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• Update on Refuge Alternatives: Research, Recommendations, and Underground Deployment
  12/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This document highlights NIOSH's research and recommendations concerning refuge alternatives, survivability evaluations of refuge chambers, and presents a brief review of the current deployment of refuge chambers in underground coal mines in the U.S.
• Review of the Phoenix of Natural Disasters: Community Resilience
  6/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This article is a review of the book The Phoenix of Natural Disasters: Community Resilience.
• 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.
• NIOSH Docket Number 125: Refuge Alternative Research
  2/1/2008 - Catalogs and indexes, NIOSH/USBM numbered publications
  This docket contains the supporting information and key reference materials for the report NIOSH prepared summarizing its research into refuge alternatives in underground coal mines.
• Research Report on Refuge Alternatives for Underground Coal Mines
  12/1/2007 - Unpublished documents and reports
  Section 13 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006 ("MINER Act"), PL 109-236, required NIOSH to conduct "research, including field tests, concerning the utility, practicality, survivability, and cost of various refuge alternatives...
• Application of Gas-Enhanced Foam at the Excel No. 3 Mine Fire
  6/1/2005 - Conference papers
  This paper presents a discussion of the firefighting approach at the Excel No. 3 Mine and an analysis of the results of the application of gas-enhanced foam technology.
• Evaluation of Gas-Enhanced Foam for Suppressing Coal Mine Fires
  6/1/2005 - Conference papers
  NIOSH, in cooperation with U.S. Foam Technologies, Inc., conducted a series of experiments at its Lake Lynn Experimental Mine to study the stability, transport, control, and fire extinguishing effectiveness of nitrogen-enhanced foam technology.
• 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.
• Technology News 507 - NIOSH Safety Talk: The Emergency Communication Triangle
  9/1/2004 - Technology News
  The "Emergency Communication Triangle" safety talk focuses on the content of emergency warning messages. It presents a procedure using mental cues that can be used by senders and receivers of emergency warnings.
• 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.