Lacombe County hosts annual Farm Safety Day
Roughly 250 grade five students learned all about farm safety during the annual Lacombe County Farm Safety Day held at the County’s Operations Building on Friday.
The event featured seven safety stations for the students to rotate through and included a Horse Safety station with Brittany Rogers from the Rogers Riding Academy, a Fire Safety station presented by Lacombe County Fire Chief Drayton Bussiere and Bentley Fire Chief Ian McLaren.
Others included an ATV Safety station presented by Lacombe County Peace Officers Landon Craney and Ray Kawai, a Grain Safety station with Jim Davenport from the Clive Seed Cleaning Plant, Mowing Safety station with Lindsay Vink from Lacombe County, Heavy Equipment Safety station with T.J. McTrowe from Lacombe County and a Post Pounder Safety station with Doug Giles from Lacombe County.
Jalene Makus, Assistant Ag Fieldman with Lacombe County says the day is all about spreading awareness about the potential dangers on a farm.