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• Ideas from the Field: Training Responsible Persons to Lead and Succeed
  4/1/2018 - Non-peer reviewed journal articles
  A trade publication article that focuses on the need for coal miners to designate an on-site responsible person (RP) during a mine emergency.
• The ABCs of KSAs
  1/1/2018 - Non-peer reviewed journal articles
  A trade publication article on assessing the self-escape knowledge, skills and abilities of coal miners.
• 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.
• Fire Fighting
  3/20/2017 - Research areas
  Fire Fighting Topic Page
• Technology Upgrade of the Sarcos Snake Robot
  11/28/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to provide a technology upgrade to the Sarcos snake robot that was built to assist in mine emergencies.
• Gemini-Scout Mine Rescue Vehicle Update
  11/23/2016 - Interagency agreements
  This contract empowered Sandia Laboratories to update and improve three Gemini-Scout Mine Rescue vehicles for use in the field.
• Underground Vehicle Guidance Technology Refinement
  11/22/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to aid miners who, during an emergency underground evacuation, have to travel through obscured visual conditions.
• Mine Escape Vehicle Concept Investigation
  11/16/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to provide a design for a Mine Escape Vehicle to facilitate rapid escape of personnel from an underground mine in an emergency. The design for the vehicle will include components for vehicle platform, life support, navigation, and communication.
• NIOSH Self-Escape and Rescue Webinar
  10/25/2016 - Calls for participation
  Reserve a spot now to attend a webinar Sept. 8 on mine rescue and self-escape.
• Investigation of Enhanced Refuge Alternatives
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to provide the underlying scientific evidence that addresses, minimizes, and, where possible, eliminates the concerns miners have about using a refuge alternative after a mine disaster.