Grain Bin Rescue Awareness- - 0111

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Brief Description: This Course will give first responders the knowledge to evaluate hazards associated with grain bins

Full Description: Students completing this one-day Grain Bin Rescue Level I course will gain knowledge to safely evaluate hazards associated with grain bins and successfully extricate trapped victims. Students will use the Ohio Fire Academy’s Grain Bin Rescue Trailer, review safety equipment, victim removal procedures, and conduct hands-on rescues from both a grain bin and gravity wagon. This course reviews agricultural equipment injuries and emergencies, farm chemical exposures, fires and spills, and challenges that responders face when confronting farm emergencies.

Prerequisites: I acknowledge and understand that all prerequisites must be satisfied at time of registration and I will not request any waivers unless previously approved in writing by the course coordinator.
Student Waiver Form

Training Location: AUSTINTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT (Mahoning County)
384 N NILES-CANFIELD RD
AUSTINTOWN, OH 44515

Resources Required: Participants Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Grain bin rescues are not well suited for traditional turnout gear. We recommend that all participants wear the following PPE: Helmet (Rescue or Firefighter style) with chin strap; Hard sole work boots that lace up (slip on boots and tennis shoes fill up with corn and pull off); Coveralls/Duty Uniforms or blue jeans (shorts are not permitted); N95 approved dust mask, and Safety Glasses.

Ohio Department of Commerce - Division of State Fire Marshal