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The Rescue Training Service of the Chamber of Mines. In 1924 the Rand Mines Group established a Central Rescue Training Station for the purpose of training selected employees of the mines of that Group in the use of "Proto" and other apparatus for fire fighting and rescue operations underground. The Station and facilities were gradually made use of by practically all the mines on the Rand, collieries elsewhere in the Transvaal, diamond mines, fire departments and others. Inevitably the Rescue Training Station was approached to train employees of mines of other groups. In 1946 the station was taken over by the Transvaal and OFS Chamber of Mines and placed under the direction of a Committee of Management. The post world war expansion in our mining industry, especially precious metals and coal, led to the decentralisation of the Rescue Training Service. In 1961 the Welkom Station was opened and served the OFS and Klerksdorp gold fields, including the base metal mines in the North West Cape.During 1964 another limb was created with the establishment of a station in Witbank, covering the expanding Eastern Transvaal coal fields and metal mines. This station was relocated to Evander during 1982, which is the nucleus for future expansion in coal. In 1975 the Chamber of Mines took over from the Natal Coal Owners Society, the control of the Mines Rescue Service in Natal, where a new station was commissioned in Dundee, serving the Northern Natal coal fields. In 1980 the Johannesburg Station was removed to new and modern premises outside Carletonville on East Driefontein Gold Mine Property. Mines Rescue Services (Pty) Ltd On the 6 August 1996 and in line with the Chamber of Mines policy of unbundling, the RescueTraining Service was transformed into a stand alone company. The new company is now know as Mines Rescue Services (Pty) Limited. |