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Dealing With Equipment Fires

Sep 12, 2017

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On a previous program we heard from Blaine Metzger, project technologist manager at the Farm Stewardship Centre, about how producers can prevent equipment fires during harvest. Today he takes a look at what to do in the event of a fire.

Interview with Blaine Metzger (2:11 minutes) (1.00 Mb)

Source : Agriculture and Forestry

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