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Contact:
ul. M. Skłodowskiej-Curie 189
59-301 Lubin
tel. (076) 74 70 401
fax (076) 74 70 414
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Management:
Piotr Walczak – Director
Marek Kowalik - Technical Director
Wioletta Antosz – Deputy Director for Finance - Chief Accountant |
The Emergency Mine-Smelter Rescue Services Unit was established on 1 January 1997 by the merger of the Lubin mine’s Regional Rescue Station and its Fire Fighting Unit, and the Głogów mine’s Rescue Services Unit.
The Unit’s duties include mine, chemical, ecological, technical and fire rescue. These duties are performed by emergency rescue personnel properly trained to operate in situations such as under water, in vertical shafts and shafts having a steep incline, and involving technical work. The unit employs a permanent staff of 115 people. In addition, the ERU has at its disposition around 424 volunteer rescue personnel who serve on rescue teams.
Rescue Personnel from the ERU
Two professional fire fighting units are responsible for duties such as fire fighting and liquidating chemical, ecological and fire-related threats. Mine rescue units and two fire fighting units are on full-time duty. This guarantees that critical help will be available to mine and smelter employees round the clock.
The mine rescue units and the fire fighting units are supplied with modern rescue equipment, meeting European standards.
ERU training
To become a member of the rescue services units, a person must meet the following criteria:
• be at least 21 years of age,
• must have worked as a miner at least a year underground,
• must be physically fit and mentally capable of engaging in such work, as confirmed by special tests,
• must have successfully completed a basic course for mine rescue personnel,
• must have officially volunteered to serve as a rescue crew member.
ERU training
Altogether, rescue personnel from KGHM have participated in over 200 rescue actions, including the earthquakes in Armenia in 1988 and in Turkey in 1999.
In 2000 rescue personnel from the ERU took first place at the International Mine Rescue Contest in Las Vegas, USA. In 2004 they defended their title at the competition organised in Głogów.
Results of the International Rescue Contests, 1999 – 2006
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1999 Louisville, Kentucky USA
1. USA
2. Ukraine
3. Russia
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2002 Reno, Nevada USA
1. USA
2. Poland
3. Peru
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2000 Las Vegas, Nevada USA
1. Poland
2. USA
3. Peru
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2004 Głogów, Lower Silesia, Poland
1. Poland
2. China
3. USA
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2006 Pingdingshan, China
Technician competition
Aparatus BG-4 - I place – Ireneusz Dachtera
Aparatus BioPac - III place – Krzysztof Mirowski
Paramedic competition
III place KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. team:
Sebastian Rakowiecki
Edward Byczek
Wiesław Różański
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From 30 June – 2 July 2006 rescue personnel from the ERU of KGHM Polska Miedzi S.A. won the title of Master of Poland in the Polish Championship in Medical and Roadway Rescue by Entities Establishing and Supporting the National Rescue-Fire Fighting System in Sucha Beskidzka.
The team led by Leon Budziłowicz comprised:
1. Sebastian Rakowiecki – mine rescuer, Rudna mine.
2. Edward Byczek – mine rescuer, Lubin mine.
3. Wiesław Różański – mine rescuer, Polkowice-Sieroszowice mine.
4. Ernest Szaszczak – head of privelaged vehicles, Lubin mine.
5. Jarosław Kowalik – reserve rescuer.
6. dr Leszek Gruszczyński – Team leader, rescue physician, Lubin mine.
Taking part in the championship were 37 teams from across Poland representing such teams as the State and Volunteer Fire Fighting Services, Mountain Rescue Services, Police, Anti-Terrorist Brigades, and Professional Medical Rescue Personnel.
During a special meeting on 4 July 2006 at the Ministry of Health in Warsaw, the Prime Minister honored the Rescue Personnel with a special diploma and praised them in the highest terms for their skills and dedication.
During the winter, rescue personnel train together with mountain rescue personnel.
 
Our rescue personnel continually refresh their skills in providing first aid.
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