Acadiana Parish Farmers, Firefighters Trained to Rescue People from Grain Bins
By Dannielle Garcia, KATC-TV 3, Lafayette
Farmers and first responders in Acacia Parish are learning how to prevent deaths when people fall into grain bins. Two years ago, a man died after falling into a rice bin in Crowley. It’s one of the leading causes of farm-related deaths. The Mississippi Farm Bureau is traveling the Southeast with a grain bin simulator, hoping to train fire fighters and farmers on what to do if someone becomes entrapped.