Seven teams battled it out in 10 events over Saturday and Sunday with the following results:

Skills events

Roping skills – Mount Isa Mines

Fire skills – Century Mine

Truck rescue – Mixed team

First-aid skills – Century Mine

Scenario events

Multi-casualty – Mixed team, 1; Mount Isa Mines, 2; Century Mine, 3

Hazardous material – Century, 1; Readymix, 2; Mount Isa, 3

Vertical rescue – Crinum, 1; Century, 2; Ernest Henry, 3

Search & Rescue – Century, 1; Crinum, 2; Mount Isa, 3

Road Accident Rescue – Century, 1; Crinum, 2; Mount Isa, 3

Fitness – Mount Isa, 1; Century, 2; Crinum, 3

Esprit De Corp – Mount Isa (voted by the teams)

Technical Team – Century, 1; Mount Isa, 2; Crinum, 3

Pre-hospital care “best medic” – Century (Jeremy Grace)

Command and control “best team leader” – Crinum (Russell Bowyer)

The challenge returned to Mount Isa after an absence of five years and was hosted by Mount Isa Mines in conjunction with the North Queensland Mining Operations and the Queensland Resources Council (QRC).

QRC chief executive Michael Roche said the challenge provided valuable realistic scenarios, which enabled the teams to assess and improve on their already considerable skills.