Page 55 all hazards are controlled or elimi nated so as not to endan ger my team he says The KS Windsor Salt Ojibway Mine team won the District Mine Rescue Competition in Goderich in May and then travelled to Red Lake Ontario to participate in the Ontario Provincial Competition June 47 2019 Schraeder describes his reaction to the simulated mine emergency in a Red Lake Ontario mine dur ing the 2019 Provincial Mine Res cue Competition The unknown is always nerveracking at frst but we have a huge level of trust on our team once we begin and have our directive a calmness sets in and we respond to the emergency The competitions organi zed by Ontario Mine Rescue a part of W orkplace Safety North test the teams knowledge frefghting skills frst aid response use of emergency equipment and deci sionmaking ability under stress in a simulated underground emer gency Mine rescue equipment technicians from each mine also compete in a test of their abilities to service diagnose and repair the specializ ed equipmen t used by teams The competitio ns are organized as a way of instilling provincewide standards in mine rescue techniques KS Windsor Salt Ojibwa y Mine was awarded frst place overall in the mine rescue competitio ns and also was awarded the John Guth rie Special Equipment A ward at the closing banquet Friday June 7th It was the frst time the KS Wind sor Salt team won the Provincial Mine Rescue Competition It s a cliche to say but we all train for something we hope never hap pens T o be confdent and pro fcient in our skills is paramount knowing that could potentially save a life It s hard to believe that we won the event through a lot of hard work and a change in culture we were able to succeed Schraeder says For Adam Schraeder and KS Windsor Salt Ojibway mine rescue training and preparedness the vic tory was well deserved and it ties in very nicely with the company value of safety frst At KS Windsor salt safety is cru cial our corporate safety credo is nothing is more imporant to KS than health and safety not pro duction not sales and not proft W e train for the worst possible scenarios while mitigating the chances of them ever happening K alT ir eMining c om K al T ir e s Mining T ir e Gr oup deliv ers inno v a tiv e solutions t o saf ely maximiz e tir e lif e and incr ease mining pr oductivity W ith o v er 45 y ears of e xperienc e and global oper a tions on fiv e c ontinents K al T ir e is the only tir e servic e pr o vider capable of handling all of y our tir e r equir ements on a daily basis D e f in ing T ir e M a n ag em en t Proud to salute the Mine Rescuers of the Past Present and Future Page 53