Follow the three P’s to stay safe during this harvest season
For farmers and ranchers to stay safe during the harvest season, they should follow the three P’s of farm safety — planning, preparation, and patience.
For farmers and ranchers to stay safe during the harvest season, they should follow the three P’s of farm safety — planning, preparation, and patience.
Grain storage is expected to increase in fall 2020, as farmers anticipate above-average harvests and low prices.
Nationwide awarded 41 fire departments with life-saving grain rescue tubes and hands-on training to prepare them to respond when grain accidents occur.
For farmers, grain silos hold their livelihood, but there’s also a danger lurking there, from entrapment to hazardous gas buildup.
Nationwide educates and address the lack of resources available to rural fire departments with the 2019 Grain Bin Rescue Tubes.
Twenty seconds is roughly how long it takes for a grown man to become entrapped in a grain bin — that speed and the fear such a situation creates can make things go from bad to worse. It’s long been known that grain bins are one of the biggest safety hazards for farmers who work […]
To help reduce and prevent accidents, Nationwide has launched its 6th annual Nominate Your Fire Department Contest in recognition of Grain Bin Safety Week.
It was almost two years prior that Fire Chief Matt Webb had received a grain rescue tube from Nationwide when he received the 911 call about a local farmer.
It only takes three to four seconds for a person to become entrapped in flowing grain.