Rescue services

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The Coal authority requires a 24/7 emergency rescue service and an emergency response service provided by competently trained staff across the British coalfields, to assess the risks associated with coal mining legacy hazards and incidents associated with shafts, adits and shallow working collapses. This includes managing the hazard line 24/7 and lone monitoring system and in certain circumstances attendance on site within 2 hours from the receipt of the call. Coalfields regions required: — Scottish East and West, — Northumberland, Durham and Cumbria, — North Wales, Cheshire, Lancashire, North and West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, — Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, West Midlands, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, — Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Bristol Area, South Wales, Pembrokeshire and North Gloucestershire (Forest of Dean). 1) The ability to provide a manned callout arrangement across the British Coalfield; 2) The ability to provide lone worker monitoring and alert service on a 24/7 basis; 3) Providing competent persons to respond to a surface or mine related hazard within 2 hours; 4) Providing a rescue service that can potentially operate within a hazardous atmosphere in response to emergency.