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Top End locals get a chance to see Australia’s best mine rescuers in action this weekend
Mining companies will test their world-leading rescue skills under the pressures of real life emergency situations in Darwin on the weekend during the annual Northern Australia Emergency Response Competition (NAERC).
With simulated fire-fighting, first aid, rescue from heights, breathing apparatus skills, underground search and rescue, hazardous materials and road accident rescue scenarios on offer, Territorians will get a chance to see Australia’s best mine rescue teams in action.
NAERC’s motto is ‘The minute saved through practice, could be the minute needed to save a life’. The Australian mining industry’s number one value and commitment is the safety and health of its workforce, where everyone who goes to work in the industry returns home safe and healthy, and the industry is committed to becoming free of fatalities and injuries.