March 21, 2016 | Mark Paradies

Monday Accident & Lessons Learned: What’s Worse than a Fatal Accident?

What’s worse than a fatal accident? A fatal accident followed by fatalities to first responders or rescuers.

Six rescuers were recently killed while trying to save 26 miners after a coal mine explosion in Russia. The rescuers were killed when the methane exploded again during their rescue attempt. See:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/29/world/europe/rescue-workers-and-miners-are-killed-in-russia-accident.html?_r=0

Can you learn something about your emergency response and rescue efforts from this example?

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