Posted By Mick Blunt My boss has asked me to put in place a plan for evacuation of injured persons Looking for good advice on putting together a plan for emergency evacuation for deep excavation 30+ metres Any good suggestions or advice would help

Posted By Sally Suggest you talk to the local fire brigade. It is unlikely that you will want to keep an in-house rescue squad for this type of thing and the actual rescue will probably come down to them. Another organisation who can give good advice on this type of thing are Mines Rescue, who although now mainly a training organisation historicially dealt with rescue from mines etc.

Posted By Derek Holt Frank is absolutely correct. There is a misconception that the emrgency services can rescue anyone form anywhere this is not the case. Having previously trained many rescue teams including within the fire service there is less than a third of all Brigades with the specialist ability to undertake such a rescue (no disrespect to the fire service). The best option is to firstly try and prevent the need for a rescue team, hence my original questions, to which you have not replied? If the work is a must then I can provide you with 'free' advice as to requirements and suitable methods, additional risk considerations, Emergency management considerations and pointers for choosing a specialist training provider and equipment suppler. Just let me know if you need further assistance.

Posted By Mick Blunt Thanks for all responses I had a mental block over the weekend, but I think I am back on track Because of the depth and size i.e. -30mt + deep, by 40mt wide and up to 60 mt long and not only from the depth, but when we get round to putting up the structure 40+mt I have had to think about how we get some one down, so you can see working on something like this can just some times stop the grey matter working in the right direction But thanks again for giving me a kick start Mick