Fires On The Farm Class

Fires On The Farm Class

MACOMB, IL  —  Emmet – Chalmers Firefighters will be hosting a Fires On The Farm Class for area firefighters on Tuesday, April 28.  The class will be held at our station from 6:00pm until about 10:00pm.

The class will be provided by the Illinois Fire Service Institute.

Let us know if you will be attending / Contact us for more information:  https://www.ecfpd.org/contact/

Course Description:

This class provides an overview of farm fires and brings strategies, tactics, operations and water supply logistics together. Today, rural fire departments can extinguish most farm fires. Emphasizing pre-planning, thinking “beyond your own back yard” and encouraging joint training and practice rural fires can have successful outcomes. The class covers response capabilities, strengths and weakness of the department as well as considerations for farm fires in buildings, areas involving common farm chemicals, machinery, fields and/or crops.