Fordville's volunteer fire department has 18 members, most of them farmers. Adam Jallo, who grow up on a local farm and now works at the Fordville Co-op Marketing Association grain elevator, was among those attending the Oct. 17 training.
"We know grain bins are dangerous. And we want to be ready, though we hope we never have to use this (equipment or training)," said Jallo, who, as part of the training, stood thigh-deep in grain. The training was conducted in a grain truck, not a bin.