Fire On The Farm

and no one will be allowed to smoke in the barn or the oil house all of us on to learn how to call fire department so the forum also us whether the fire department has a map of our buildings special hazards and water supply listed on a card if we inspect our farms with an underwriters form we can prevent a lot of potential fires many fires are prevented poorest everyday in many unseen ways prevented by the UL label a farmer took a lot of time [Music] in building materials as well as fire test assurance we have that the equipment we you won't start a price [Music] [Music] [Applause] pharming looks easy to folks who've never tried it chorus with a tractor of bail plenty of power you never have to do much manual work yourself there are times when farming looks too easy especially when you're getting your hay in to some folks it looked as if all you have to do is go out and cut it but in spite of all the help of farmer gets from his machinery it took me three weeks to get my hay in last summer you can blame that on the weather every time I got the tractor out a bad summer storm [Music] [Music] [Music] whenever we get a storm like this I can't help thinking farming is still pretty much a battle with the elements in spite of all our modern progress we still have to run we get a bad rainstorm [Music] I've been farming for 30 years sometimes I think I've got everything pretty much under control but then old Mother Nature comes along and shows me who's the boss even with all the modern ideas and tools the farmer has these days he still has to battle a lot of persistent enemies for instance there's weather which is usually too hot or too cold to weather to drive in fact Pest misfortune [Music] and fired [Music] most of these hazards are seasonal lucky for us we have to fight insects only a part of the year but we got to be prepared for fire every day and night the whole year through keeping the fire department number in plain sight is one way of being prepared farmers got to be better prepared because fire hits him harder than anyone and you know why too many of our farms have been a long way from the fire department by the time firemen got there was usually too late for anything but regrets to many farm buildings were built mighty poor we don't know what a building code is in farm areas we haven't had enough water to fight fires and we've had more than our share of hazards for instance hey that heats up all by itself and has to be guarded against lightning that requires special precautions [Music] past few years we've done a mighty good job of making our farms more secure from fire I've even built a fire pond on my place just to make sure there'd be plenty of water on hand in case a fire ever breaks out took my neighbor's bulldozer only a couple of days to scoop out the pond it might save my barn I hear farmers all over the country are building or making ponds by damming a book it's the sensible thing to do before you have your fire [Music] another improvement has been in our roads fire trucks can get to the farms faster most of us have telephones now we can call a fireman in a hurry neighbors will get off the line we've got a lot more fire departments in rural areas these fire departments are using faster better equipped trucks [Music] spray nozzles that cool off a fire faster water chemicals that help water get to the seat of a fire quicker even two-way radio is helping cut our farm fire losses [Music] tanktricks can carry water to a fire but don't put off building your farm pond because of them the water you can get when you have a fire yep we've come a long way step four our progress prisons I reckon we use ten times the gasoline and oils that we use 20 years ago new fuel liquefied petroleum gas is used on thousands of farms nearly all our machines have some kind of fire hazard we're using heat and power in so many ways like this prop dryer for instance nearly all farms now have electricity unless you use it carefully it can be dangerous fires caused by lightning has increased more thing is too attractive maybe yes there's still a lot of hazards in farming more than some folks realized with all the hard work savings and invest we have put into our primes now cattle we need a lot of something to take some of the uncertainty out of a single disaster say a bad fire could wipe out our savings and set us back 20 years the one thing that will protect us from the effects of disaster is insurance that's why my local insurance agent is a welcome visitors my farm [Music] the protection he brings it's a guarantee that we'll survive and prosper no matter what happens [Music] his service includes the mighty good engineering advice such as the farm fire safety inspection form from the national board of fire underwriters [Music] this problem was a new one on me there's so many places where a fire could start on a farm and I need some help to find them this farm has helped me locate just about everything that might cause a fire but most important it shows you how to do the job yourself you always learn something better by doing it firsthand you notice for instance whether your lightning rod cables are grounded securely in moisture you get to checking the size of your fuses plying the forum reminds you that you've got to use a Satan if you're paying any gasoline about the farm and it you'd better keep your oils in a special house away from other buildings there's hardly a farm that couldn't stand a little more inspection and a little more looking for the UL label [Music] and there isn't a farm anywhere that couldn't stand having a good fire department in the neighborhood always feel more secure if you can get help somewhere you need good farm [Music] proud enough of their equipment to show off once in a while [Music] and ready for instant action [Music] I learned Thornton the Good Friday pricing can be the day somewhat hey started smoldering in the barn call the fire department I gave the operator my fire block number [Music] fire block number told the fire department exactly where my farm was [Music] a matter of seconds the farm the way [Music] a close call that had been for the fire department speed we I'll never forget what the fire chief said when I thanked him it takes a whale of a lot to be prepared for fire and to fight it the best time to fight a fires long before it started that's the time for vigilant inspection and the program of prevention that means safety and security to every pond