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• 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.
• Development of an Improved Mine Escape Breathing Apparatus through Efficiency Improvement Study of Current Self-Rescuers
  7/18/2016 - Interagency agreements
  An interagency agreement to reduce the size, weight, and ergonomic impact of SCSRs.
• Development and Testing of a Mine Escape Vehicle (MEV)
  7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to acquire, prototype construct, test, and evaluatue Mine Escape Vehicle (MEV) subsystem components along with their integration into the MEV vehicle platform.
• 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.
• Rescue Technologies and Training
  9/22/2015 - Research areas
  Rescue Technologies and Training Topic Page
• Technology News 553 - Interactive BG 4 Training Software Reinforces Skills for Benching Mine Rescue Breathing Apparatus
  8/1/2015 - Technology News
  The BG 4 Benching Trainer software helps to reinforce the critical skills that mine rescue team members must possess to accurately bench closed-circuit breathing apparatus and keep mine rescue team members safe during mine emergencies.
• New Equipment and Protocol for Drilling Large-Diameter Rescue Boreholes
  7/21/2015 - Unpublished documents and reports
  A feature story about new equipment and protocol for drilling large-diameter rescue boreholes.
• Rapid Rescue Drilling Equipment Transferred to National Mine Health and Safety Academy
  6/16/2015 - News and announcements
  A feature story about the transfer of rapid rescue drilling equipment to the National Mine Health and Safety Academy.
• Development of a Model to Determine Oxygen Consumption When Crawling
  1/1/2015 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A report on the development of linear regression models that can be used to determine peak and average oxygen consumption rates as well as total oxygen consumption.
• BG 4 Breathing Apparatus Training Software Released
  12/29/2014 - News articles
  The BG 4 Benching Trainer Software is an interactive software program developed by NIOSH and targeted as reinforcement training of benching competencies for mine rescue personnel.