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Volume 8 No. 18
Friday, May 5, 2017
PCS Lanigan put emergency crews to the test By Becky Zimmer Journal Editor
PotashCorp Lanigan Emergency crews were once again competing to represent Lanigan at the 2017 annual In-Plant Emergency Response Competition on April 27. Four teams competed to see who could be the best in first aid, firefighting, and other mine specific rescue problems. These are things that the teams have been training for all year, says Rob Jackson, PCS Lanigan General Manager. “All these teams, we try to keep them together throughout the year and they do training on different aspects of mine rescue...This is a way for them to showcase their skills.” Team Blue made up of Mark Nivon (Captain), Jory Vanthuyne, Chris McLaren, Cody Kennedy, and Devin Toews would take home the honours and will now represent PCS Lanigan at the Provincial Mine Rescue Competition in June in Saskatoon as well as the firefighter rodeo in the fall. Emergency crews are made up of all volunteers from the mine that take on extra training such as rope, first aid, and fire fighting. Members also take these skills out into the community, which is a big win for everybody, says Jackson. Teams are also made up of members with different skills, like electricians. “There’s a high potential that you may have to do something with power, lock it out or do something else, so it’s nice to have that experience.” Other members may include those from operations, which is beneficial when equipment operation is vital in a rescue. It works well to have a complement of people
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Clint Turner, Rick Bergermann, and Dustin Hartman of Green Team work on casualty Francis White during the First Aid portion of the PCS Lanigan In-Plant Emergency Response Competition on April 27. Four teams from PCS Lanigan competed to represent the mine at the Provincial competition in Saskatoon at the beginning of June with Blue Team taking away the honours. photo by Becky Zimmer making up the team, says Jackson. Having an emergency underground is much different than having one above ground. Some of the tunnels at PCS Lanigan can be as far as an hour from the main shaft, the only way in and out of the mine, so travel time is just one of the things that emergency crews have to think about during an emergency. The majority of the Lanigan arena ice surface was taken up by a simulated mine problem where crews had to assess the area for hazards, people, and air quality to “restore the mine to its original condition,” says the competition pamphlet.
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Before members go into the problem they are briefed on the situation. People are trained during an emergency to call an emergency line and give any information they can, like the status of any fires and their own location as well as any other miner locations that they know of. This is the information that will be given to the emergency response Captain in the briefing before they even enter an emergency situation, says Jackson. “The Captains are all trained to ask additional information on power, ventilation, ground control, things like that that may help them when they go into the mine.” Continued on page 4
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