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• Cryogenic Life Support Technology Development Project
  7/18/2016 - Interagency agreements
  An interagency agreement to develop cryogenic breathing apparatus and supply/filling systems for mine escape, rescue, and refuge.
• Enhancing Mine Workers' Self-escape by Integrating Competency Assessment into Training
  6/1/2015 - Reports of Investigations
  NIOSH researchers completed in-depth interviews with nine coal mine safety trainers about teaching and assessing Self-escape competencies (SEC). Based on the results recommendations are provided to improve training, assessment, and maintenance of SEC.
• Smart Escape SCBA
  2/6/2015 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to develop a “smart” self-contained open circuit breathing apparatus (SCBA) that protects against threat gasses and provides an extended duration of life-sustaining oxygen inhale stream by monitoring the surrounding atmosphere.
• Sprinkler Head Emergency Communications
  10/6/2014 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to evaluate a fiber optic sprinkler head emergency communications system to determine if this concept can meet the communication, tracking, mine escape, and rescue requirements of an underground communication system.
• Inundations Can Put Miners at Risk by Blocking Escape Routes
  9/28/2012 - News articles
  Inundation, or water suddenly entering a mine, is not that uncommon.
• Lifeline Tactile Signal Flashcards
  8/1/2011 - Training materials
  Flashcards for practicing the lifeline tactile signals with the miners at your mine.
• Validation of the Ventgraph Program for Use in Metal/Non-metal Mines
  6/1/2010 - Conference papers
  This study's goal was to validate the use of Ventgraph in a deep M/NM mine fire and illustrate its use as a valuable tool in mine ventilation, fire, and evacuation planning.
• Expectations Training for Miners using Self-Contained Self-Rescuers in Escape from Underground Coal Mines
  10/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This study investigated human response issues related to wearing a self-contained self-rescuer(SCSR). The goal was to develop training to educate miners on what they could expect from their units during an escape.
• The Critical Ventilation Velocity in Tunnel Fires - A Computer Simulation
  4/1/2005 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Discusses a study that used a CFD program (fire dynamics simulator) based on large eddy simulations (LES) to model floor-level fires in a ventilated tunnel. The CFD results are compared with two simple theories of critical ventilation.
• Safety Concerns Associated With the Use of Electrically Powered Haulage to Remove Workers from Mines During Main Fan Stoppages
  10/1/2002 - Conference papers
  The roles of main mine fans in underground mines are to induce airflow and continuously remove hazardous gases and dust. This paper concentrates on those mines having only one fan to provide ventilation needs.