Congratulations to Crew Managers Gary Sands, Gary Lawson, and Station Manager Craig Farrage who have been awarded a Chief Fire Officer’s Commendation today for saving the lives of two men who were trapped down a mine workings at High Skears, last April.
On arrival at the incident, Station Manager Craig Farrage was met by Crew Manager Gary Lawson who had already been into the mine to find the casualties. He then informed him that the actual location of the incident was some considerable distance into the mine workings, down 2 vertical ladders, across a wooden bridging ladder and through a very restricted crawl space which opened to a final chamber that was a 25-to-30-meter vertical shaft that the 2 gentlemen were stuck down. One of which was stuck suspended in a harness.