Mine rescue volunteers from Algoma, Kirkland Lake, Onaping, Red Lake, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Timmins and southern Ontario competed in the 2023 mine rescue district competitions and Ontario Mine Rescue (OMR) recently announced the winners.
The district competitions took place May 10 to 12, and winners will move on to the provincial competition which will take place from June 13 to 16 in Hagersville, Ont.
Mine rescue team members are volunteer mine workers trained by mine rescue officers to respond to all types of mine emergencies including fires, explosions and falls of ground. During the exercise, five-member teams had to extinguish a small fire and then had to find and rescue a severely injured miner who had suffered a critical injury during a mine collapse.
OMR, a part of Workplace Safety North, operates under the authority of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Headquartered in Sudbury, Ont., OMR staffs, equips and maintains a network of mine rescue stations across the province that ensure mines within a specified geographic area have adequate emergency response capability, indicates a release.Newmont Borden Mine team.
“The competitions are an important way to keep skills and practices up to date,” said Ted Hanley, vice-president of mine rescue and emergency services at Workplace Safety North, in a statement. “The scenarios are designed to evaluate knowledge and are a great chance for the teams to collaborate and learn from each other.”
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