Metal and Nonmetal National Mine Rescue Contest Rules

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writ ten test ing will be con ducted at the same time.Con tes tants will re main in iso la tion un til they fin ish thebench com pe ti tion or they will be dis qual i fied. Thelo ca tion of the com pe ti tion will be noted. The Con testDi rec tor may waive this pro vi sion, if war ranted byextenuating circumstances.5. The bench con tes tants will be pro vided with one fullyas sem bled BG-4, an RZ-25 tester, defogging so lu tion,leak de tec tor fluid, and all parts nec es sary to com pletethe prob lem(s). Only tools, ap pa ra tus, and test ingequip ment pro vided by the judge will be used bycon tes tants to work the prob lem. Bugs used in thecom pe ti tion will be con sis tent with all mod els of theapparatus.6. To tal dis counts of the writ ten and monthly ap pa ra tuschecks/prob lem di ag no sis will de ter mine the win ner. Inthe event of a tie, to tal time will be the first tie breaker.The writ ten test will be the sec ond tie breaker. Thirdtie breaker will be the time to find the first de fi ciency.7. At the com ple tion of the Monthly Ap pa ra tus Checks/Prob lem Di ag no sis, there will be a five-min ute re view,at which time the judge will dis cuss the dis countsin clud ing the writ ten test. Af ter the re view, both thejudge and con tes tant will sign the judge’s score card.All ap peals must be in writ ing and sub mit ted within onehour of the five-min ute re view.8. The Bench Con test Di rec tor’s rul ing will be fi nal.9. When un planned de fi cien cies are en coun tered in theap pa ra tus, the judges will no tify the con tes tants that thede fi ciency is not part of the prob lem. The con tes tantwill turn his/her back while the judge stops the clockand cor rects the de fi ciency. If the de fi cien cies arecaused by the con tes tant, the clock will not be stopped.10. One trophy will be awarded for each three contestantsen tered in the Bench man’s Con test.50
WRITTEN TEST1. The written test will be given while the contestants arein isolation and will consist of twenty five true/false,multiple choice questions. The questions will be takenfrom Draeger’s BG-4 Service Manual, Revision 4. Thecontestants will be assessed one discount point for eachincorrect or unanswered question. Any alterations to thetest questions or answers will be determined to beincorrect by the test judge and discounts assessed.2. Scoring of the test will be completed by at least twoqualified judges.MONTHLY APPARATUS CHECKS/PROBLEMDIAGNOSIS1. Monthly checks must be per formed in or der from thelow pres sure alarm test for ward and re corded. If andwhen deficiencies are encountered, contestants mustcall out to the judge and prop erly cor rect and re cordany and all de fi cien cies. Vi su als can be per formed atany time dur ing the 30-min ute time limit.2. Con tes tants may re turn to cor rect any un cor rectedde fi cien cies within the time limit.3. If con tes tants per form checks out of or der, there will bea one-time dis count of five (5) points as sessed.4. Con tes tant will be al lowed to move for ward, in or der,in the event a de fi ciency is de tected but not lo cated.Once de fi ciency is cor rected, con tes tant must re turn tothe point of de fi ciency and re peat all test steps in properor der.5. If checks are per formed in cor rectly, checks will bedis counted as not per formed. For ex am ple: ex ha la tiontest per formed with the dial on the RZ tester set onpositive.6. Thirty (30) min utes will be al lowed to com plete allchecks, re cord and cor rect any and all de fi cien cies, andbe ready to wear. There will be a five (5) min ute warn inggiven by the judge when time is about to ex pire.51
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Metal and NonmetalNational Mine Res
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Southern Mine Rescue AssociationHen
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The following organizations are rec
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PREVIOUS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSMINE RES
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2006 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSBENCHMAN’S
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PREVIOUS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSBENCHMAN
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2006 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSFIRST AID CO
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2006 NATIONAL MINE RESCUECOMBINATIO
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BRAD PEAY1100 Commerce Street, Room
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TABLE OF CONTENTSPageGeneral Rules
Page 23: PageWritten Test ..................
Page 26 and 27: En try forms may be ob tained by a
Page 28 and 29: their team’s scor ing cards for a
Page 30 and 31: Team MembersGUIDELINES AND PROCEDUR
Page 32 and 33: Team Preparation (Apparatus)Team me
Page 34 and 35: Only persons trained in the assembl
Page 36 and 37: or gas is cleared, or to a separati
Page 38 and 39: Any final adjustments to the equipm
Page 40 and 41: Team SafetyMINE LEVEL SIGNALSSurfac
Page 42 and 43: The cage door must be closed and th
Page 44 and 45: minimum so that as little irrespira
Page 46 and 47: MINE RESCUE DISCOUNTS AND INTERPRET
Page 52 and 53: 4. continuing exploration after con
Page 58 and 59: proved com mu ni ca tion de vices a
Page 62 and 63: 9. The team per form ing an act tha
Page 64 and 65: 8. If a per son is found be hind a
Page 66 and 67: NATIONAL MINE RESCUE CONTESTMap Dis
Page 68 and 69: MULTI-GAS INSTRUMENT CONTESTGENERAL
Page 70 and 71: 3. Con tes tants may re turn to cor
Page 72 and 73: METAL AND NONMETALMULTI-GAS INSTRUM
Page 76 and 77: 7. Fif teen (15) dis counts will be
Page 78 and 79: BENCH MAN’S CON TEST - DRAEGER BG
Page 80 and 81: (Al ter nate Re lief Valve Test, ca
Page 82 and 83: BENCHMAN’S CONTESTDRAEGER BG-174A
Page 84 and 85: MONTHLY APPARATUS CHECKS/PROBLEM DI
Page 86 and 87: BENCH MAN’S CON TEST - DRAEGER BG
Page 88 and 89: TESTING PROCEDUREDRAEGER BG-174A BR
Page 90 and 91: TESTERSTEP SETTING PROCEDURE HINTS1
Page 92 and 93: BENCHMAN’S CONTESTBIOMARINE BIOPA
Page 94 and 95: from the Bench man In struc tion Ma
Page 96 and 97: BENCH MAN’S CON TEST - BIOMARINEB
Page 98 and 99: TESTING PROCEDUREBIOMARINE BIOPAK 2
Page 100 and 101: 7. Re move hose cou pler or red cap
Page 102 and 103: 7. There will be a min i mum of two
Page 104 and 105: test ques tions or an swers will be
Page 106 and 107: METAL AND NONMETAL FIRST AID CONTES
Page 108 and 109: Dis counts21. Not com mu ni cat ing
Page 110 and 111: Dis counts12. Im proper num ber (ma
Page 112 and 113: Discounts10. Not re mov ing vis i b
Page 114 and 115: C. Physical Shock Discounts1. Not l
Page 116 and 117: Dis counts11. Fail ure to prop erly
Page 118 and 119: GLOSSARY OF TERMSACCESSIBLE - Able
Page 120 and 121: BRIEFING - Session held before a te
Page 122 and 123: INACCESSIBLE AREAS - All areas of t
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RETURN AIR - The air that has passe
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MINE MAP LEGENDThis leg end must be
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Unsafe Sym bol used for any in di c
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Mo bile Use for all mo bile face eq
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