Obstacle courses, rope rescue and firefighting SA国际影视传媒� these sorts of heroics arenSA国际影视传媒檛 common in the workplace, but Northern miners will be putting their training on display this summer in the annual Mine Rescue competition.

The WorkersSA国际影视传媒� Safety and Compensation CommissionSA国际影视传媒檚 61st Mine Rescue Competition takes place from June 1 to June 2 this summer at the Multiplex and Fieldhouse grounds in Yellowknife.

In underground mining tests, two teams from Nunavut will compete against one from the NWT. In surface mining competitions, two from the NWT will compete against two from Nunavut and one from northern Ontario.

Every other year, the winning team moves on to the Western Regionals in Fernie, BC, but this year is the off-year.

SA国际影视传媒�The competition consists of the following tasks,SA国际影视传媒� said Maggie Collins, communications manager for the WSCC, SA国际影视传媒淲ritten examination, bench test of equipment, work in smoke, first aid, firefighting, rope rescue and obstacle and recovery.

SA国际影视传媒�Because the tasks drills could consist of one, some, or all of (those) drills, team training must cover a broad spectrum of skills.SA国际影视传媒�

She said a big aspect of the competition is being able to complete one task and then move on to the next one, which might be a very different scenario.

Last year, the best overall surface team was De BeersSA国际影视传媒� Gahcho Ku茅 and the best overall underground team was Diavik Diamond Mine.

Last year was the 60th anniversary of the competition, which introduces some game theory to making safety a priority in the workplace.

WSCC president Dave Grundy wrote in his blog that a wooden structure SA国际影视传媒� part of an underground mining simulation SA国际影视传媒� almost blew over in the wind and volunteers, team members and organizers all banded together to hold the thing in place, while gusts battered against it, so competitors could finish the exercise.

As in a rescue situation at a remote Northern mine, itSA国际影视传媒檚 all about quick thinking and teamwork.

FACT FILE: Mine Rescue competitors

Surface Teams

• Dominion Diamond Mines, NWT
• De Beers CanadaSA国际影视传媒檚 Gahcho Ku茅 Mine, NWT
• Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation, Nunavut
• Agnico EagleSA国际影视传媒檚 Meadowbank, Nunavut
• De Beers CanadaSA国际影视传媒檚 Victor Mine, Ontario

Underground Teams

• Diavik Diamond Mine, NWT
• Agnico EagleSA国际影视传媒檚 Meliadine, Nunavut
• TMAC Resources Inc.SA国际影视传媒檚 Hope Bay Mine, Nunavut