Heroes learn farm rescue

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Volunteer fire-department members use tools to extricate a mannequin from a farm implement.

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Kyle Thompson, a Wisconsin dairy farmer, discusses his recent farm accident with emergency responders attending Farm Rescue Day. We tend to forget all the near misses we have experienced while farming.

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Hay is made on a Wisconsin farm. Farm accidents happen when we least expect them. Farm-rescue training can help first responders gain firsthand knowledge of farm equipment.

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A hay conditioner is pulled by an Oliver tractor on a Wisconsin farm field. Familiarity with farm machinery can help emergency responders save lives at farm accident sites.

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Volunteer fire-department members practice sawing parts of a farm implement.

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Emergency responders and fire-department members develop a plan to extricate a mannequin from farm machinery at a recent Farm Rescue Day.

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Chief Bud Schlimgen of the Barneveld-Brigham Fire Department demonstrates how a power take off works, as department members learn how to shut off power to farm machinery attached to a tractor.

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Fire Department members and emergency medical personnel practice moving an injured patient.

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Firefighters use equipment to remove a simulated patient from an auger.

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Firefighters work together to extricate a simulated patient from farm equipment during Farm Rescue Day training.

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Fire-department members assess a situation and work to extricate a simulated patient pinned by an overturned tractor.

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Firefighters use airbags, wood blocks and teamwork to extricate a simulated patient pinned by an overturned tractor.

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Participants at Farm Rescue Day pose for a group photo. The training was conducted by the Barneveld-Brigham Fire Department with neighboring fire departments and emergency services.

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BARNEVELD, Wis. – People often look to books to find heroes; history books are full of them. Pages come alive with the inspiring acts of Joan of Arc, who led a battle to protect her country. Other pages note heroic acts in battle performed by people like Ernest Evans who commanded a small U.S. warship to lead an attack against an enemy battle group – a group that included huge battleships – to successfully defend his comrades during World War II. It’s easy to be inspired by such examples of gallantry in the face of danger.

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Jason Maloney is an “elderly” farm boy from Marinette County, Wisconsin. He’s a retired educator, a retired soldier and a lifelong Wisconsin resident. He lives on the shore of Lake Superior with his wife, Cindy Dillenschneider, and Red, a sturdy loyal Australian Shepherd.