Strategic Plan – QMRS 2020 Vision
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Inertisation Operations Manager – Clive Hanrahan – December
Since out last newsletter, the GAG team has completed another stage of the commissioning of our General Electric engine. The automation is now complete and testing carried out confirms it is working well. The engine is considerably different to our old engines and will take quite a bit of getting used to. The engine shows [...]
Operations Manager – Ray Smith – December
QMRS delivered yet another successful MEMS course which was held in November with mines sending attendees from Grosvenor Mine, Oaky No 1, North Goonyella and George Fisher Mine. The new manual was presented at this course with the new scenarios due in February 2017 QMRS is currently working on opencut and metalliferous underground scenarios. Level [...]
Our Queensland Mines Rescue Service Future
It has taken us over 100 years to get to where we are today. With our new look web site, and an upcoming members’ portal, our services have never looked so good or been so easy to use. Next month we will be launching a new members’ portal. Through the portal, you will have access [...]
IMRB Germany 2015
The 7th International Mines Rescue Body Conference will be held in Germany in 2015. In September 2015, mine rescue experts from across the world will meet in Hanover, Germany, for the International Mines Rescue Body Conference (IMRB) sponsored by the Dräger company. IMRB conferences are a unique opportunity for subject matter experts to meet peers [...]
Team Representative Election 2014
Chief Executive Officer Wayne Hartley is pleased to announce Shaun Dando has been re-elected on the QMRS Board in the position of Team Member Representative for an additional three years. QMRS looks forward to working closely with Shaun again. Congratulations Shaun.
2014 Mines Rescue Competition
From Kestrel Mine near Emerald in Central Queensland, a mine rescue team has taken out third place at the International Mines Rescue Competition in Poland. Please click on the link below to view the full publication… http://mininglink.com.au/story/mine-takes-3rd-place-in-international-mines-rescue-competition
Mines Rescue and the Great War Pt 2
Early in 1915, in response to the activities of the German forces in mining under the allied positions at the Western Front, companies of the Royal Engineers and the allied forces reluctantly began countermining on a small scale. Specialised tunneling companies were formed for the task and many miners were recruited for the underground work. [...]
Mines Rescue and the Great War Pt 1
With the centenary of World War 1 fast approaching, I decided to dig further into the information I gathered during the writing of our 100 year book, regarding the involvement of mines rescue and the military during this war. Such was the secrecy of the tunneling operations that, even to this day, the majority of [...]