Underground Rescue: Equipped for Every Emergency
—Every mine is different and yet they all have one thing in common: if an emergency occurs, the goal is to get everyone to safety quickly. Mining rescue plans depends on a variety of factors including whether the site involves an open-pit mine, above or underground rescue, metal/non-metal mines. The mining rescue equipment and solutions you use will be as unique as your own mine.
Emergency Escape
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Safe escape plan in an emergency
Within the scope of the risk assessment, the specific risks associated with a particular method of mining and the type of resource mined must be analyzed. This assessment forms the basis for the escape and rescue concepts to be used in the mine.
Effective Escape and Emergency Response Planning
Every mine has its own design – and, because of this, needs its own, unique emergency response plan. Spacial and technical considerations are taken into account such as: the mining methods and products, length and character of rescue routes, location of escape shafts, etc. All of these factors influence the concrete plans, measures, equipment and training required. However, rescue plans are ever evolving and must be constantly adapted to new developments in and around the mine.
Solutions for escape and rescue concepts in the mining industry
Dräger Oxy SR: How to Use
Dräger Mine Refuge Chamber Solutions
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Emergency management at your side
We invest in training and equipment. It pays off when something goes wrong.
Getting out safely – our escape solutions
At Dräger, we know that sudden and fully unplanned situations with hazardous substances can occur within seconds and that no escape scenario is the same.
Panic – or cool, calm and collected?
Three myths about human behaviour during emergencies
Mine Refuge Chamber Solutions
Two chamber concepts, various opportunities, one goal: Maximum safety. Dräger has decades of experience in the development of refuge chambers and have built them specifically to meet all safety and mine requirements, and local standards.
Rescue Chambers FAQ
In case of an emergency in an underground mine, the escape way to the surface or a meeting point might be blocked or the conditions underground too difficult to initially escape. Refuge chambers provide mine workers access to clean air and temporary protection until they can be rescued. This list of FAQs offers a few facts to consider when incorporating refuge chambers in your emergency response plan.
Emergency Response
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Emergency response and mines rescue
When an alarm goes off, everything runs at top speed: from the search for source of the alarm to the communication with the emergency control center. Safety management must quickly decide what options within the mine emergency plan are viable and, if necessary what escape or rescue measures for effected mine workers should be taken. High levels of knowledge and experience are needed, as well as the optimal provision of reliable safety and rescue equipment.
Surface Mines Rescue
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Surface Mines Rescue
Surface mining environments can be hazardous, with a range of potential dangers including unstable terrain, toxic gases, explosive materials and heavy machinery. Therefore, surface mines rescue teams must be highly trained and need optimal and reliable safety and rescue equipment to ensure their own safety as well as the safety of those they are rescuing.
Article - Remote challenges conquered through operational expertise
The mine rescue team at McArthur River Mine in Northern Australia has unique challenges to cover. Considered as one of the continent’s most remote mining operations, good preparation and modern equipment are all the more important.
We interviewed Kel Bendeich, head of the mine rescue service, to learn more.
Surface Mines Rescue Brochure
With a dedicated focus on firefighting, technical rescue, first aid, hazmat incidents, confined space entry (CSE), and equipment maintenance, we provide a holistic approach to safety and preparedness in the challenging environment of Surface Mines.
Deep Mining
Mines change and evolve. They become longer and deeper, more complex. These changes need to taken into account, when engineering new processes but it is also a challenge for mines rescue teams. In case of a mine emergency, they gain an overview of the situation, evaluate potential risks, examine different scenarios and then decide – based on the specific mine emergency response plan – on the optimal rescue mission.
Mines Rescue Vehicle - Dräger MRV 9000
The Dräger MRV 9000 is the answer in an ever-changing mining environment. Innovative and customer driven – this Mine Rescue Vehicle is a unique solution in the field of mines rescue worldwide.
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