British Columbia Mine Rescue Manual
This manual is designed to provide basic training in the rescue procedures to be followed in the event of an accident at a surface or underground mining operation. The mining laws of British Columbia require that trained, properly equipped mine rescue teams be maintained at all mining operations, both surface and underground. To this end, the Province provides basic mine rescue training courses at mining properties so that miners will have an opportunity to learn the skills demanded of a mine rescue team.
This Mine Rescue Manual has evolved from the integration of revised editions of the General Underground Mine Rescue Manual (B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1977‑2) and the Surface Mine Rescue Manual (B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1981‑4). The original manual was compiled by R. Brow and T. Vaughan-Thomas of the Engineering and Inspection Branch of the Ministry, in cooperation with a steering committee drawn from the coal and metal‑mining industries in British Columbia.
Major portions of the 1998 edition and its 1999 supplement remain in this 2008 edition. Chapter 6 (formerly "Fire Emergencies") has been renamed "Fire", and this entire chapter has been supplied by the Alberta Mine Safety Association, which also supplied the Incident Command Section (14). The Justice Institute of BC supplied the Glossary for Incident Command.
Links to the web versions of the latest British Columbia Mine Rescue Manual are below. Printed copies are available for purchase through Crown Publications Inc.
