Mine rescue team wins competition

Diavik Diamond Mines Inc, Yellowknife, is pleased to announce that its mine rescue team just won the Overall Underground Competition at the 10^th National Western Regional Mine Rescue Competition held every two years in Fernie, B.C.

 The two-day competition hosts rescue teams from northern and western Canada and the northwest United States. This year 20 teams competed including 11 surface and nine underground teams.

 The regional underground mine rescue competition includes smoke/search, obstacle and recovery, practical skills, first-aid, fire, and written tasks.

 The Diavik team qualified for the regional competition after a successful showing at the 54^th Annual Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission mine rescue competition held in Yellowknife in June.

 The northern event included teams from Diavik, Ekati, and Snap Lake from Northwest Territories, Meadowbank Mine team from Nunavut Territory, and Minto Mine from Yukon Territory.

 Three NWT/NU mines were represented in Fernie, including Ekati surface and underground, Meadowbank surface, and Diavik underground.