MERD — Mock Disaster
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Education
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Mine Safety and Health Administration
MERD — Mock Disaster DVD595 (Was VC926) - 1998 This video documents a Simulated Mine Emergency Problem held in an active mine with 7 mine rescue teams participating. The problem consists of a reported explosion with smoke coming out the return airways. The ventilation controls have been destroyed, 16 miners are unaccounted for, and the mine is located in a remote area. Company, state and federal inspectors, state and local police representatives, local emergency personnel, and a state life flight helicopter are used in the simulation. The video also discusses the lessons learned from the exercise.
- Archive
- Internet Archive, in FedFlix: US government films
- Licence or status
- Public domain (Creative Commons dedication), as the Internet Archive states it.
- Credit
- Mine Safety and Health Administration
- Language
- English
- Who can watch
- The archive gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Teens profiles and older, judged from its collection and subjects. How films are placed