WARRENSBURG — The Warrensburg Fire Department received an early Christmas present of a grain rescue tube.
Representing a victim, Chris Faith was placed in the bin of corn while Warrensburg volunteer firefighters, Gage Jones, right, and Brycen Stock, left, learn how to rescue him.
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Latham volunteer firefighter Gaven Baker, right, and Warrensburg Assistant Chief Lloyd Buckley, left, learn how to assemble the grain rescue tube around victim and Latham firefighter Hayden Morris, center.
Dan Neenan takes the class outside the Warrensburg Fire Department for hands-on instruction on how to use the grain bin rescue tube.
Volunteer firefighters were taught how and where to cut holes in a grain bin to rescue someone trapped inside.
Chris Faith waits patiently to be rescued from a grain bin simulator filled with corn up to his waist.
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Donnette Beckett
"Together Decatur" Columnist and Food/Drink Reporter
