Emergency responders successfully removed a coal employee who was trapped on an earth-fill embankment. Four workers recently rescued an amphibious excavator operator who became stranded for seven...
Category - Emergency Vehicles
There is a range of emergency vehicles used in mines rescue and recovery activities. Including mining ambulances, mines rescue robots and mines rescue drones.
Mines rescue emergency vehicles are designed to operate in complex rescue environments that may include irrespirable atmospheres, explosive dust, explosives gases, flooded roadways. The selection of an appropriate vehicle for rescuers to use will typically be controlled by an incident management team after considering the environment and operating parameters for the vehicle to be operated.
Mining sites may typically have one or several emergency vehicles including fire appliances, ambulances, underground ambulances (for use in underground environments where roof areas are limited or flammable gases exist). These vehicles are fitted with a range of medical equipment to treat conditions at the site before the transfer of a patient to a more advanced medical facility.
Sites may also deploy a number of other vehicular equipment to assist with an emergency. The use of remotely piloted drones and robots has been used in past rescue attempts.
This section covers the use of emergency vehicles at mining sites and includes research and case studies associated with the use of emergency vehicles in mining.
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