By News Room
Jan 6, 2021 3:05 PM
Over the last four years, more than 500 firefighters have been trained to rescue people trapped in grain bins located on-farm or at commercial grain terminals.
BeGrainSafe was developed by the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) and has been delivered to volunteer fire departments in four provinces, including Saskatchewan.
“Every year across Canada, we are averaging between six and eight fatalities from grain entrapment,” said Rob Gobeil, CASA agricultural health and safety specialist.
A spike in grain entrapments in 2015 led to CASA approaching provincial canola grower associations to develop a rescue program. The Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) in Humboldt built a safety training trailer that is used as a teaching aid.