Underground mine fire preparedness - Part 3 of 4: underground fire-fighting experiences and workers perceptions of training and readiness for fire-fighting: The Holmes Safety Association August 1997

This is the third in a series of four articles that discuss underground fire-fighting preparedness. As with the first two articles, it is based on interviews with 214 miners conducted at 7 underground coal mines (referred to as Mines A through G ) by researchers of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health s (NIOSH) Pittsburgh Research Center [Vaught et al. 1996]. In the first article, the authors presented an overview of the study conducted by NIOSH on mine fire response preparedness and provided a general perspective on underground mine fires. The second article discussed miners preparedness to evacuate a fire and their experience with incipient fires. In this article, we describe miners experience in fighting underground mine fires and present their perceptions of training and readiness for fire-fighting