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DMP emphasises importance of refuge chamber safety

The DMP is worried some underground refuge chambers may not have been maintained properly

Staff reporter
Interior of a refuge chamber during underground emergency response training. Photo: Stata Worldwide

Interior of a refuge chamber during underground emergency response training. Photo: Stata Worldwide

Its 2013 guideline on underground refuge chambers is that each chamber have a design operating capacity of no less than 36 hours for occupants when operating as a standalone unit. “The Department of...

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