Etowah County Conservation District

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Farm Safety is very important to us! Drive safe everyone! We love our farmers!
Notice the Farm Safety billboard if you are traveling on 72 E just past Faith Church. Located almost across from Tri-Green Equipment.

Great day to kick off the highlighting how . Check out this GIF to see how landowners are stepping up to voluntarily install conservation practices with the assistance of their local SWCD and NRCS.

Etowah County Completed Project:

"Positive Pressure Ventilation Fan (PPVF) & Attack Monitor"
Jones/Nordgren

Ballplay Bend Volunteer Fire Department received funding to replace the dysfunctional gas-powered PPVF with an updated battery-powered PPVF for adequate firefighter operations. The new PPVF is only 46 pounds, so one firefighter easily operates it; it is also quieter, providing a much safer fire ground. The electric fan also produces no exhaust, so it can be used in rehab operations following a fire to cool firefighters. The old one could not do that due to the carbon monoxide and other exhaust fumes.

The department also purchased a portable attack monitor, which replaces a nozzle that requires 2-3 firefighters to operate. The monitor will be set up and operated by one firefighter and cause very little fatigue, which lessens the chance of injuries on the fire ground and used on any fire that has spread to a large portion of a structure.

! Some may have forgotten since we didn't get to have a *real* annual meeting last year but this sweet lady, Jennifer Childers from and Marshall County Conservation District was awarded the Distinguished Service award for 2020. Congrats again!
We can't wait for us all to get together in just a few weeks to congratulate our next awardee for 2021. Hope you're joining us to find out who it is!
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