Queenstown, MD (April 14, 2022) – As Maryland Grain Farmers continue to add grain bins on their farms, the Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board wants to be proactive in helping to ensure their colleague’s safety. For 2022, the Utilization Board funded four grain bin rescue tubes through Nationwide’s annual program. Other program sponsors in Maryland funded four more tubes to be placed across the state this year.
Providing fire departments across rural Maryland with these tubes and training will allow our first responders to respond quickly and be prepared for grain bin entrapments. At this time, Nationwide has distributed five tubes across the state. The tubes are located in Funkstown, Centreville, Friendsville, Willards, and Jarrettsville.
If you would like to nominate a deserving fire department, you can do so by visiting marylandgrain.org. Nominations are due by April 30th.
Since 2014, this national program has received over 5,000 nominations and awarded tubes and trainings to over 207 fire departments in over 31 states. Five of those tubes have been used to save the lives of five farmers.
Other funding partners include MidAtlantic Farm Credit, Nationwide, and Maryland Farm Bureau.
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