Willards VFC Awarded Grain Bin Rescue Tube

By Mari Lou | August 10, 2021
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On Monday, local first responders with the Willards Volunteer Fire Department were awarded a grain rescue tube and specialized training from Nationwide and MidAtlantic Farm Credit through Nationwide’s Grain Bin Safety advocacy campaign, which was started in 2014. These resources will be used to help protect against grain entrapments, which result in dozens of deaths…

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First Responders Get Training In Grain Bin Rescues

By The Talk of Delmarva News | July 17, 2020
Volunteer firefighter Makayla Parson helped demonstrate how the grain bin rescue tube works last year at the Harrington Fire Department after they received the award from Nationwide.
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It’s dangerous, and a rescue is treacherous, when a farm worker falls into a grain bin or tower. Delaware first responders are being trained in how to use grain bin rescue tubes. Nationwide Insurance in its seventh annual contest selected Carlisle Fire Company of Milford and Odessa Fire Company of New Castle County to be…

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