Last night Dowagiac Fire Department hosted a joint agriculture farm emergency training with several area departments from Cass and Van Buren Counties. 50 Firefighters from 13 Fire/Police and EMS organizations trained on not only removing the victim from a grain bin simulator but also on medical interventions while rescuing the engulfed victim.
This joint training could not have been made possible without the help of Co-Alliance and Josh Kandel, who provided the grain bin simulator, Andy Ausra of Gold Coast Ag sales and Terry Ausra Farms, who provided our meal and the corn, Beacon Heath Systems Trauma Educator Stacie Bobeck who provided our lecture and The Niles Tactical Rescue Team, the team who provided knowledge and equipment.
Thank you to all of you who continue to support your local Fire Departments to help make this type of training possible for us, we could not do this alone.
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