West Nipissing Fire learns how to save someone trapped in grain

The West Nipissing Fire and Emergency Service received some unique training this weekend – how to save someone trapped in grain. Such incidents most often occur in grain silos. A person can fall into the silo on top of the grain and begin sinking into it. Consider the grain a dry quicksand, pulling a person under with each movement. The pressure of the grain against your body makes it difficult to breath, the weight is crushing. As grain sits within a silo, it releases odourless gas, whic