Tragic stories of grain bin accidents are all too common. While they can be prevented, trained emergency responders in many rural communities are a call away to help rescue those entrapped or engulfed ...

First responders rae pictured during a recent grain bin rescue training. Chautauqua County’s Technical Rescue Team has enhanced its capabilities with new life-saving equipment, thanks to a grant from ...

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — A donated rescue tool helped firefighters save the life of an Iowa man who became trapped in a grain bin south of Newton last week. The Des ...

LAWRENCE COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) – A new life-saving tool was awarded to first responders in Lawrence County, where the potential danger of grain bins is a growing concern. Authorities are amping up ...

NEWPORT, Ark. (KAIT) - A fire department has new tools and skills to help residents. The Newport Fire Department recently completed its training for grain bin rescues. This came after the county and ...

Des Moines, IA – Rural communities continue to face hazards associated with working in and around grain structures, as grain entrapments are the leading cause of confined space-relate injuries and ...

Through a series of Beck’s Day Ever videos, Beck’s Hybrids is raising awareness about grain bin entrapments by sharing stories of survival and hope. In 2019, in Minnesota, fire and rescue departments ...

ITHACA, Mich. (WNEM) - A ninth-grade student at Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy has raised more than $10,000 to purchase grain bin entrapment equipment needed to help her local first responders ...

TOWANDA, Ill. (WMBD) — Being trapped inside a grain bin is a real-life nightmare scenario, but with yearly training, firefighters can be better prepared if a farming disaster were to happen in their ...

The Howard Volunteer Fire Department was recently named the winner of the Nationwide grain bin rescue tube contest, boosting safety for agriculture across Steuben County. Steuben County Farm Bureau ...

POINSETT COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT) - The Lepanto Fire Department breathes relief after successfully rescuing two men from a grain bin yesterday. The fire department responded to two people trapped inside a ...

Above: Purdue student in grain bin rescue simulator. I recently re-watched the 2016 video entitled, “Stop, Think, & Live!” a work about grain entrapment, produced by Posey County Farm Bureau, Inc., ...