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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-09-10, Page 38PAGE 6B-GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY ((SEPTEMBER dO, 1986 (I\?ICH HOLDINGS LTD. Mr. J. Kenneth Morley. President of Kitnrich Holdings Ltd. k pleased t announce that Mrs. 'I''oreen McNeil has been appointed Manager of Maple Grove Lodge. Goderich, ef- fective September 2, 1956. Maple Grove Lodge is a 25 bed retirement home, loc ,'ted at 45 Nelson St. E., Goderich. Forinformation please call r visit MAPLE GROVE LODGE 45 Nelson Street E. Goderich 524-5610 • On delivery $t.01) Sitting I'ee Per Person *Approximate Measurements. ne Offer Per Family • cl►eerfully refunded. **acer2reefedet,MET HOURS: September Wed. Thurs.. .Fri. . Sat. 10 11 1? 13 10-8 10-8 10-.8 10-5 397 Bayfield Rd., Suncoast Mall, Goderich, Ontario Feature Go erich man to compete innational mine n cha .-.-iApionships i11 ®C ���� BY SUSAN HUNDERTMARK When an Ontario mine rescue team enters the national mine rescue competi- tion for the first time this year, Brian MacKenzie, of Goderich will be one of eight men representing Ontario. The -captain of the mine rescue team from the Domtar Sifto Salt Mine in town, MacKenzie left for Sudbury on Friday for a 10 day training session before he and the rest of the Ontario team leave for Naniamo, B.C. for a two day competition against teams from nine other provinces. "It's the 20th national competition but the first time Ontario has sent a team. It will be wild if we win it. I'm really excited about it," he says. Though he's never been involved in an actual rescue after a real mine disaster, MacKenzie has been participating in mine rescue competitions for three of the five years he's worked at the Goderich salt mine as a scaler and back -checker. Of three district competitions and one provin- cial competition, he's been captain for three of the them. The competitions begin with a written examination. After that, each team has its turn reporting to the mine rescue room where a briefing officer outlines the details of a "disaster" including whether it "in- volves an explosion, an electrical or equip ment fire, how many people are to be rescued and what is a suggested plan of at- tack. Because most mines in the country are multi-level, unlike the Goderich salt mine, the disasters often involve more than one level. The team will then prepare the rescue equipment which could include breathing apparatus, a gas detector, a flame safety lamp, a stretcher and first aid supplies. Choosing the proper equipment in ap- propriate amounts is taken into considera- tion by the judges. Once underground, the captain is the person to make the decisions. The team will go about their rescue of the "victims" and report on their progress from every phone location. During the rescue, every team member must watch for the special hazards of the disaster such as methane gas levels, the presence of other gases, fire and cave-ins. Sometimes, a team's planned rescue route will be blocked by a cave-in and the team must find a way around the obstacle. The amount of time each team takes to make the rescue is also under considera- tion. A team is penalized if it goes beyond the average time plus a five minute grace period. To make sure that no team has an ad- vantage over another, the teams are lock- ed up in isolation before they perform their Brian MacKe..... z nzine, of Goderich, has been studying hard to prepare for the national mine rescue competition in Naniamo, B.C. (photo by Susan Hundertmark) rescues so they don't know what's "You really do learn a lot doing mine • happening. rescues. And, to be involved, you really "During competitions, everyone's pretty have to want to do it because you're often keen. The adrenaline's flowing pretty good doing the same things all the time," he before a rescue," says MacKenzie. says. Another part of the competition involves ' Despite the rigorous repetition, , going into a large smoke-filled room and MacKenzie says the training is necessary findings a number of "victims" whose con- to help the team members come together • dition or location you don't know. as a team. To train for the national competition, the "We've never worked together before so provincial team will be working intensive- we'll be training together day in and day ly for 10 days starting each morning and out. We trained like that for 13 days for the afternoon with a written examination. provincial competition and you'd think the Each day will also involve a different mine guys would be battling with each other but rescue, gas testing, first aid, going into the' they really pull together," he says. smoke chamber, preparing equipment and MacKenzie also says being involved with , fire -fighting. mine rescue competitions gives him "In Sudbury, we'll be fighting actual valuable experience for, his job at the Sifto ' fires on the surface. It'll be good ex- salt mine. perience," says MacKenzie. "The guys trained in mine rescue would A letter sent by MacKenzie's trainer become the leaders in an emergency. We said he should study hard and exercise dai- take an awful ribbing during drills since ly since thetraining will be "rigorous and we're the first ones to the surface. But, if continuous." 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