Essex Free Press - October 10, 2019

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A LOOK INSIDE

Firefighters/Agris employees train for grain extrication

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by Sylene Argent Recently, area Agris Co-Op employees and local firefighters learned how to safely extract an individual from grain through a hands-on

Thursday, October 10, 2019

workshop hosted at the Stoney Point Agris CoOp location. Participants also earned of different situations that could result in getting trapped in grain. Anne Anger, the

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Secretary/Treasurer of the Essex County Federation of Agriculture (ECFA), noted this was the first time the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association’s (CASA) BeGrainSafe

program has been in the area. The free training program for first responders included bringing a the BeGrainSafe Trailer to the site, which has a built-in silo with a capacity to hold

7,000 pounds of grain. The trailer includes equipment that can safely lower a mannequin or person into the grain so the extraction method could be learned. First responders and Agris employees were taught how to place cofferdams round the individual needing extricating. Grain or seed is then removed from around the victim. Anger noted the ECFA and the County of Essex organized the training session, with help from generous sponsors. Anger hoped this demonstration will spark interest from others in the area who would also like to receive the training. She hopes the training will never be needed, but likes the idea of others learning the correct way to save someone from a grain silo if the incident were to ever occur.

Town of Essex Council Notes for October 7 by Sylene Argent and Adam Gault Councillor members review AMO Conference Essex Council began Monday’s meeting with a recap of issues discussed at the Association of Ontario Municipalities (AMO) Conference held in Ottawa this past August. In a series of meetings with colleagues representing municipalities across Ontario, various industry leaders, and Provincial Ministers, members of Essex Council and Administration had the opportunity to network and discuss matters of municipal importance on subjects ranging

from environmental, tourism, and transportation. Mayor Larry Snively had the opportunity to speak with Mike Harris Jr., Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, on the subject of Phragmites, an invasive plant species found throughout Essex County. “What we understand, is that there’s a new chemical being tried in the St. Thomas area, and it seems to be working,” Mayor Snively explained. “The rumor was that they would be moving the chemical down this way if

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