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1191 Colorado Emergency Operations Plan DODES 24 Hour Emergency <br /> SEOP(Part lQ Annex XVI Telephone #273-8855 <br /> Colorado Division of Mines <br /> Annex XVI <br /> Mine Emergency and Rescue <br /> I. PURPOSE 1. The establishing, equipping, and, where <br /> A. To reduce the State's vulnerability to mine funds are available, training and main- <br /> accidents/incidents by: Increasing ability of taining of mine rescue teams; <br /> public and private agencies to respond ef- 2. The acquisition of funds for sustaining <br /> fectively to mine disasters and emergen- of mine rescue centers; <br /> cies, protecting and preserving life and 3. Any assistance with rescue costs, <br /> safety for victims as well as rescuers, and where funds are available, at aban- <br /> conserving property and so as to retain the doned mines; and <br /> economic stability of local communities 4. Technical assistance and training in <br /> within the State of Colorado. <br /> mining rescue procedures for local offl- <br /> B. To establish a standardized approach for cials. <br /> disaster response for mine emergency and D. C.R.S. 24-33.5-705-Division of Disaster <br /> rescue operations; integrating the expertise <br /> of state, federal, and local government as Emergency Services - The Division shall <br /> prepare and maintain a state disaster plan, <br /> well as private resources. <br /> et. al. <br /> II. AUTHORITIES E. C.R.S. 24-33.5-707-Local and Inter-jurisdic- <br /> A. C.R.S. 34-10-101 Legislative Declaration - tional Disaster Agencies and Services. <br /> The achievement of safe and healthful con- F. Public Law 95-164 Federal Mine Safety and <br /> ditions; protection of the health and safety Health Act of 1977, Sections 101, 103(h), <br /> of miners and of the general public; and 115(e)and 508. <br /> that the mining industry is vital to the G. Public Law 91-173 Federal Coal Mine. <br /> economy of this state. Health and Safety Act of 1969. . <br /> B. C.R.S. 34-21-101 Division of Mines Duties - H. 30 U.S. Code 811, 813(h), 825(e) and 957; <br /> assist operators in meeting requirements of 83 Statute 803; and 91 Statute 1291, 1299, <br /> federal law; to assist in establishing, train- and 1317. <br /> ing, equipping and coordinating mine res- <br /> cue teams; and to cooperate with other <br /> state agencies and institutions. <br /> A. Hazard Conditions <br /> C. C.R.S. 34-23-103 Mine Rescue Teams - (1) <br /> With some 15,000 active and inactive mines <br /> The Division shall assist operators in com- throughout Colorado, the State experiences <br /> plying with the mine rescue team require- <br /> ments of the "Federal Mine Safety and mine emergencies every year. Of these, two <br /> or three a year may develop to disastrous <br /> Health Act of 197711, P.L. 95-164, as <br /> amended. Such assistance may include, proportions with fatalities or large scale <br /> but need not be limited to: property loss. In 1989 for example, <br /> Colorado had 7 fatalities, 5 of which-were at <br /> XVl- 1 <br />