2025 Emergency Response Competition Results

Tasmanian Minerals Emergency Response Competition 2025

24-25 October 2025
Hosted by Bluestone Mines Tasmania Joint Venture Pty Ltd, Murchinson Highway, Renison Bell, Tasmania

The 2025 Tasmanian Minerals Emergency Response Competition was hosted by Bluestone Mines Tasmania Joint Venture Pty Ltd at their Renison Bell Site, on Friday 24th and Saturday 25th October 2025

Collaboration and continuous improvement are central to TMEC, along with a strong commitment to safety across Tasmania’s mining, manufacturing and energy sectors.

Our annual emergency response competition allows teams to practise, strengthen Mutual Aid and demonstrate their preparedness to respond to major incidents or support local emergency services.

Held at a different site each year, the event also supports local economies, bringing more than 100 people for two days of accommodation and catering.

The 2025 Results

A huge thank you to all the teams, volunteers, sponsors, and supporters who made this event possible. Your dedication to excellence in emergency response is what keeps our industry strong and safe.

Here are the results from the 2025 competition:

Main Event Winners

First Aid: MMG Rosebery

Overall Team Safety Award: Cornwall Coal

Fire Fighting: Bluestone

Rope Rescue: Cornwall Coal

Team Skills: Bluestone

Theory: Grange Resources

Search & Rescue

Underground: Cornwall Coal,

Surface: TMERC Mutual Aid Team

Other Trophies

Best Captain: Anthony Woods from Cornwall Coal

Best First Aider Award: Josh Baldwin from Bluestone

Competition Overall Winner: Bluestone

Competition Runner Up: Cornwall Coal

Prepared. Ready. Together.

It’s not enough to know the theory. Safety needs to be second nature.

Prevention Mindset

Keeping safety at top of mind for every individual and team to understand the importance of minimising risk while having the confidence in a real emergency.

Skills and Leadership

Honing skills every year with the benefit of expert adjudicators in realistic emergency situations gives each individual powerful lessons beyond theory in varied disciplines.

Sharing and Collaboration

Teams from individual mine sites learn from each other while also becoming familiar with how they can offer mutual aid of strengths and tools in the case of a major incident.

Trust and Friendship

It’s a serious program and it is a competition, but at the heart it builds deeper connections of trust and mutual respect for team members across our range of members.