Nokomis Area Fire Protection District responds to individual trapped in a grain bin
At approximately 6:00 PM this date, members of the Nokomis Area Fire Protection
District were notified of an individual trapped in a grain bin at Illinois Route 16 and
Ohlman Road.
Responding units locate the trapped individual who was surrounded by corn and could not self extricate himself. Other individuals at the location tried to extricate the victim with no success.
Nokomis Area Fire Protection Chief, Michael Smalley, initiated a mutual air response
including Witt Fire Department, Pana Fire Department, Fillmore Fire Protection
District, Farmersville-Waggoner Fire Protection District, Nokomis-Witt Area Fire
Protection District, Illinois Natural Resources, Nokomis Police, Air methods Helicopter and Montgomery County EMA. Springfield Fire Department’s Technical Rescue Team was also called to assist.
After approximately one- and one-half hours of moving grain through relief cuts in the grain bin, the victim was extricated and transferred to the Nokomis Witt Area
Ambulance Service. Air Methods transported the patient.
No emergency responders were injured in the rescue.
Nokomis Area Fire Protection District extends appreciation to all responding
departments and to the area farmers that came to assist in moving the grain from
around the bin.