NICC ag safety seminar a success

NICC Business Community Solutions Program Manager Matt Jurgensen demonstrates compression CPR techniques.

Over 80 area children have learned how to stay safe on their family's farm, thanks to an Ag Safety Day hosted by NICC Calmar.

4- to 12-year-olds attended a full day of visiting interactive stations that had been set up at NICC.  The safety stations included Animal Safety, taught by veterinarian Andrew Schatz; ATV Safety, taught by Aaron Johnson from Decorah Kawasaki; Electrical Safety with Alliant Energy staff members Amy Echard, Chip Piper, Joe Tuecke and Tina Tupy; Fire Safety with Wayne Weist and Tom Ward; First Aid with NICC Business Community Solutions Program Manager Matt Jurgensen; Large Machinery & Lawnmower Safety with Dan Neenan, director of the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS) at the NICC Peosta campus; and Sun Safety with NECAS staff member Gloria Reiter.

Sponsors for the Ag Safety Day included Winneshiek County Farm Bureau, Decorah Bank & Trust, Thrivent Financial Decorah Area Team, A & J Petersburg Agency and Norwegian Mutual Insurance.