"Hopefully it's a very low frequency event that it happens, but we obviously have Berlin in the south and us where we are located to help if need be. "Obviously if it deals with some type of vertical extrication we have the choice to call for additional help if need be," he said. In Somerset County, he said residents should be well provided for in case of farm-related accidents since two local departments have this specialized training. He said that his department can respond to help neighboring communities across county lines. Most of his guys, he said, are trained to use it. He said, also like Berlin, that his department has not had to deploy the equipment. "Hopefully we will never have to use it." We went in the same steps as Berlin," Kovach said. Sipesville Fire Chief Scott Kovach said the department received its equipment in September 2016. has gone through the same process and received the equipment and training, too. "To take somebody out of the grain bin is pretty tough," he said. In April the department made a video of a simulated rescue for a demonstration for Penn State student teachers. Seth Forry with doing the work to obtain the equipment.Ĭrews have done demonstrations for events such as Farm Safety Day. "We got everything and we keep everything on the truck." "As of right now with that stuff, we are pretty well equipped to get somebody out. The National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS), located in Peosta, IA, is proud to partner with Nationwide and Corteva Agriscience to deliver a total of 55 grain rescue tubes and hands-on grain rescue training in 23 states this summer and fall.
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Grain entrapments have occurred in all types of free flowing agricultural crops including corn, soybeans, rice, wheat, sunflower seeds, and oats. Miller said the pieces are inserted around the person stuck in a silo, and then the grain around them is sucked out, before the person can be lifted out with a safety harness. Grain entrapment occurs when a person (s) becomes partially buried or completely covered in free flowing grain and is unable to self-extricate without assistance. The equipment includes four pieces designed to help rescue someone caught in grain or other material in a storage facility, such as a silo. It's like quicksand if you get caught in it." "I mean, there's a lot of guys in our department that are farmers so they understand. "Everybody is trained on it, but we just haven't used it as of now, which is a good thing," Berlin Fire Chief Bill Miller said. Some additional gear, like ropes and pulleys for the equipment, was later purchased through an approximate $8,000 state grant. Nationwide Insurance sponsored the contest.
At the time Berlin was one of 12 departments nationally - and the only one in Pennsylvania - to receive the equipment and training through the program.
In late 2015 Berlin obtained the rescue gear through a National Education Center for Agricultural Safety program. Fortunately, neither department has had to deploy their specialized gear.
Two Somerset County fire departments have the capability of rescuing people from grain bins.
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