This past Saturday the Kenney Fire Department was host to special training exercise that brought fire departments from around the area to Kenney.

The Kenney Fire Department was host to a Grain Bin Rescue Training taught by the Illinois Fire Service Institute. Firefighters from Beason, Mt. Zion, Hammond, Dalton City, Waynesvile, Wapella, Farmer City and Maroa trained with a new Grain Bin Extrication Tube. Representative from EMC Insurance in Des Moines, Iowa and Western Grain Marketing were also on hand for the training.

Firefighters received both classroom and hands on training throughout the session. The Extrication Tube will be available to all local Fire and Rescue Departments in the event of an actual emergency. The new Grain Bin Extrication Tube was purchased with donations from local businesses and individuals involved in agriculture.

Those businesses and individuals include: Farmers's Grain Company of Central Illinois, Farm Credit Services, Harbrand Inc., Tate and Lyle Grain, the DeWitt County Farm Bureau, Weldon Fertilizer, Tom Wilson, and LG Seeds.

 (Object Inside is Mannequin)