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• BG 4 Benching Trainer Software
  6/12/2015 - PC software, Training materials
  3D virtual reality-based software to teach the benching process for the BG 4 self-contained breathing apparatus used in mine rescue.
• Escape respirator request for information (RFI)
  4/8/2021 - Notices
  Submit input by 6/30/2021 in response to a request for information (RFI) from industry and manufacturers about mine escape respirators
• Breathing Air Supply Partnership
  9/26/2017
  A partnership between the NIOSH Mining Program and its stakeholders to share refuge alternative solutions.
• Breathing Air Supplies Research
  3/30/2017 - Research projects
  A project to improve breathing air supplies by conducting a development program; exploring and identifying technologies in other fields that may be adapted; and designing, developing, and producing technology demonstrators.
• Technology News 555 - New Very High-Pressure Oxygen Cylinders for Use in Closed-Circuit Self-Contained Self-Rescuers (SCSRs)
  12/1/2016 - Technology News
  This Technology News describes the new, very high-pressue oxygen cylinders for use in SCSRs.
• Extending and Monitoring the Scrubber Performance in Escape and Rescue Mining Rebreathers
  7/19/2016 - Interagency agreements
  An interagency agreement to extend and monitor the scrubber performance in escape and rescue mining rebreathers.
• Efficiency Improvement Study of Mine Rescue Breathing Apparatus and Development of an Improved Prototype CCBA
  7/19/2016 - Interagency agreements
  An interagency agreement to investigate alternative system designs or current system modifications for mine rescue breathing apparatus, to determine the extent of potential efficiency improvements.
• New Vest Style Escape SCSR Through SCSR Efficiency Improvement Study
  5/23/2016 - Interagency agreements
  An interagency agreement to investigate efficiency improvements for pure oxygen breathing apparatuses used by miners in emergencies, namely SCSRs, and to develop an improved ergonomically designed SCSR.
• Breathing Air Supplies and Refuge Alternative Research at SME 2016
  2/19/2016 - News and announcements
  Learn about NIOSH breathing air supply research and refuge alternative recommendations at SME 2016.
• BG 4 Benching Training Software
  12/1/2015 - Non-peer reviewed journal articles
  This trade publication piece by NIOSH discusses the new BG 4 benching trainer software developed for mine rescue team members to practice assembly and testing of a Draeger BG 4 rescue breathing apparatus.