of fertilizers based on ammonium nitrate, with high nitrogen content), with a capacity of more than 200 tons.

2. Establishments affected by the regulations approving control measures for the risks inherent in serious accidents involving dangerous substances.
3. Industrial or storage facilities in which non-toxic dangerous substances are involved: those in which other dangerous substances other than those mentioned in the previous sections are present, in amounts equal to or greater than 60% of those listed in column 2 of Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I of Royal Decree 1254/1999, of July 16, which approves control measures for the risks inherent in serious accidents involving dangerous substances.

The amounts to be taken into account for the previous sections are the maximum that are present, or may be present, at any given time, as established by Royal Decree 1254/1999. For these facilities, the internal emergency plan must be considered as a self-protection plan, as established in article 3 of Royal Decree 1196/2003, of September 19, which approves the Basic Civil Protection Directive for the control and planning for the risk of serious accidents involving dangerous substances.

4. Establishments in which explosives are used: those regulated in ITC 10 of Royal Decree 230/1998, of February 16, which approves the Explosives Regulation (modified by Order PRE/252/2006).
5. Establishments with facilities covered by the ITC IP02, IP03 and IP04 with more than 500 m3.
6. Industrial or storage facilities with a weighted and corrected fire load equal to or greater than 3.200 Mcal/m2 or 13.600 MJ/m2 (high intrinsic risk 8, according to table 1.3 of annex I of Royal Decree 2267/2004, of 3 December December, which approves the Fire Safety Regulations in industrial establishments).
7. Refrigeration installations with refrigerant liquids of the second and third group according to Royal Decree 138/2011, of February 4, which approves the Safety Regulations for refrigeration installations and their complementary technical instructions, when they exceed the total quantities used in 6 tons. .
8. Hazardous waste management activities: the activities of collection, storage, recovery or elimination of hazardous waste, in accordance with the provisions of Law 22/2011, of July 28, on waste and contaminated soils. End-of-life vehicle management activities and activities with a hazardous waste treatment capacity lower than the amounts established in this Decree for chemical product storage activities and for industrial facilities involving hazardous substances are excluded.
9. Exploitations and industries related to mining, provided that an underground activity is carried out or that they have more than twenty workers: those regulated by Royal Decree 863/1985, of April 2, which approves the General Regulation of standards basic mining safety, and by its complementary technical instructions, modified by Royal Decree 150/1996, of February 2, which modifies article 109 of the General Regulation of basic mining safety standards.

1. b) Research activities:
2. Facilities for the confined use of genetically modified organisms: those classified as high risk activities (type 4) in Royal Decree 178/2004, of January 30, which approves the General Regulation for the development and execution of Law 9 /2003, of April 25, which establishes the legal regime for the confined use, voluntary release and commercialization of genetically modified organisms.
3. Installations for the obtaining, transformation, treatment, storage and distribution of hazardous biological substances or materials: installations containing group 4 biological agents, determined in Royal Decree 664/1997, of May 12, on the protection of workers against risks related to exposure to biological agents at work.

c) Transport infrastructure activities:

2. Road tunnels with a length of more than 1.000 m or between 500 and 1.000 m in length with an average daily intensity (IMD) greater than 5.000 vehicles/day, including those that are part of the same road and that are separated from each other by a distance less than 500 m.
3. Railway tunnels equal to or greater than 1.000 m in length, including those that are part of the same track and that are separated from each other by a distance of less than 500 m.
4. Metropolitan transport railway lines.
5. Transport stations and interchanges: those with an occupancy equal to or greater than 2.000 people.
6. Toll highways.
7. Parking areas for the transport of dangerous goods by road and rail.
8. Ports of general interest, and commercial, industrial, fishing and sports ports that are not of general interest.
9. The airports.
10. The pipelines that transport dangerous substances: ethylene pipelines, gas and oil pipelines, or similar pipelines. In the case of gas pipelines, pipelines that transport natural gas above 16 bar (secondary transport pressure) are included.
11. Rack trains with a passenger volume of more than 400.000 passengers/year.

d) Energy activities and infrastructures and certain services:

• Nuclear and radioactive facilities: those containing category 1, 2 or 3 sources, defined in the safety guide RS-G-1.9 of the safety standards of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
• Hydraulic infrastructures (dams and reservoirs, ponds and reservoirs): those classified as categories A and B in the Order of March 12, 1996, which approves the Technical Regulations on the safety of dams and reservoirs, as well as in the Resolution of January 31, 1995, which provides for the publication of the Agreement of the Council of Ministers approving the Basic Guidelines for civil protection planning against the risk of flooding.
• Centers or facilities for the production of electricity: those with nominal power equal to or greater than 300 MW. Solar and wind energy are exempt.
• Substations for the distribution of high voltage electrical energy from the transmission network to the distribution network.

e) Buildings of strategic importance for the management of emergencies that affect a large volume of population, such as the Operational Coordination Center of Catalonia (CECAT) and the 112 Catalonia Emergency Call Management and Attention Center.

f) Sanitary activities:

• Establishments for health use in which medical care is provided under hospitalization or intensive or surgical treatment, with an availability equal to or greater than 200 beds as a whole.
• Any other establishment for sanitary use that has an evacuation height equal to or greater than 28 m, or an occupation equal to or greater than 2.000 people.
• g) Teaching activities:
• Establishments for educational use especially intended for people with physical, sensory, intellectual disabilities or with mental illnesses that have more than 200 places.
• Any other establishment for educational use provided that it has an evacuation height equal to or greater than 28 m.
• h) Public residential activities:
• Establishments for public residential use: those in which residential activities or day centers are carried out for the elderly, with physical, sensory, intellectual or mental illness disabilities, or those in which there are usually users who cannot carry out an evacuation by their own means and that have 200 or more places altogether.
• Any other establishment for public residential use as long as it has an evacuation height equal to or greater than 28 m, or an occupancy equal to or greater than 2.000 people.
• i) Urbanizations and population centers located on forest land or in the 500 m strip that surrounds them, whose works are not received by the City Council, or that are not included in a municipal civil protection plan. A single plan can be accepted for different urbanizations and population centers, as long as the particular risks of each one are foreseen and as long as the domino effect between them is considered.
• j) Any other activity specified or not in another heading of the Decree (if the activity is specified in another heading of section A it will be classified under this other heading, if it is specified under a heading of section B it will be classified under this heading) that meets the following requirements:

1. In delimited spaces or enclosures:

• Buildings with a capacity or capacity equal to or greater than 2.000 people or with an evacuation height equal to or greater than 28 m.
• Removable or seasonal closed facilities with a capacity or capacity equal to or greater than 2.000 people.
• Other activities in delimited spaces, those with an expected number of attendees and participants equal to or greater than 5.000 people.

2. In non-delimited spaces, those with a number of attendees and expected participants equal to or greater than 20.000 people.

Unlimited spaces that are considered to be of special risk are governed by the first point of this section.

Acts of fire, included in the competent sectoral regulations, with more than 200 kg of regulated material for fireworks, in accordance with Royal Decree 563/2010, of May 7, which approves the Regulation of pyrotechnic articles and cartridges.

1. Catalog of activities and centers of interest for local civil protection

Within the limits established in the determinations of annex IB, which are of a minimum nature, the competent municipal body, ex officio or at the request of the interested party, in application of the municipal powers in civil protection established by the local government legislation may, By means of an ordinance, extend the involvement of centers and activities that, without being included in section B of Annex I and that are not of interest to the civil protection of Catalonia, present a significant risk.

1. a) Industrial and storage activities:

Establishments not affected by ITC 10 of Royal Decree 230/1998, of February 16, which approves the Explosives Regulation (modified by Order PRE/252/2006), but where there are products included in the aforementioned regulations, in an amount equivalent to 50% of the amounts established in the ITC 10 or more, and not included in section A.

• b) Public and commercial aerodromes.
• c) Sanitary activities:
• Establishments for health use in which medical care is provided in hospitalization or intensive or surgical treatment, with a total availability of less than 200 beds. Dialysis centers with more than 30 places.
• Any other establishment for sanitary use with an occupancy of less than 2.000 people and more than 200 people.
• d) Teaching activities:
• Establishments of use.
• Teacher specially designed for people with physical, sensory, intellectual disabilities or with mental illnesses that have between 100 and 200 places.
• Establishments for teaching use with an occupancy of less than 2.000 people and more than 1.000 people, and nurseries, toy libraries and the like with more than 100 students.

e) Public residential activities: those in which residential activities or day centers are carried out for the elderly, with physical, sensory, intellectual or mental illness disabilities, or those in which there are usually users who cannot carry out an evacuation by their own means and that have 100 or more places as a whole, not included in section A.

f) Any other activity specified or not in another heading of the catalog (if the activity is specified in another heading of section B it will be classified by this other heading, if it is specified in a heading of section A it will be classified by the corresponding heading of section A ) that meets the following requirements:

1. In delimited spaces or enclosures:

• Buildings with a capacity or capacity of more than 1.000 people and less than 2.000 people.
• Removable or seasonal closed facilities with a capacity or capacity of more than 1.000 people and less than 2.000 people.
• Other activities in delimited spaces, those with an expected number of attendees and participants equal to or greater than 2.000 people and less than 5.000 people.

2. In non-delimited spaces, those with an expected number of attendees and participants equal to or greater than 10.000 people and less than 20.000 people.

Unlimited spaces that are considered to be of special risk are governed by the first point of this section.

1. g) Acts of fire with more than 100 kg and less than 200 kg of regulated material for fireworks, in accordance with Royal Decree 563/2010, of May 7, which approves the Regulation of pyrotechnic articles and of ammunition.

 

Annex II

Minimum content of self-protection plans

The self-protection plan for the facilities covered by this Decree is structured in the following documents:

Document 1: Identification of the installation. Inventory, analysis and risk assessment.

Document 2: Inventory and description of self-protection means and measures.

Document 3: Manual of action.

Document 4: Implementation, maintenance and updating.

The content of each of these documents must be adapted to the particularities of the corresponding activity, center, facility or establishment, and the indices set out below must be set for all purposes.

The activities included in annex I, epigraph A, as well as those that are declared by resolution of the competent general director in matters of civil protection activities of special risk, must have a self-protection plan that must have the minimum structure and content that are collected in part 1 of this annex.

The activities included in annex I, section B, must have a self-protection plan that will have the structure and minimum content that are included in part 2 of this annex.

In addition to these indices, the Civil Protection Commission of Catalonia values ​​the need to draw up explanatory guides that develop the content of the index and that are adapted to the particularities of certain types of activities and the reality of different types of activities or centers, including the possibility of reducing or simplifying its contents in order to benefit the plan in terms of efficiency.

Part 1: PAU index of activities considered to be of interest to civil protection in Catalonia.

Document 1: Identification of the installation. Inventory, analysis and risk assessment.

1.1 Identification of the installation.

1.1.1 Name.

1.1.2 Company name.

1.1.3 Tax identification number (NIF).

1.1.4 Mailing address.

1.1.5 Contact information in case of emergency: telephone numbers, faxes, email, interlocutor contact person in case of emergency.

1.1.6 Identification of the holders of the activity (name, business name, address, telephone, fax, email).

1.1.7 Name of the person who owns the address of the self-protection plan and those responsible (postal address, telephone, fax and email).

1.2 Location: description and plans, UTM coordinates of the establishment.

1.3 Accessibility for external help: description and plans.

1.4 Description of the installation.

1.4.1 Construction characteristics of the building.

1.4.2 Installation areas.

1.4.3 Activities at the facility.

1.5 Occupation.

1.5.1 Template.

1.5.2 Presence charts at different hours of the day for personnel and occupants.

1.5.3 Organization chart.

1.6 Risk analysis.

1.6.1 Historical analysis.

1.6.2 Inventory and evaluation of internal risks.

1.6.2.1 Dangerous substances according to regulations for the control of risks inherent in serious accidents involving dangerous substances.

1.6.2.2 Fire.

1.6.2.3 Explosion.

1.6.2.4 Exhaust.

1.6.2.5 Others.

1.6.3 Inventory and evaluation of occupational risk (limited reference to risks that can cause emergencies).

1.6.4 Inventory and evaluation of external risks.

1.6.5 Description or identification of the evacuation conditions.

1.6.6 Evaluation of confinement conditions.

1.6.7 Diagram of people by zones.

1.6.8 Vulnerable elements.

1.7 Plans.

1.7.1 Risk areas.

1.7.2 Vulnerable zones.

1.7.3 Plans of the facilities and areas where the activity is carried out.

1.7.4 Identification of the control (stop key) of the basic supplies (water, gas, electricity).

 

Document 2: Inventory and description of self-protection means and measures.

2.1 Material means available.

2.1.1 Sectorization.

2.1.2 Detection facilities.

2.1.2.1 Fire.

2.1.2.2 Carbon monoxide.

2.1.2.3 Others.

2.1.3 Fire extinguishing facilities.

2.1.4 Smoke evacuation/extraction and purification installations.

2.1.5 Equipment for the fight against accidents.

2.1.6 Emergency signage.

2.1.7 Internal warning systems.

2.2 Available human resources.

2.3 Corrective risk and self-protection measures.

2.4 Plans.

2.4.1 Sectorization.

2.4.2 Installations for detection, fire extinguishing and smoke extraction.

2.4.3 Emergency signage and internal warning systems.

2.4.4 Evacuation routes.

2.4.5 Confinement areas.

 

Document 3: Manual of action.

3.1 Object.

3.2 Identification and classification of emergencies.

3.2.1 Depending on the severity or level of the emergency.

3.2.2 Depending on the type of risk.

3.2.3 Depending on the occupation and human resources.

3.3 Emergency equipment.

3.3.1 Responsible for the control, alarm and communications center.

3.3.2 Head of emergency.

3.3.3 Intervention team.

3.3.3.1 Head of intervention.

3.3.3.2 Performers/team members.

3.3.3.3 functions.

3.3.4 Evacuation and confinement equipment/s.

3.3.4.1 Head of evacuation and confinement.

3.3.4.2 Performers/team members.

3.3.4.3 functions.

3.3.5 First aid kit.

3.3.5.1 Chief of first aid.

3.3.5.2 Performers/team members.

3.3.5.3 functions.

3.4 Actions to be carried out (for each risk).

3.4.1 Detection and alert.

3.4.2 Communications and alarm.

3.4.1.1 Identification of the person making the notices.

3.4.1.2 Notices to be made.

3.4.3 Intervention.

3.4.4 Evacuation.

3.4.5 Confinement.

3.4.6 Provision of first aid.

3.4.7 Reception of the first external aid.

3.5 List of action sheets (developed in annex IV).

3.6 Integration in higher level plans.

3.6.1 Coordination at management level.

3.6.2 Coordination at the operational level.

 

Document 4: Implementation, maintenance and updating.

4.1 Responsibility and organization.

4.1.1 Responsible for implementation.

4.1.2 Planning, coordination and monitoring of implementation actions.

4.1.2.1 Planning, program and deadlines for training and dissemination actions.

4.1.2.2. Planning, program and deadlines for drills.

4.1.3 Planning, program and maintenance terms.

4.1.3.1 Maintenance, facilities and equipment.

4.1.3.2 Study and evaluation of incidents and accidents.

4.2 Updating and revision of the plan.

 

Attachments

 

Annex 1. Directory of communications

External help emergency telephone numbers.

Telephone numbers of the activity's emergency personnel.

Telephone numbers of service and maintenance companies.

 

Annex 2. Forms for emergency management

The models of communications established for external notification in case of emergency must be included in this annex, as well as others available to the activity.

 

Annex 3. Plans

Compilation of the plans mentioned in the different plan documents.

 

Annex 4. Action sheets

Compilation of the action sheets indicated in point 3.5 of document 3, for the different teams and people involved in the emergency plan. The sheets must be prepared for each person and risk or for each person and activation level of the plan, as long as the activation level corresponding to each of the risks that may occur in the activity is clearly identified.

Note: to avoid duplication, it is recommended to group all the plans in annex 3, duly referenced in the corresponding sections. Likewise, it is recommended to group all the action sheets in annex 4 and the telephone directory in annex 1, always duly referenced in the corresponding sections.

Part 2: PAU index of activities and centers of interest for local civil protection.

 

Document 1: Identification of the installation. Inventory, analysis and risk assessment.

1.1 Basic data of the installation.

1.1.1 Identification of the installation and the company name.

1.1.2 Identification of the owner, those responsible and data in case of emergency.

1.2 Location: description and plans, UTM coordinates of the establishment.

1.3 Accessibility for external help: description and plans.

1.4 Description of the installation.

1.5 Occupation.

1.5.1 Template.

1.5.2 Presence charts at different hours of the day for personnel and occupants.

1.5.3 Organization chart.

1.6 Risk analysis.

1.6.1 Internal risk.

1.6.2 Occupational risk (limited reference to risks that can cause emergencies).

1.6.3 External risk.

1.6.4 Description or identification of the evacuation conditions.

1.6.5 Evaluation of confinement conditions.

1.6.6 Diagram of people by zones.

1.6.7 Vulnerable elements.

1.7 Plans.

1.7.1 Risk areas.

1.7.2 Vulnerable zones.

1.7.3 Plans of the facilities and areas where the activity is carried out.

1.7.4 Identification of the control (stop key) of the basic supplies (water, gas, electricity).

 

Document 2: Inventory and description of self-protection means and measures.

2.1 Material means available.

2.2 Available human resources.

2.3 Corrective risk and self-protection measures.

2.4 Plans.

2.4.1 Sectorization.

2.4.2 Installations for detection, fire extinguishing and smoke extraction.

2.4.3 Emergency signage and internal warning systems.

2.4.4 Evacuation routes.

2.4.5 Confinement areas.

 

Document 3: Manual of action.

3.1 Object.

3.2 Identification and classification of emergencies.

3.3 Emergency equipment.

3.4 Actions to be carried out (for each risk).

3.5 List of action sheets (developed in annex 4).

3.6 Integration in higher level plans.

 

Document 4: Implementation, maintenance and updating.

4.1 Responsibility, organization and planning of implementation actions.

4.1.1 Planning, program and deadlines for training and dissemination actions.

4.1.2 Planning, schedule and deadlines for drills.

4.1.3 Planning, program and maintenance terms.

4.2 Updating and revision of the plan.

 

Attachments

 

Annex 1. Directory of communications.

Annex 2. Forms for emergency management.

Annex 3. Plans (compilation of the plans mentioned in the different plan documents).

Annex 4. Action sheets.

Compilation of the action sheets indicated in point 3.5 of document 3, for the different teams and people involved in the emergency plan. The sheets must be prepared for each person and risk or for each person and activation level of the plan, as long as the activation level corresponding to each of the risks that may occur in the activity is clearly identified.

In the cases included in annex VII, the sectoral regulations must be taken into account.

Note: to avoid duplication, it is recommended to group all the plans in annex 3, duly referenced in the corresponding sections. Similarly, it is recommended to group all the action sheets in annex 4 and the telephone directory in annex 1, always duly referenced in the corresponding sections.

 

Annex III

Minimum means of self-protection

1. Devices for surveillance, emergency identification and ordering of self-protection.

The activities included in Annex I, while they are in operation, must be provided with sufficient personnel or adequate and sufficient technological systems to identify emergencies and guarantee notification to public services for their management.

The activities in section A of annex I with a high influx of public (over 2.000 people) must have the appropriate personnel for the purposes of preventing and identifying emergencies due to crowds and to guarantee an orderly evacuation or confinement if was necessary.

In this sense, the troops –in its case security guards– that are required by sectoral regulations must be ensured; in the event that nothing is established in this sense, they will be those necessary to achieve these objectives.

In any case, the competent directorate general for civil protection may propose criteria and recommendations, in accordance with the competent administrations and with the favorable report of the Civil Protection Commission of Catalonia.

In the activities affected by section A of Annex I, section a).2, whose area of ​​intervention is equal to or greater than 500 m, and nuclear power plants, considering the potential for external risk, the potential risk of the activity of suffering an intentional attack, the materials associated with the activity and its vulnerability, the identification of emergencies must be ensured in person on a continuous basis and they must have duly trained personnel in the protection and security plans of the center or activity to start the emergency call protocol established in the self-protection plan; they also have to have the automatic video surveillance systems or other corresponding technological systems. Among those affected by epigraph A of the annex, section a). 2, which may cause far-reaching toxic clouds with intervention zones greater than 500 m or with affectation in densely populated areas, agreements will be established with the competent department for civil protection to assess the feasibility of connecting the automatic detection sensor networks to CECAT.

The rest of the activities in section IAa)2 and IAa)3 and the hydraulic infrastructures in section IAd)2 and the facilities included in sections IAd)3 and IAd)4 must ensure this identification permanently, at least through technological systems.

The activities affected by sections IAc)3, IAc)4, IAc)7, IAc)8, IAe) and IAg)1 must have security guards or automatic video surveillance systems that ensure the objectives of identifying emergencies and notice to public services during periods of operation, as a minimum.

 

2. Sanitary media.

The activities or centers included in the scope of application of the Decree must be provided, as a minimum, with the material and personal means established by the specific sectoral regulations, with the exception of those whose coverage is the exclusive responsibility of the public emergency medical service (SEM). ).

In the case of sudden death, despite the fact that it does not represent a collective risk but rather an individual one, this Decree includes the need to install AED devices and specific training for their use in accordance with the provisions of Decree 151/2012, of 20 November, which establishes the requirements for the installation and use of external defibrillators outside the health field and for the authorization of training entities.

Alternatively, in the absence of specific sectoral regulations, it is established that the minimum material and personal resources are the following:

 

Epigraph

Decree

 

Installation Minimum means

 

Ac) 4 Transport stations and interchanges: those with an occupancy equal to or greater than 2.000 people.

• 1 AED
• 2 first auditors trained in ASI and DEA

 

Ac)7 Ports of general interest.

• 1 AED
• 2 first auditors trained in ASI and DEA
• 1 health center
• 1 class C assistance ambulance

 

Ac)8 Airports with a volume of more than 5.000 passengers at rush hour.

• 1 AED
• 2 first auditors trained in ASI and DEA
• 1 health center
• 1 class C assistance ambulance

 

Ag) Establishments for educational use especially for people with physical, sensory, intellectual disabilities or mental illnesses that have more than 200 places.

• 1 AED
• 2 first auditors trained in ASI and DEA

 

Ag) Any other establishment for teaching use as long as it has an occupation equal to or greater than 2.000 people.

• 1 AED
• 2 first auditors trained in ASI and DEA

 

Bd) Establishments for educational use intended for people who cannot carry out an evacuation by their own means that have between 100 and 200 places as a whole.

• 2 people trained in ASI

 

Bd) Establishments for educational use with an occupancy of less than 2.000 people and more than 1.000 people.

• 1 AED
• 2 first auditors trained in ASI and DEA

 

Bd) Nurseries, toy libraries and the like with more than 100 students.

• 2 people trained in ASI

 

Ah) Establishments for public residential use: those in which residential activities or day centers are carried out for the elderly, with physical, sensory, intellectual or mental illness disabilities, or those in which there are usually users who cannot perform an evacuation by their own means and that have 200 or more places altogether.

• 1 AED
• 2 first auditors trained in ASI and DEA

 

Ah) Any other establishment for public residential use as long as it has an evacuation height equal to or greater than 28 m, or an occupancy equal to or greater than 2.000 people.

• 1 AED
• 2 first auditors trained in ASI and DEA

 

Be) Public residential activities: those in which residential activities or day centers are carried out for the elderly, with physical, sensory, intellectual or mental illness disabilities, or those in which there are usually users who cannot carry out an evacuation by their own means and that have 100 or more places as a whole not included in section A.

• 1 AED
• 2 first auditors trained in ASI and DEA

 

Aj) Activities in venues where:

Buildings: with capacity or capacity equal to or greater than 2.000 people.

• 1 AED
• 2 first auditors trained in ASI and DEA

 

Aj) Removable or seasonal closed facilities with a capacity or capacity equal to or greater than 2.000 people.

• 1 AED
• 2 first auditors trained in ASI and DEA

 

Aj) Other activities in delimited spaces, those with an expected number of attendees and participants equal to or greater than 5.000 people.

• 1 class B assistance ambulance
• From 5.000, the increase in sections of 10.000 people 1 class B assistance ambulance for each section
• From 25.000 and subsequent sections 1 class C assistance ambulance for each section

 

Aj) Activities in venues or spaces not delimited: those with a number of attendees and expected participants equal to or greater than 20.000 people.

• 1 class B assistance ambulance
• 2 class C assistance ambulances
• From 20.000, increase in sections of 10.000 people 1 class B assistance ambulance for each section

 

Bf) Activities in venues where:

• Buildings with a capacity or capacity of more than 1.000 people and less than 2.000 people, taking into account the characteristics of the space and the expected occupants.
• 2 people trained in ASI

 

Bf) Closed removable or seasonal facilities with a capacity or capacity of more than 1.000 people and less than 2.000 people.

• 2 people trained in ASI

 

Bf) Other activities in delimited spaces, those with an expected number of attendees and participants equal to or greater than 2.000 people and less than 5.000 people.

• 1 class B assistance ambulance

 

Bf) In venues or spaces not delimited in the open air: those with an expected number of attendees and participants of more than 10.000 people and less than 20.000 people.

• 1 class B assistance ambulance

 

Ak) Acts of fire with more than 200 kg of regulated material for fireworks, in accordance with Royal Decree 536/2010, of May 7, which approves the Regulation of pyrotechnic articles and ammunition.

• 1 class C assistance ambulance
• 1 class B assistance ambulance

 

Bg) Acts of fire with more than 100 kg and less than 200 kg of regulated matter of fireworks.

• 1 class C assistance ambulance (TTS+DUE)

 

The first mentioned auditors will have to be maintained as long as the center or activity remains in operation or generates risky activity.

Even so, depending on the type of activity carried out, the General Directorate of Civil Protection can be requested to adopt alternative means of self-protection, which will be duly assessed.

For specific activities organized in any of the facilities included in the scope of application of this Decree, the provider of the health services will have to direct the Emergency Medical System of Catalonia (SEM), within a maximum period of fifteen working days, a plan health operation (predictable risk device) which, among other aspects, must expressly include the coordination mechanisms between the borrower and the EMS Coordination Center, number of human and material resources and planning of possible evacuations to hospital centers.

In all activities, the service provider will have to be responsible for the assistance and, where appropriate, the subsequent transfer to the hospital center of the patients who are treated for said activity.

In activities in which the health service provider is specifically the public emergency service (Medical Emergency System SEM), it is this service that has to establish the minimum dimensioning of the health facilities.

 

3. Means of intervention

The activities or centers included in annex I must be equipped with the material means and human equipment of their own or others for self-protection sufficient to propose an adequate response to emergency situations; In any case, it is mandatory to have the material and personal means that are established in the specific sectoral regulations that are applicable.

Regarding the material means of prevention and safety, they are determined in a concrete and specific way by the building regulations on prevention and safety in the event of fire applicable and by the sectoral regulations applicable to specific risk facilities, materials or equipment. .

In the case of the material means of self-protection necessary for the third intervention teams, in addition to those established by the applicable sectoral or specific regulations, they are those regulated by Decree 374/1996, of December 2, for company firefighters or the regulations that replace it.

Regarding the human means of self-protection, which can be the company's own personnel who carry out other functions or specific personnel, or outside personnel who are within the activity or another activity with which it is jointly carried out, establish three levels of intervention teams with three levels of specialization:

First intervention team (EPI): it is a basic level intervention team. Its composition is the responsibility of the owner of the establishment, activity, infrastructure or building, taking into account the risks and dimensioning of the center or activity, and the total available will be determined based on the size and activity of the company, building, establishment or infrastructure. The PPE must have a minimum generic training related to the identification of risk situations and emergency warnings, first intervention in the event of an outbreak of fire, evacuation of the occupants and application of first aid.

The provision of this training to the people who make up the PPE, both initial and periodic, is the responsibility of the owner of the establishment, activity, infrastructure or building.

Second intervention team (ESI): it is an advanced level intervention team. Its composition is the responsibility of the owner of the establishment, activity, infrastructure or building, taking into account the risks and dimensioning of the center or activity, and the total available will be determined based on the size and activity of the company, building, establishment or infrastructure. The ESI must have training regarding the identification of the specific risks inherent to the activity, building, installation or infrastructure considered, the identification and instructions for use of the specific means of protection against these risks and the procedures for action in case of emergency, complementing that of the PPE. The provision of this training to the people who make up the ESI, both initial and periodic, is the responsibility of the owner of the establishment, activity, infrastructure or building.

Third intervention team (ETI): it is an intervention team with a high level of specialization. The general conditions of organization, operation and qualification and training of the ETI are those regulated by Decree 374/1996, of December 2, for company firefighters, or the regulations that replace it. The provision of this training to the people who make up the ETI, both initial and periodic, as well as the issuance of the corresponding accreditation, must be carried out by the Public Safety Institute of Catalonia or a competent center.

The competent directorate general for prevention, firefighting and rescue and the Public Safety Institute of Catalonia have the powers to determine, where appropriate, the general conditions for sizing, organization, operation and authorization and training of the ETIs currently regulated by Decree 374/1996, of December 2. Likewise, the responsibility for correct sizing lies with the person who owns the facility or activity, insofar as they have to guarantee the appropriate and proportionate response to the risk inherent to it, in the event of possible accidental situations that may arise.

According to the three levels of intervention teams:

It is the responsibility of the owner of the facility or activity to adequately provide PPE and ESI for all the activities listed in Annex I of this Decree based on the size of the work center or activity, the activity carried out, its inherent risks and of the specificity of the protection measures available.

The activities that the sectoral or specific regulations establish and, in any case, the centers or activities of the following sections must be provided with ETI:

1. - High-level Aa)2 establishments whose intervention area is greater than 500 m.
2. - Ports of general interest in section Ac)7.
3. - The airports of section Ac) 8 considering the specific requirements of the specific applicable regulations.
4. - Nuclear power plants in section Ad)1.

In the case of high-level establishments in section Aa)2 whose intervention zone is greater than 500 m and nuclear power plants, they must have TSI whenever they remain in operation or generate risky activity.

It must be borne in mind that activities that are carried out in a linear, dispersed manner or with periods without personnel (railway lines, highways, tunnels, electrical transformation substations, hydroelectric power plants, etc.) must have the corresponding equipment so that They can move quickly to the place of incidence.

 

Annex IV

Minimum contents of the electronic record of self-protection plans

Within the scope of application of this Decree, the general directorate responsible for civil protection is responsible for creating and maintaining the electronic register of self-protection plans. This record must contain, at least, the following data:

1. Data referring to the administrative procedure that the self-protection plans approved by the Civil Protection Commission of Catalonia must follow. The minimum content is as follows:
2. a) The copies, in digital format, of the self-protection plans approved by the Civil Protection Commission of Catalonia.
3. b) Copy of the previous technical report necessary for the approval of the plans.
4. c) Copy of the technical certificate of homologation of the plans.
5. Data on risk analysis and others applicable to the management of emergencies associated with self-protection plans of interest to the civil protection of Catalonia approved within the scope of application of this Decree.

In the case of activities under section A of Annex I, the electronic record of self-protection plans must contain, at least, the following data:

1. a) General data:

• Property name.
• Full address.
• UTM coordinates of the facility.
• Other municipalities that may be affected by the installation.
• Contact details 24 hours.
• Number of occupants.
• Activity or use of the establishment and activities or uses that coexist in the same building.

1. b) Contact details in case of emergency, with the town hall of the municipality where the activity is located.
2. c) Data on the risk of the activity:

• The most significant type of risk of the activity.
• Activity vulnerability.

1. d) Data about the environment:

Type of environment: urban, rural, proximity to rivers, to routes through which vehicles with dangerous goods travel, to industries, to forest areas, isolated or neighboring building with other activities. Type of activities in the environment and their headlines. Vulnerable elements existing in the environment. Location of the activity with respect to the risk areas defined in the Generalitat's civil protection plans and with respect to municipal civil protection plans.

1. e) Accessibility:

• Data and relevant information about access.
• Characteristics of the vehicle accesses to the facades of the establishment.
• Number of facades accessible to firefighters.

1. f) Means of prevention, useful for firefighters:

Data and location plans for hydrants, dry column, equipped fire hydrants, water tank and automatic means of fire extinguishing.

1. g) Means of self-protection according to what is established in annex III.
2. h) Data on especially vulnerable areas.
3. Data on risk analysis and others applicable to the management of emergencies associated with the reference self-protection plans for local civil protection approved in the scope of application of this

Decree.

In the case of activities under section B of Annex I, the electronic record of self-protection plans must contain, at least, the following data:

1. a) General data:

• Property name.
• Full address.
• UTM coordinates of the facility.
• Contact details 24 hours.
• Number of occupants.
• Activity or use of the establishment and activities or uses that coexist in the same building.

1. b) Contact details in case of emergency, with the town hall of the municipality where the activity is located.
2. c) Data on the risk of the activity:

• The most significant type of risk of the activity.
• Activity vulnerability.

1. d) Accessibility:

• Data and relevant information about access.
• Characteristics of the vehicle accesses to the facades of the establishment.
• Number of facades accessible to firefighters.

1. e) Data about the environment.
2. f) Means of prevention, useful for firefighters:

Data and location plans for hydrants, dry column, equipped fire hydrants, water tank and automatic means of fire extinguishing.

1. g) Means of self-protection according to what is established in annex III.
2. h) Data on especially vulnerable areas.

 

Annex V

Data prior to communication in the event of a drill

Drills involving actions that may cause calls to the Catalunya 112 Emergency Call Service and Management Center or CECAT must be reported to the competent Administration, through the corresponding registry.

In all cases, the notification must be made in advance as specified in article 13, indicating, at least, the following information:

1. a) General data:

• Property name.
• Full address.

1. b) Objectives of the drill.
2. c) Scenario:

• Brief description of the accidental scenario foreseen in the PAU whose occurrence will be simulated.
• In the event that it is a facility affected by the serious accident regulations, it is necessary to indicate which accident scenario it is.
• In the case of buildings open to the public where evacuation is carried out, the meeting point or points must be indicated, if there is more than one defined in the plan.

 

Annex VI

Definitions

For the purposes of this Decree, it is understood by:

Activity: set of operations or tasks carried out by a company, industry or activity that may give rise to accidents or events that generate emergency situations or may suffer the consequences.

Activities with significant risk: activities not included in section B of annex I that are vulnerable or very vulnerable elements according to municipal civil protection planning, or those that, given their internal or external security conditions, present a significant degree of risk to the internal or external population. These activities may be included within the scope of this Decree, in accordance with the provisions of article 17.c).

Activity of a temporary nature: activity classified in the annexes of this Decree and that is carried out in a space or installed in a specific location in an autonomous and independent manner, for a specific period of time and not exceeding one month. Activities of a temporary nature can be punctual or discontinuous (periodic). When a specific temporary activity ceases, it can no longer be carried out again. Discontinuous (periodic) temporary activities, when the activity ceases, are carried out again the same year or also in successive years. Also included in temporary activities are extraordinary ones in accordance with the corresponding sectoral regulations.

Updating of the self-protection plan: action that consists of systematically modifying the data of the self-protection plan that have had some variation, so that the data that appears in the plan is current. The update does not imply a revision of the plan.

Capacity: maximum number of authorized public in accordance with the corresponding license or authorization (basically in public shows and recreational activities) or total public capacity in an enclosure or building.

Evacuation height: the difference in topographic height between the level of an evacuation source and that of the safe outdoor space, in accordance with the Technical Building Code, approved by Royal Decree 314/2006, of March 17.

Basic life support (BAV): ordered sequence of actions that must be carried out in an imminent or effective situation of cardiac arrest, in order to prevent it, if it has not yet occurred, or to treat it, if it has already occurred. This sequence is graphically reflected in the first three rings of the Chain of Survival.

Attendees: number of people who attend an activity carried out in a venue or non-limited space as the public.

Immediate health care (ASI): set of measures intended to treat life-threatening emergencies, including AVB and CPR. It is included in Decree 225/1996, of June 12, which regulates rescue training and chest compressions.

Capacity: maximum number of people provided by law for an activity. In the case of uses foreseen in the Technical Building Code, it is comparable to occupation.

Center, establishment, facility or dependency: the entire area, under the control of an incumbent person, covered or outdoors, where an activity takes place.

Center, establishment, facility or unit of great intrinsic vulnerability: one that, given its own characteristics, is predisposed to suffer damage in an emergency situation. This high vulnerability can be caused, among other things, by a high capacity or occupancy, by the difficulty in the conditions of accessibility of the rescue and rescue services or by the complication of adopting protection measures regarding confinement or evacuation.

Health center: organized set of facilities and technical means in which professionals with training, by their official qualification or professional qualification, and under the direction of a health officer, carry out health activities in order to take care of people's health.

Complex evacuation centre, establishment, installation or unit: those which, due to being prior to the entry into force of Royal Decree 314/2006, of March 17, which approves the Technical Building Code, do not meet the criteria included in this standard to ensure safe evacuation and, in addition, exceed an occupancy of 1.000 people in the case of covered centers, establishments or facilities, and 10.000 people in the case of outdoor activities. Also tunnels and high-rise buildings.

Complex: set of centers, establishments, facilities or dependencies where an activity or set of activities is carried out.

Self-protection conditions: applied to the intrinsic viability of the building or center through the safe application of a self-protection strategy, be it evacuation or confinement to a safe space due to both external and internal risks. Regarding the potential affectation due to the risk of serious accidents (intervention area), it is based on demonstrating that adequate buildings are available for confinement, and in the case of outdoor activities or in fragile infrastructures that are insufficient for confinement , guarantee that the population can access buildings suitable for confinement in less time than that corresponding to irreversible damage. Regarding the risk of flooding, in the case of outdoor activities or with fragile infrastructures insufficient for confinement located in flood-prone areas, for self-protection conditions it must be demonstrated that it is guaranteed that the population can evacuate to safe areas or access buildings suitable for confinement in a time suitably less than the time of affectation and that the necessary forecasting and detection systems exist to ensure it at the time of the emergency.

The Civil Protection Commission of Catalonia may approve criteria to specify this concept.

Confinement: protection measure for people in the event of an accident or emergency, which consists of closing themselves in a protected location sufficiently isolated from the outside and remaining there until conditions outside are safe. In the confinement action, the openings must be carefully sealed, including the air inlets, after having stopped the air conditioning and ventilation installations.

Automated external defibrillator (AED): technical equipment approved for use in accordance with current legislation, capable of analyzing heart rhythm, identifying defibrillation arrhythmias and administering an electric shock to restore a viable heart rhythm, with high levels of safety.

When this device requires a human action to press the connection button, it is called a semi-automated external defibrillator (DESA), although both types are grouped internationally under the generic name of DEA: DESA and fully automated.

Early defibrillation by first responders: defibrillation using an AED performed by a person belonging to a group of first responders, before the arrival of the first unit of the Emergency Medical System (EMS), ideally, within 5 minutes from the start of cardiorespiratory arrest.

Domino effect: the concatenation of risk-causing effects that multiply the consequences, given the dangerous phenomena that can affect, in addition to external vulnerable elements, other equipment, pipes or installations of the same establishment or others nearby, so that, time, cause new dangerous phenomena.

Vulnerable element: element (such as population, building, civil engineering work, infrastructure, economic activity or public service) exposed to suffering damage in the event of a hazard.

Very vulnerable element: element that brings together a particularly sensitive population (sick people, children, the elderly, pregnant women and others that the health group may define) exposed to suffering damage of an intensity greater than the damage that a vulnerable element would suffer in the face of the same danger.

Delimited space or enclosure: space delimited by enclosures, partitions or other perimeter elements specifically installed to create this space. The enclosures have steps or doors to access or exit.

Unbounded Space: Outdoor space that is not bounded by fences, partitions, or other perimeter features specifically installed to create this space. Outdoor venues with a ratio between their surface area in m2 and the number of people occupying it (person ratio RP) greater than 2,5 can be considered undefined spaces for the purposes of this Decree.

Unlimited space of special risk: unlimited spaces that, due to their configuration, have a relationship between the number of people occupying an unlimited space and the width in meters of the steps to access or exit (exit ratio RS) equal or greater to 175 and this may represent a greater risk for people, enclosures must be considered for the purposes of this Decree.

Health establishment: public space equipped with an organized set of technical means and facilities in which trained professionals, by their official qualification or professional qualification, basically carry out health activities of dispensing medicines or individual adaptation of health products. Examples are pharmacies, optical centers and hearing aid centers.

Evacuation or removal: measure of protection of people in the event of an accident or emergency, which consists of leaving an orderly premises, center, establishment, facility or dependency within which the conditions are not safe, and remaining outside it, in a place not affected by the emergency, until the emergency is controlled and the conditions inside guarantee the safety of the occupants.

Approval of self-protection plans: a self-protection plan is approved when it meets all the requirements set out in this Decree and that are applicable to it, and consequently it is:

Complete, with sufficient content in all the sections that are applicable to it.

Concrete, that is, specific to that facility or activity and its current environment.

Practical and viable, adjusted to the daily reality of that facility and applicable in the event of a real emergency.

It can be integrated into the civil protection system of Catalonia, both from the regulatory and operational point of view.

Implementation: the entire set of measures to be taken to ensure the operational effectiveness of the self-protection plan.

Interface: interrelation between a self-protection plan and the other plans that make up the civil protection system.

Intervention: consists of the response to the emergency, to combat the origin, to protect and give relief to people, property and the environment.

Sectoral intervention: administrative intervention of authorization, communication, control or registration to which an activity regulated in this Decree is subject, in accordance with a legal system different from civil protection, in particular that which regulates environmental, urban, industrial, labor intervention. , commercial and establishments open to the public.

Action manual: part of the self-protection plan that systematically and briefly specifies, for each of the possible emergencies identified in the risk analysis, what actions to take and how they are coordinated with higher-level civil protection plans , among others.

Forest mass: for the purposes of this Decree, these are forest lands occupied by trees and that have a minimum extension of 5 hectares.

Self-protection measures: in general, the set of actions that have to be carried out by people who may be affected by a risk situation or by an emergency, to guarantee their safety.

Means: set of people, machines, equipment and systems that serve to reduce or eliminate risks and control emergencies that may arise.

Substantial modification: any modification to the characteristics or operation of an activity, center, establishment, facility or unit that may have harmful or significant repercussions for people, property and the environment, from the point of view of civil protection.

Non-substantial modification: modification of the characteristics or the operation of an activity, center, establishment, installation or dependency that does not imply foreseeable consequences for people, goods and the environment, from the point of view of civil protection. Modifications that may have consequences on the population in terms of civil protection and that are not of significant magnitude also constitute non-substantial modifications.

Occupancy: maximum number of people that a building, space, establishment, enclosure, facility or dependency can contain, depending on the activity or use that is made and the evacuation elements available. The calculation of the occupancy is made according to the occupancy densities indicated in the current regulations. However, the resulting occupation can be assessed according to the criteria established by the Civil Protection Commission of Catalonia.

Competent body in matters of civil protection: body of the regional or local Administration that, in accordance with the provisions of articles 16 and 17 and concordant, has the power to intervene in the procedure of approval and control of the self-protection plan of an activity .

Organizers: natural or legal persons, public or private, responsible for promoting and organizing the shows and activities that take place in the facilities regulated by this Decree.

Participants: number of people or members of the organization who participate in an activity carried out in an area or space that is not delimited.

Danger: frequency with which phenomena of a certain severity (intensity or magnitude) occur in an interval of time and in a certain space and that can foreseeably cause damage.

Owner of the activity: is the natural or legal person who operates the establishment, space, dependency or facility where the activities are carried out. She is responsible for preparing, implementing and keeping the plan updated and operational, as well as the corresponding administrative procedures.

Owner of the centre: is the natural or legal person who is the owner and who, therefore, is responsible for preparing, implementing and keeping the plan up-to-date and operational, as well as the corresponding administrative procedures.

Self-protection plan (PAU): in line with what is established in article 19 of the Civil Protection Law of Catalonia, the self-protection plan is the document that provides, for a certain activity, facility, center, establishment or dependency, the emergencies that may occur as a result of their own activity and response measures in situations of risk, catastrophes and public calamities that may affect them. Self-protection plans must be based on a risk analysis and must include it. In addition, they have to establish, together with the risks generated by the same activity, the coordination relationship with the territorial, special and specific plans that affect them.

Risk prevention and control: study and implementation of the necessary measures to keep under observation, avoid or reduce potential risk situations and the damage that may arise. Preventive actions can be established before the incident or emergency occurs, as a result of risk analysis and assessment, or after the emergency, based on the experience acquired.

First intervener: for the purposes of annex III.2, is the person with a professional obligation to respond to an emergency situation, which implies specific training in the type of response to provide and administrative authorization to use an AED.

Point of reception of external help: point where the means or services external to the activity are received.

Assembly point: concentration point of the evacuees.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR): set of measures that, during the resuscitation process, are applied to temporarily replace spontaneous breathing and circulation, mainly rescue breaths and chest compressions.

Review of the self-protection plan: action that consists of examining a self-protection plan in detail and making the necessary modifications to adapt it to the changes that may have occurred in the risk, or in the structure or operation. Self-protection plans must be reviewed whenever there is a substantial modification and within a maximum period of four years from their preparation.

Risk: eventuality of serious collective damage that can be produced by events of any nature.

It is usually expressed in expected annual losses or damages (such as victims/year or euros/year). It is also usually expressed quantitatively as the product of the probability that the event will occur multiplied by the expected damages.

Drill: consists of testing the activation, under fictitious conditions, of a civil protection plan, whether it is a self-protection plan for an activity/entity, a municipal emergency plan, a regional emergency plan or a set of them, to evaluate its functionality.

Dispatch drill: it is a drill where the decision-making of the main bodies defined in the plans is put to the test, both at the level of operational and strategic managers, for a correct resolution of the simulated emergency. There are no real actions but everything is simulated in offices (on paper).

Self-protection system: includes the entire set of actions and measures that aim to prevent and manage risks to people and property, and provide a sufficient response to possible emergency situations, as well as guarantee the integration of these actions into the system public civil protection

Typology of occupants: type of population, from a vulnerability point of view, for which the facility included within the scope of application of this Decree is intended: vulnerable population and highly vulnerable population.

Vulnerability: degree of predisposition of an element (person, building, etc.) to be affected by a phenomenon of a given severity (intensity or magnitude) and to suffer damage.

Area of ​​intervention: is one in which the consequences of accidents produce a level of damage that justifies the immediate application of protection measures. This zone is defined by the regulations on serious accidents and the estimate of its scope is carried out in accordance with the criteria of the Basic Civil Protection Directive for the control and planning of the risk of serious accidents involving dangerous substances, approved by Royal Decree 1196/2003, of September 19.

Alert zone: is one in which the consequences of accidents cause effects that, although perceptible by the population, do not justify intervention, except for critical population groups. This zone is defined by the regulations on serious accidents and the estimate of its scope is carried out in accordance with the criteria of the Basic Civil Protection Directive for the control and planning of the risk of serious accidents involving dangerous substances, approved by Royal Decree 1196/2003, of September 19.

 

Annex VII

complementarity

The self-protection plans established in this Decree or in other prevention and self-protection instruments of a similar nature, typical of civil protection matters, imposed by current regulations, which have to be carried out by the holders by virtue of the applicable sectoral regulations, shall be They can be merged into a single document for these purposes, when said union allows avoiding unnecessary duplication of information and the repetition of the work to be carried out by the owner or the competent authority, provided that all the essential requirements of this Decree are met.

In this sense, the person who owns the establishment who has already prepared a prevention and self-protection instrument based on other regulations must add that part of annex II that is not provided for in the aforementioned instrument.

 

Civil protection regulations for illustrative and non-exhaustive purposes:

1. Regulations for civil protection planning for the prevention of serious accidents. Regarding the activities, centers and establishments affected by the serious accident regulations, the self-protection plan must follow the index established by this Decree, and the periodic review period of this plan must be three years, according to what establishes Royal Decree 1254/1999.

The data that these activities have to incorporate in point 1.6.2.1 of the index of the self-protection plan are the following:

- Characteristics of substances

Substance

Total capacity (t)

 

Classify according to serious accidents (annex I

parts 1 and 2)

• danger no.
• UN No.
• risk phrases

 

- Expected risk scenarios, distances affected, if any, and possible domino effects.

The General Directorate responsible for industrial safety must be informed of the records of the self-protection plans of the establishments affected by the regulations on serious accidents when the record occurs, as well as of the performance of drills.

The activities affected by the serious accident regulations have to identify the vulnerable elements that may affect, in their environment, up to a distance of 500 m or the intervention area in cases where this is greater than 500 m.

2. Flood civil protection regulations. As regards hydraulic infrastructures, the emergency plans for dams established in the Basic Directive for civil protection against the risk of flooding have to adapt their content to what is established in this Decree.
3. Marine contamination. The content of the internal maritime plans regulated in Royal Decree 1695/2012 must be provided for in the corresponding chapters of the self-protection plan, referring to

forecasting and response to accidents for this type of risk.

4. Forest fires. The self-protection plans mentioned in Decree 64/1995, in Law 5/2003 and in Decree 123/2005 have to include, in addition to the risk of forest fire, the rest of the risks that affect the elements that are obliged to prepare. the self-protection plan. It is necessary for these plans to adapt their content so that they meet the minimum index established in Annex II of this Decree.

The processing of these self-protection plans must follow the procedure established in this Decree.

Sector regulations for illustrative and non-exhaustive purposes:

nuclear safety. With regard to nuclear and radioactive facilities, the internal emergency plans established by Royal Decree 1836/1999, of December 3, approving the Regulation on nuclear and radioactive facilities, must be considered as self-protection plans. The content of these plans must be adequately complemented so that they meet the minimum index established in Annex II of this Decree, establishing the particularities in terms of drills and communications that, in any case, must be made to the bodies established in this Decree.

 

Annex VIII

Catalog inclusion criteria

Generic criteria, in accordance with article 16, to declare an activity of interest to the civil protection of Catalonia:

 

The activities, facilities or dependencies not included in Annex I but that present a special risk, according to the criteria set forth below, may be included within the scope of application of this Decree and subject to the administrative procedure described in Article 20, through the reasoned resolution of the competent director general in matters of civil protection.

1. a) Vulnerable and very vulnerable elements located in the potentially possible serious accident intervention area of ​​the establishments affected by the serious accident regulations.
2. b) Very vulnerable elements, of this annex, located in the potentially possible serious accident alert area of ​​the establishments affected by the serious accident regulations.
3. c) Vulnerable and highly vulnerable elements located in the risk areas defined by the plans drawn up by the Generalitat, according to the nature of each risk. They will be defined in the Generalitat's own special plan.
4. d) Activities or centers that present a special risk for their occupants because they present conditions that complicate the access of the rescue and rescue services or because, due to their location with respect to the rescue and rescue services, they cannot receive assistance in a shorter period of time. twenty minutes.
5. e) Activities or centers that present a special risk for the internal or external population and that are defined as such in the territorial planning procedures.
6. f) Other activities or centers that present a special risk for the internal or external population.

 

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