Vickery mine emergency exercise tests capability
It was an action-packed morning at Whitehaven Coal’s Vickery mine recently as the company joined forces with the Gunnedah Local Emergency Management Committee to conduct a coordinated emergency exercise under the expert guidance of Whitehaven’s exercise facilitation team. The simulated emergency event involved six months of planning and extensive consultation with teams from NSW Police, NSW Ambulance, the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service, Fire & Rescue NSW (FRNSW), NSW State Emergency Service (SES) and NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS). Representatives from the NSW Resources Regulator and NSW Health were also in attendance to observe. With the Vickery early mining project expected […]