The former Mine Rescue Service, on Leeming Lane South, was built in 1958 and was known in the area for its lifesaving work and identifiable by its large garage doors. Now the building is home to the MRS Training and Rescue Centre and has been upgraded. The iconic garage doors are gone, and it now houses a range of training galleries, with a network of underground tunnels, where confined space training is carried out. It also features indoor and outdoor height training rigs. See trainees being put through their paces and other images after the Chad took a peek at the new building.
1. Learning to rescue people safely at height is part of centre's lifesaving work
MRS Training and Rescue Centre - Derek Speirs on one of the training ladders Photo: Brian Eyre
2. New look for Mansfield Woodhouse's mine rescue centre
MRS Training and Rescue Centre - pictured are Derek Speirs, Emma Spencer, Sean Henderson and John Mowbray. Photo: Brian Eyre
3. Centre recreates the danger of an enclosed space emergency
MRS Training and Rescue Centre enclosed space training Photo: Brian Eyre
4. New look to the old mine rescue building at Mansfield Woodhouse
MRS Training and Rescue Centrehow the building looks now - August, 2021. Photo: Brian Eyre