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7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to deliver working prototypes of docking and switch-over valves that will be used in the next generation of escape breathing apparatus.
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7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to develop and demonstrate a methodology for the uniform evaluation of tracking technologies in underground coal mines.
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7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to evaluate SureWave Technology's seismic system for locating trapped miners by conducting tests at depths of 2,000 ft or more and under various challenging but common conditions.
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5/23/2016 - Interagency agreementsAn 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.
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4/29/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA capacity-building contract to investigate safety aspects of mine ventilation through technical development and training.
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9/22/2015 - Research areasRescue Technologies and Training Topic Page
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9/1/2015 - Non-peer reviewed journal articlesThis trade publication piece by NIOSH discusses how MSHA standards for rations, supplies, and sanitation facilities are addressed by various refuge alternative manufacturers.
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10/6/2014 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA 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.
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8/14/2014 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to incorporate a wireless base station into the MagneLink Magnetic Communication System (MCS) and to develop a mechanism that automatically activates a portable wireless text messaging device when a refuge chamber is opened or deployed.
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7/17/2014 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA capacity-building contract to minimize mine fires through further study of mine fire occurrence and behavior, devise firefighting methods, and train graduate students in mine engineering and fire engineering.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program