About 45 firefighters from the Northwest Homer, Homer Township and Lemont Fire Protection districts received hands-on lessons in safe equine handling and proper evacuation procedures for large animals.
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.Presenter Rhonda Cory leads a classroom session teaching firefighters from three fire protection districts how to read a horse's emotions. She taught how to respond to an accident involving a horse trailer, a barn fire and water and mud rescues.
But the fire got Karman, the center’s executive director, talking with the firefighters who responded on whether they could benefit from additional training handling emergencies in barns.Marlene Karman, executive director of the Holistic Riding Equestrian Therapy, helps Lt. Frank Chojnacki of the Homer Township Fire Department lead the horse Amir.
Cory, a Wisconsin resident, said the number one goal is to keep firefighters safe from harm and then to protect the horses. The lessons can apply to barns throughout Homer Township, and firefighters can apply what they learned to other large animals such as cows or even to smaller animals such as dogs, she said.
Capt. Brian Jamrok from the Homer Township Fire Protection District said the large animal training is another tool to add to their toolbox. Lt. Jeff Bailey of the Lemont Fire Protection District is introduced to Apollo at the Holistic Riding Equestrian Therapy.
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