The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) has published a new guide for operators of grain handling facilities and firefighters to develop grain handling facility firefighting procedures.
The NGFA Firefighting Manual: A Guide for Operators of Grain Handling Facilities and Fire Department Officials addresses planning for and fighting fires in grain elevators.
The information has significant applications for feed mills, processing plants, flour mills and other facilities that store and handle bulk agricultural commodities.
Chemical fires, which have applications for fertilizer and chemical plants, also are addressed.
The guide is free for NGFA members and can be accessed here.
“Each grain handling facility is unique in its layout, design, construction, operations, equipment, and personnel, and requires a tailored firefighting plan,” says NGFA Director, Safety, Education and Training Jim Seibert. “The firefighting plan should be a mutual effort between the facility’s management and the fire officials of the district in which it is located.
"It would benefit both facility management and fire officials to read and be familiar with the contents of this entire manual, since the information conveyed in each chapter affects both parties,” he says.
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