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Preparation 101: The Pillars of Safety

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The Safety and Technical Rescue Association (SATRA) provides hand-on training opportunities for grain facility employees and first responders. Pictured here, SATRA trainers rescue a grain bin...
The Safety and Technical Rescue Association (SATRA) provides hand-on training opportunities for grain facility employees and first responders. Pictured here, SATRA trainers rescue a grain bin engulfment victim using a cofferdam in a controlled simulation.
Photo by SATRA

The Safety and Technical Rescue Association (SATRA) provides hand-on training opportunities for grain facility employees and first responders. Pictured here, SATRA trainers rescue a grain bin...
The Safety and Technical Rescue Association (SATRA) provides hand-on training opportunities for grain facility employees and first responders. Pictured here, SATRA trainers rescue a grain bin engulfment victim using a cofferdam in a controlled simulation.
Photo by SATRA

The Safety and Technical Rescue Association (SATRA) provides hand-on training opportunities for grain facility employees and first responders. Pictured here, SATRA trainers rescue a grain bin...
The Safety and Technical Rescue Association (SATRA) provides hand-on training opportunities for grain facility employees and first responders. Pictured here, SATRA trainers rescue a grain bin engulfment victim using a cofferdam in a controlled simulation.
Photo by SATRA

The Safety and Technical Rescue Association (SATRA) provides hand-on training opportunities for grain facility employees and first responders. Pictured here, SATRA trainers rescue a grain bin...
The Safety and Technical Rescue Association (SATRA) provides hand-on training opportunities for grain facility employees and first responders. Pictured here, SATRA trainers rescue a grain bin engulfment victim using a cofferdam in a controlled simulation.
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Establishing a relationship with local first responders can help ensure rescue personnel and firefighters are trained in handling grain-industry related emergencies.
Establishing a relationship with local first responders can help ensure rescue personnel and firefighters are trained in handling grain-industry related emergencies.

It’s often said an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Perhaps in the grain industry a better analogy is a kernel of prevention is worth a bushel of cure, but however you look at it, safety experts and emergency responders close to the grain industry couldn’t agree more. Preparing for natural disasters, explosions and other emergencies should rank among facility managers’ highest priorities — right up there with boosting efficiency, meeting regulatory compliance and...
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