Indiana farmers funded grain-bin rescue gear that has helped save three lives
The Indiana Corn Marketing Council trained 196 firefighters in 2026 and supplied rescue tubes to nine rural departments. The gear has already been part of saving three people.
%20(9547807216).jpg){kind=link}
Read the original
The reporting lives at WISH-TV. Our summary is checked against it, and we link it on every story.
A farmer-led program from the Indiana Corn Marketing Council trained 196 firefighters in 2026 and sent grain-bin rescue tubes to nine rural departments, WISH-TV reported. The equipment and training have already been part of saving three people.
The 196 firefighters are this year's class. Nine is the number of departments that received tubes. Three is the number of lives the program's gear has already helped save, not a forecast of future rescues.
Community in IndianaIndianapolis, IndianaFirefightersFirst respondersKindnessGood news on November 6
More good news
Other stories in the same neighborhood of kindness.
CommunityFort Wayne special-education teachers each receive a $300 surprise
The WindSwell Foundation gave $300 gift cards to 1,141 special-education teachers in Fort Wayne, a surprise meant for their classrooms.
Verified · WPTA 21Alive
CommunityWarsaw volunteers pack 1,124,712 meals for children
At a Feed My Starving Children mobile pack in Warsaw, 4,209 volunteers, including 2,376 students, packed 1,124,712 meals and beat the goals they had set.
Verified · InkFreeNews
CommunityA horse barn becomes a sensory-friendly trick-or-treat
LoveWay's fifth annual Barn Boo-Nanza turned stalls into candy booths and offered calm, spaced-out games, so some children got to trick-or-treat for the first time.
Verified · ABC57