Avoiding parking equipment, including trucks, on stubble.Ensuring equipment is clean both internally and externally including the working areas of the equipment, the operator area and the external mirrors (i.e.Keeping equipment well maintained and working properly.Doing so makes you more aware of risks around you. Have a plan! Creating a plan, review the plan, practice the procedures of the plan.Avoidance – prevent the field fire from occurring You can even share and get feedback on the plan from your local fire department.ġ. This plan should be written down, shared with staff on an annual basis, revised when a new field or equipment is purchased/rented and posted somewhere easily accessible (such as the shop or equipment cab). To reduce the likelihood and impact of a harvest fire, develop a plan which includes Avoidance, Preparation and Response components. Harvest fires can spread rapidly and threaten more than just the crop and harvest equipment. Harvest fires are most likely to occur and spread rapidly during dry and hot periods, but they can even occur in damp conditions.įigure 2 a+b. Combustible materials include the crop or residue that is accumulated within the machine, windrows of straw or stubble in the field. An ignition source could be a spark from a harvest machine or heat from a worn bearing. For a field fire to start, combustible materials must be ignited under the right conditions. (OMAFRA)įield fires can happen in any crop and at any time but tend to be more prevalent in mid-summer during cereal harvest. Ready for Wheat Harvest! Keep Harvest equipment well maintained and clean. Make sure you are prepared before harvest begins!įigure 1. Harvest fires result in a financial, emotional and environmental burden to the farm and risks the lives of farm personal, local fire departments and the public and uses firefighting resources. Wheat harvest 2020 is right around the corner! The conditions are dry in those fields! Once the rush starts it will be “all hands on deck” But remember the slew of harvest/field fires that occurred in July 8 under similar dry conditions.
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