Mining Publication: A Global Inventory of Mine Rescue Training Facilities: Compendium of Ideas to Improve U.S. Coal Mine Rescue Training
Original creation date: February 2009
In response to recent mining disasters and new mine rescue team legislation, NIOSH researchers conducted meetings across the United States with mine emergency response experts to investigate current needs and issues. Some of the issues include emergency response preparedness, mine rescue contests, real-life training capabilities, and training facilities. Many new teams are being formed that must be trained for mine rescue team competitions as well as be ready to respond to a variety of mine emergencies including a fire or explosion, a massive roof collapse, mine inundations, or vertical shaft rescue situations. Therefore, it is important that these teams are adequately prepared and trained. This paper presents a summary of domestic and international coal mine rescue training facilities and identifies those that provide unique, real-life, and/or state-of-the-art training. Research findings from this report will be used in further NIOSH investigations to improve coal mine rescue training.
Authors: SB Bealko, DW Alexander, LL Chasko, RL Grayson
Conference Paper - February 2009
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20035107
2009 SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit, February 22-25, Denver, Colorado, preprint 09-101. Littleton, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 2009; :1-7
See Also
- Development of a Gas Monitor Simulator and Mine Rescue Contest Field Trials
- Fire Fighting
- Mine Rescue and Response
- Mine Rescue Training Facility Inventory - Compendium of Ideas to Improve US Coal Mine Rescue Training
- Mine Rescue Training Simulations and Technology
- An Oral History Analysis of Mine Emergency Response
- Refuge Alternatives in Underground Coal Mines
- Refuge Chamber Deployment and Occupancy Status During Mine Emergency Situations
- Rescue Technologies and Training
- Sprinkler Head Emergency Communications
- System Reliability and Environmental Survivability
- Page last reviewed: 9/21/2012
- Page last updated: 9/21/2012
- Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program