(West argo, ND) -- A generous donation is allowing an area fire department to purchase critical life saving equipment.
"What they are is a series of panels that are slightly rounded so to speak and they interlock with each other so if there is a need for a grain bin rescue or someone might be trapped in a grain bin we can deploy these shoots," said Chief Steve Baron from the West Fargo Rural Fire Department.
He said Peterson Farm Seed has donated $3,100 to the department to purchase 10 grain bin rescue tubes along with a hammer slide. Baron says the equipment will compliment current rescue tools used by the fleet. Fortunately these types of rescues don't happen frequently. But when they do the department will be read to respond and can use the equipment to assist other departments in the region.