RF-DASH Agricultural Safety Training Offered Dec. 5 Near Penn, ND
NDSU Extension and the National Farm Medicine Center will offer the Rural Firefighters Delivering Agricultural Safety and Health (RF-DASH) train-the-trainer program on Dec. 5 at Webster Farms near Penn, North Dakota.It is aimed to teach how to prevent agricultural injuries and fatalities.
Who should attend?
- firefighters
- emergency managers
- EMS personnel
- law enforcement
- safety professionals
- Extension agents
- technical college instructors
- insurance agents
- farmers
- ranchers
- other rural community members interested in preventing agricultural injuries and fatalities
What will you learn?
RF-DASH helps trusted rural community members become leaders in farm and ranch safety education and outreach. The training includes hands-on activities and instruction in:
- Introduction to agricultural emergencies
- Farm emergency preplanning and mapping with Farm MAPPER
- Farm hazard analysis using SaferFarm.org
- Farm first aid
- Approaching the farm community
Instructors
- NDSU Extension agents Lindsay Overmyer and Hayden Anderson
- county emergency manager Chris Jaeger
- firefighter Lee Gessner
Cost and Registration
Contact Information
Requests for accommodations related to disability should be made to the event contact person at least two weeks in advance of the event.