SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Scranton firefighters took their training underground Thursday, literally, at the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour in McDade Park to prepare for the unexpected.

Scranton firefighters spent part of Tuesday at the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour in McDade Park training to extricate mine visitors in the event of an emergency. The training comes almost a year after ...

Mine rescue teams complete intense training in Havana Teams came from as far as Texas, Nevada, Tennessee and West Virginia. The Florida Public Safety Institute became a hub for real-life emergency ...

Mine rescue teams from across the nation flocked to Havana, Florida for the 6th annual Surface Mining Emergency Response Training and Competition. Skip to content. Something Good Submissions.

Liberia is preparing for a sweeping reboot of its mining sector, with a bold focus on safety reform as the starting point. This shift is being led by Assistant Minister for Mines, Carlos Eddison ...

Mine safety training at WVU started in 1913 with the formation of The Mining Extension, which has grown into an internationally recognized program winning at least eight major championships.

They’re part of the scenario at the International Surface Mine Rescue Competition, held in Gillette annually for the past 31 years. People are also reading… Al Simpson, a longtime US Senator ...

ABINGDON, Va. — Mine rescue teams from across Appalachia convened at the Southwest Virginia Higher Ed Center in Abingdon on Wednesday for the inaugural Overmountain Mine Rescue Meet.

LOGAN COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - During dangerous situations in a coal mine, safety teams are called out and miners are evacuated. Having training to handle dangerous, high pressure and stressful ...

Mining industry deaths hit a near-decade high last year. Most occurred in surface mines, like strip or open-pit mines, but there are fewer opportunities to train above-ground miners for rescues.

- The Assistant Minister for Mines, Carlos Eddison Tingban, has pledged sweeping reforms to Liberia's mine safety systems, following his return from a rigorous two-week technical training in Beijing, ...

The Stilfontein rescue and recovery operation also resulted in the retrieval of 78 bodies, making it one of the biggest illegal mine rescue and recovery operations, at a vertical depth of 1 280 m ...