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The Grade 2 listed building housing Houghton Le Spring Mines Rescue Station opened in 1913 and is still part of the British Mines Rescue Service. Altofts Colliery manager, W.E. Garforth suggested using a "gallery" to test rescue apparatus and train rescuers in 1899 and one was built at his pit in Altofts West Yorkshire. It cost £13,000. [3]
The International Mines Rescue Competition (IMRC) is a biennial event which facilitates the testing of underground emergency response capability across global mining and Mine Rescue jurisdictions. The competition is held by the governing mine rescue body of the host nation or jurisdiction.
This became the first Army Mine-Rescue School. Clifford was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1917 for what he had achieved. [11] From July 1916, under Logan's new organisation, the second Army Mine-Rescue School was established at Armentières. This allowed the British to deploy a system of mines rescue, where no mining shaft was ...
The Edward Medal was a British civilian decoration which was instituted by royal warrant on 13 July 1907 [1] to recognise acts of bravery of miners and quarrymen in endangering their lives to rescue their fellow workers. [2] The medal was named in honour of King Edward VII.
Media related to Mine rescue at Wikimedia Commons Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. C. 2010 Copiapó mining accident (16 P, 1 F)
The area's trained mine rescue teams were alerted, though there were delays in doing so which were later suggested to reflect management disorganisation. [18] In the interim many volunteers from the area's mines were sent below to assist: a manager from another colliery, sent down at about 4:30 am, described his attempts to extinguish the fires.
The Holditch Colliery disaster was a coal mining accident on 2 July 1937, in Chesterton, Staffordshire, England, in which 30 men died and eight were injured.It was caused by a fire and subsequent explosions, and was exacerbated by a decision from management to risk the lives of mine workers to try to save the coal seam.
The incident led to the Mines (Precautions Against Inrushes) Regulations 1979 (PAIR), requiring examination of records held by the Natural Environment Research Council which might be relevant to proposed workings [and] diligent enquiry into other sources of information which may be available, e.g. from geological memoirs, archives, libraries and persons with knowledge of the area and its history.