Archive MNM and Coal Mine Rescue Contests

Mine rescue contests are designed to sharpen skills and test the knowledge of team members who would be called on to respond to a mine emergency. The contest requires team members to solve a hypothetical problem while being timed and observed by judges according to complex rules.

For 2024

Local Contest Listing

Contest Rules

Technician Team Rules
Preshift Rules
BG4
Biopak 240R
Coal Mine Rescue Rules (Revised 2-27-2024)
MNM Mine Rescue Rules
First Aid

For 2023

Local Contest Listing

Contest Rules:

Scorecards:

Coal:

Combined Coal and MNM:

MNM:

For 2022

Coal Mine Rescue Contests

For 2021

Local Contest Listing

For 2020

Local Contest Listing
The 2020 Coal Mine Rescue Rules training and the meeting in regards to the “future format” of mine rescue competitions that were scheduled to be conducted on April 1 & 2 at the National Mine Health & Safety Academy in Beckley, WV are cancelled due to the continuing precautions being taken regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. Although there are minimal changes to the rules this year, please review them and if you have any questions or concerns, email Ron Burns at Burns.Ronald@dol.gov by April 15, 2020.

Contest Rules

Bench Resources

For 2019

Local Contest Listing

Contest Rules

Contest Results

Bench Resources

Scorecards:

Mine Rescue:

First Aid:

Bench:

Preshift:

Preshift

Mine Rescue Skills:

Skill Card

Contest Problems

Metal/Nonmetal Mine Rescue Contests

Metal/Nonmetal Mine Rescue Contests

For 2018

For 2017

National Metal/Nonmetal Mine Rescue Contest Rules

On October 25 and October 26, 2016 the Metal and Nonmetal Mine Rescue Contest Rules Committee met at the National Mine Health and Safety Academy in Beckley, West Virginia. The purpose of the meeting was to review the current Contest Rules and make any needed changes. Each substantive change contained in the final draft (highlighted in red text) was approved by a majority vote of the participating Industry Mine Rescue Associations. Several additional minor edits were made for clarity and proper spelling and did not require a vote. The final draft has been submitted to the Mine Academy for publication. When the new rulebooks have been printed, they will be sent to the Metal and Nonmetal Districts for distribution to the respective Mine Rescue Associations for use during the 2017 and 2018 mine rescue contest seasons, including the 2018 National Contest.

Local Contest Listing
Map Symbols
- Base Map (Visio File)
- Stencil (Visio File)
Local Contest Results
- Northern Mine Rescue Contest Results

For 2016

Contest Results
BioPak 240 R

National Mine Rescue Contest

Coal Mine Rescue Contests

For 2018

Contest Rules

Contest Results

Bench Resources

Scorecards:

Mine Rescue:

First Aid:

Bench:

Preshift:

Preshift

Mine Rescue Skills:

Skill Card

For 2017

Team Notifications

Contest Results

For more information regarding the contest please visit the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association website.

2017 Command Center Guidelines and Templates

MR Command Center SOP (Last Revision: 4/30/15)
- Defines minimum computer specifications for teams
- Various contest official responsibilities/actions
MR Visio Problem Designer Guidance (Last Revision: 4/30/15)
- Info for problem designers to make problems compatible with new map judging system
Visio Shortcuts (Last Revision: 4/9/15)
- List of shortcuts/hotkeys in Visio that would be of use to command center attendants
2017 MR Stencil (Last Revision: 5/31/17)
- This year’s stencil set for Visio
2017 MR Map (Last Revision: 5/31/17)
- This year’s MR Map for Visio