Person rescued from grain bin in rural Livingston County

Posted on April 12, 2024
Authorities said the person was taken to an area hospital in stable condition. (Photo Flickr/DeeWayneNealy)

By WMBD-TV and Neil Doyle

LIVINGSTON COUNTY – One person was rescued from grain bin in rural Livingston County Thursday afternoon.

The Normal Fire Department’s technical rescue team was called in shortly after 1 p.m. to rural Livingston County for a “grain bin rescue operation.”

It took emergency crews several hours to complete the rescue, according to a post on social media.

Authorities said the person was taken to an area hospital in stable condition.

According to the department’s website, the department provides the team as part of their mutual aid program, known throughout the state as MABAS. The team is a “highly trained team responds for high angle rope rescue, trench rescue, confined space rescue, and structural collapse rescue.”

Normal’s technical rescue team, the department said, has responded to incidents in Normal, Bloomington, Heyworth, Ellsworth, Utica and Roanoke.

“There are approximately 25 Normal firefighters that have attended hundreds of hours of specialized training to become members of this team and must be ready to deploy statewide on a couple of hours notice,” the department said.

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