Farmers, Youth, and First Responders Have Two Day Grain Bin Rescue Training
The Otto Britt Fairgrounds Building was the site of grain bin rescue training, which was held on January 21 & 22, 2022.
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Article by W. Clay Crook-
Grain Bin Rescue training was offered by the Tennessee Association of Rescue Squads (TARS) on January 21st and 22nd at the Otto Britt Fairgrounds Building in Lexington. The training was sponsored in part by a grant from a family that had lost two members of their family in a grain bin related accident.
Farmers, young farmers, and first responders from Henderson, Chester, Carroll, Decatur, and Hardin Counties attended the sessions.
The equipment trailer, as well as some other aspects of the training and equipment are sponsored in part by TNCorn and TNSoybean, said Joetta White with TNAgrAbility. Henderson County Director Brian White of UT Extension, said that the training was coordinated by the UT Extension directors for the counties involved, and was…
For complete coverage, see the January 26th edition of The Lexington Progress.
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