Avebury Nickel Mine recognises that underground equipment fire is one of the major risks associated with modern mechanised, underground hard rock mining. As a mitigation against underground fire, hard rock mines in Australia have refuge chambers that are designed to sustain life and provide breathable air for a minimum of 36hrs. All underground mines in Tasmania have mine rescue members that are trained in 4hr closed circuit breathing apparatus, these members are volunteers from the workforce. During a protracted event like underground fire, mines in Tasmania act as mutual aid for each other, this is enabled via the Tasmanian Minerals Emergency Response Committee (TMERC) TMERC is an industry body that operates under the umbrella of the (Tasmanian Minerals, Manufacturing & Energy Council (TMEC)) Due to the hazards and uncontrollable nature of lighting underground training fires with diesel and tyres, this practice was phased out over two decades ago in Tasmania. Training without live fire, mine rescue members cannot observe how fire behaves and how hot combustion products interact with ventilation, in the underground environment. An underground truck can contain a fuel load of 850L diesel, 220L diff oil, 65L Engine Oil, 550L of hydraulic oil, rubber hoses and tyres. The heat from a fire can have drastic effects on the strata and ventilation, even in the early stages, with high flows of ventilation and can burn for days if not controlled. Avebury Nickel Mine engaged the IndustryFX iFX engineering team to build a portable fire prop (Lucifer) to simulate underground fire, surface mining and plant fires. The prop uses clean fuels in the form of liquid draw LPG, remote ignition and nitrogen purge emergency ventilation and shutdown. This type of prop has been used for many years in CMEWA Mine Emergency Response Competition and internationally. The iFX team part of Mine Tech Australia Group, have been designing and building controlled fuel fire simulators for 20 years. They have been used at government training facilities, mining operations and at national and international emergency response competitions to provide safe, realistic, repeatable and reliable live fire demonstrations to exacting specifications. The Avebury Mine Rescue Team recently completed a training program total of two 4 day blocks, Search & Rescue, Underground Fire. The Mine Rescue Team learned how to control fire during incipient, growth, fully developed and decay stages, using ventilation, brattice, high expansion foam and large droplet branch techniques. Low visibility training was completed with pyrotechnic smoke, utilising guide stick and link line techniques, which are fresh to Tasmania. There was a focus on heat stress, hydration testing and fire fighting PPE suitable for different types of fires and breathing apparatus. Surface fire fighting techniques with structural fire fighting PPE was also practiced. Biomarine Biopak 240R user and benchman course were also completed. There was a lot of people behind the scenes to ensure this training occurred and re-introduce live fire training to Tasmanian Mine Rescue, two special mentions are: Tobias Byrne Chief Technology Officer for Mine Tech Australia, who is an industrial risk and emergency management expert with 31 years’ experience within the Australian and International resource sector. Marcus Walmsley from SRTA Life & Rescue, who is a stalwart within the mine rescue community in Tasmania, has provided a high level of training and service within the industry for over 20 years. Avebury Nickel Mine look forward to re-introducing live underground fire training to Tasmania and inviting our mutual aid partners in the near future. Introducing tried and tested techniques from other jurisdictions, is mutual aid at a national and international level.