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Kentucky Mine Rescue Emergency Response Drills
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Last Modified:  11/3/2007
Kentucky Mine Rescue
Lone Mountain Coal Inc. sponsored the latest Mine Emergency Response Drill (MERD) on October 10, 2007 at their Clover Fork No. 1 mine in the Harlan district.  These exercises are vital training mechanisms for Kentucky's mine rescue teams. For pictures and more information, click here.
 
Webster County Coal Dotiki Mine Rescue Team
 
 
 
Dotiki Mine Rescue
 

(from left to right top row) Gary Mitchell, Marc Turner, Chris Dexter, Chris Wilkerson, Travis Little, David Fergerson, Steve Utley

(from left to right bottom row) Jan Chambliss, Jeremy Walker, Gary Thweatt, Gary Utley

(not pictured) Mark Evans-Trainer

 

Warrior Coal Cardinal Mine Rescue Team

Warrior Mine Rescue 2006

(from left to right top row) Jerry Hedgepath, Rick Ashby, Rodney James, Barry Rickard
(from left to right bottom row) Kevin Vaughn, Bryan Branson, Mike Burnette, Marcus Arnold, James Menser

Bluegrass Coal Company Mine Rescue Team


(from left to right) Joel Bradley, Donnie Gatten, John Sadler, David Bryant, Mike Harris, David Self, Dwight Baker, David Dukes, Henry Sheridan
 
Barbourville District Office Mine Rescue Team
 
Barbourville Mine Rescue

(from left to right top row) Gene Adams (Benchman), Mike Partin, Ralph Crawford, Larry Stump, Dill Finley
(from left to right bottom row) Randy Partin, Ricky Johnson, George Hollis, Kenneth Morgan
(not pictured) Randall Turner, Dale Williamson

Harlan District Office Mine Rescue Team

Harlan's Mine Rescue Team

(from left to right top row) Ronnie Hampton, Charles Kirk, J.J. White, Jim Owens, George Johnson, Ronald Turner
(from left to right bottom row) Wayne Collett, Ralph Woods, Todd Middleton, Earnest Hawkins, Sherril Fouts

Hazard District Office Mine Rescue Team
 
Hazard's Mine Rescue Team

(from left to right top row) Curtis Hall, Neal Honeycutt, Randy Campbell, Bob Banks, Daniel Bentley, T.K. Hayes, Ernest Campbell
(from left to right bottom row) Martin Holbrook III, Dwight Hall, Betty Whitaker, Michael Eldridge, Timothy Fugate

Madisonville District Office Mine Rescue Team
 
Madisonville's Mine Rescue Team

(from left to right top row) John McRoy, Lewis Compton, Chris Ashby
(from left to right bottom row) Elizabeth Bush, Donald Ervin, Lee Vincent, Kenny Mitchell, Danny Knott, Ronnie Drake, Billy Millay, Joe Gill, Bill Perkins
(not pictured) Tim Vincent
 
Martin District Office Mine Rescue Team
 
Martin Mine Rescue Team

(from left to right top row) Jimmy Slone, Randall Smith, Darrell Howell, Freddie Moore, John Runyon, Earl Martin
(from left to right bottom row) John Ferrari, David Slone, Keith Conley, Bill Vance, Ricky Blackburn, Orville Mitchell, Jr.
(not pictured) Jerome Howard (Benchman), Michael Howard, Dale Howard

Pikeville District Office Mine Rescue Team
 
Pikeville's Mine Rescue Team

(from left to right top row) Jackie Castle, Randy Newsome, Mike Elswick, Worley Taylor, James Tackett, Brad Fuller, Rodney McIntosh (currently employed by MSHA), Robert Smith, Jr., Greg Goins
(from left to right bottom row) Eddie Ratliff, Tony Casebolt, Randall Little, Randy Bentley, Chester Flint, Larry Scott, Freddie Lewis, Glenn Mace, John Adams
(not pictured) Patsy Blackburn, Phillip Branham, Gary Lucas, E.B. Sanders
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