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Three rural Fire Departments receive grain safety equipment donations
A Norfolk company donates grain bin rescue equipment to multiple rural fire departments.
Friday, January 2nd 2026, 3:51 PM CST
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Carroll Fire Department. Courtesy Summit Contracting
Carroll Fire Department. Courtesy Summit Contracting
NORFOLK, Neb.- A Norfolk company donated grain bin rescue equipment to multiple rural fire departments.
Summit Contracting out of Norfolk donated Res-Q-Tubes and other equipment to the Carroll, Winside, and Osmond Volunteer Fire Departments.
Winside also received a rescue auger, as did Osmond, who already had a Res-Q-Tube.
The Res-Q-Tube is a device used to efficiently and safely get someone out after being trapped in a bin, and the auger assists.
Between 2007 and 2023, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln reports nearly 575 documented grain entrapments, an average of 33 per year nationally.
