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FIREFIGHTERS TRAIN FOR GRAIN BIN RESCUES

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Siouxland farmers will soon be busy with this year’s harvest, and safety precautions are needed for most of those activities.

Le Mars firefighters just completed a training session for one particular farm related accident…..grain entrapment.

Fire Chief Dave Schipper says now is the time a grain bin accident is most likely to happen, and they want to be ready:

OC……….of those situations. ;21

When performing a grain entrapment rescue, firefighters use a series of panels that surround the victim in attempts to keep any additional grain from collapsing:

OC………..crushing them. :22

Schipper says when a victim is caught in a flowing grain entrapment accident, it is nearly impossible to pull that victim out, unless you have the proper equipment.

Le Mars Fire and Rescue conducted its grain rescue at Agri-Center of Le Mars with the help of a semi trailer filled with corn.