MEMS2
MEMS2
Developed in partnership with The Queensland Mines Rescue Service (QMRS), a State Government body dedicated to coal mine emergency response. The QMRS and the largest coal industry players developed the Mine Emergency Management System (MEMS) as a mine-specific system for the management of emergency situations. The MEMS concept has the following advantages;
- Incident Control Team (ICT) develops the desired outcomes of the incident
- Management by Objectives
- Functional Management
- It provides a system of delegation that ensures all management functions are identified & performed
- Safety, Health and Wellbeing
- Delegates responsibility
- Systematic management development as incident escalates
- Information recording and enhanced changeovers
- Standard system of emergency management
- Application from the smallest to the most complex incident
- Better control of mines emergencies
MEMS ensures that all vital management and information functions are carried out and that the incident is dealt with in the most effective manner. A mine site needs to establish or adapt the MEMS to suit its particular needs based on the following:
- One controller
- Functional delegation – Control, Operations, Planning and Logistics.
- Management by objectives
- Span of control
- Incident action planning
The MEMS*2 boasts built-in screens designed to fit in with functional delegations so that each team can only input information within their own area. This information is displayed in a read only format in other team areas.
The Four Control teams
| Control | The management of the incident (direction and decision-making). |
| Operations | The Direction of the mines resources in combating the incident (execution). |
| Planning | The collection and analysis of incident information and the planning of response activities (options and alternatives). |
| Logistics | The provision of facilities, services and materials required to combat the incident (resourcing). |
The MEMS*2 can be sold as a standalone manual system or can be incorporated into NEXSYS.
For more information regarding MEMS2 please contact Dean.kirkwood@nepean.com.
