Surface Training Operations Manager – Mark Freeman
Underground Mines Rescue Training Round 6 has now been completed here at the station with the CAREvent open circuit oxygen therapy unit as the primary focus. Good attendance was recorded on most training days. Preparation is underway for the first round of 2018 to be hosted at the station. The underground mines rescue coordinators meeting was also conducted in November [...]
Leading Rescue 24/7 September Newsletter
It is a pleasure to welcome you to the QMRS newsletter for quarter 3, 2017. Hosting the EK Healy Cup at our Dysart Station was a highlight of the quarter, with the extensive planning and preparation by all staff and assessors producing a quality event that provided great access and understanding for those visitors and guests who made the journey [...]
Team Member Representative – Shaun Dando
The third QMRS Board of Directors meeting for 2017 was held in Blackwater during August. We took the opportunity to have a look at the progress of “Boonal Station” which was purchased by QMRS in January this year, with the plan to move from the existing Blackwater Rescue Station in the coming years. There has been a fair bit of [...]
Operations Manager Equipment – Brent Stewart
Trials have been conducted on the XAM 7000 to investigate the use and validity of using a water trap in conjunction with the hood and dust filter on the unit. About half of our gas detectors were utilised in the testing with positive results being found for the potential introduction of this new addition to our atmospheric monitoring. Further information [...]
Operations Manager – Ray Smith
19th September - What does it mean to you? Today it reconfirmed why Mines Rescue means so much to me and why I started out as a volunteer many years ago and to take that passion to where it leads me today. Every year on the 19th September people gather to remember those who have lost their lives in mining, with [...]
Education Manager – Paul McCarthy
Open Cut Coal ERT Curriculum Growth QMRS has responded to industry requests for additional open cut coal ERT courses with two new competency compliant courses: a stand-alone compressed air breathing apparatus (CABA) training program and an Enter and Work in Confined Spaces – Confined Space Rescue course. The CABA course is compliant with PUAFIR207B Operate breathing apparatus open circuit and [...]