09-06-2025
PHOTOS: Central IL fire crews practice grain bin rescue
ARTHUR, Ill. (WCIA) — Multiple Central Illinois fire crews got together in Arthur over the weekend for a grain bin rescue training.
Arthur Fire and Ambulance hosted the quarterly training, with Sullivan, Ivesdale and Attwood Fire Protection Districts also in attendance.
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Photos courtesy of Atwood Fire Protection Dist.
'We would like to extend a thank you to Steve Gingerich for allowing to use his grain bins for this training exercise. We train together hoping we never have to use it,' Arthur Fire and Ambulance wrote in a post on Facebook.
Oftentimes, grain bin rescue training involves educating first responders about grain storage facility types, their construction, and hazards they might encounter during a rescue. It also usually covers how to best locate someone in a grain bin, plus how to stabilize, protect and remove someone during a rescue simulation.
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