The Moos Room™

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Emily
And welcome everybody to The Moos Room. That's right. You are hearing this correctly. As it turns out, I am not dead. Here it is, the triumphant return of me. Emily. I have missed you all the past. Month plus. But I have had some stuff going on. I was on medical leave for a while there. And so I was practicing what I preach, and I, took a short break to just attend to my physical, mental and emotional health.

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Emily
And you know, I it's like I've said before, too, sometimes something's got to give. And so I just had to take a few things off of my plate for a while. And unfortunately, this time around, it was the podcast. But I knew that Bradley would do a fabulous job. Keeping it moving forward. So. Yes.

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Emily
But I am happy to report that I am back. I, I did not leave the podcast by any means. I just had to take a break for a while. But here I am, back at it. What's up? Bradley?

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Brad
Well that's good. I'm glad you were here. Because as I've been ranting on the podcast for the last few weeks asking if anybody has seen Emily to let me know where she is and people are, I've had a few people ask me, Did Emily leave or what's going on? So,

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Emily
Yeah.

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Brad
I, I probably made up some excuse. I know you were traveling and doing some other things, so. But we are glad to have you back here. And Emily is an award winner as well for her, egg for all conference that you had earlier this spring, I think. Or winter or somewhere in March.

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Emily
Yes, March.

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Brad
And, you'll be hosting that again in Saint Cloud in March, I think. Yes.

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Emily
So save the date. March 7th, 2026. In Waite Park for our second annual Egg for all, which is our conference for LGBTQ plus farmers, egg professionals, and our allies in Minnesota. So more information will be out soon, but you can always reach out if you have questions. And yes, thank you so much, Brad. Joe Rand and I were honored to receive the Cultivator of Change award from the Cultivating Change Foundation.

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Emily
So thank you.

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Brad
I feel like you're a guest in that. I should ask you the super secret question. Your answers have changed, but I'm guessing that they probably haven't.

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Emily
So, they have not. And they are still not Jersey or Herford, so you probably don't want to ask me.

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Brad
Exactly, exactly. Anyways. Good. Well, we are glad to have you back here. And today is going to be The Emily Show. I'm sure people have had enough Brad ranting about topics and what Jim Sulfur was on here. A colleague and we had Becca. We're from a grad student at Minnesota, so we've had a few guests. But now it's time to hear about Emily and all of the fun things that she's done.

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Brad
And I know she has some things that we're going to talk about today on emergency planning on your farm so you can prepare and be ready.

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Emily
Yes. And just, you know, shout out to Becca. Thank you for being a guest. I had the opportunity to serve on a board with her once or on a committee, rather, I should say, a couple of years ago. So, yeah, it's great to hear about what she's up to and still doing great work. So yes, we thought, you know, I have been gone.

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Emily
So I was really itching to to do the Emily Show. And, you know, Brad and I were kind of talking about all sorts of things as we were getting ready for this episode. And, you know, we were just kind of talking about like, of course we are in this fall season. Unfortunately, we miss National Farm Safety and Health Week this year, but look forward to, a big episode for that in September 2026 for next year's, Farm Safety Week.

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Emily
But, you know, we were yeah, talking about fall harvest is really on and full force in many parts of the state and country. So what do we need to think about around harvest time? And, you know, of course, we are getting ready to head into winter. I don't know if any. Well, maybe up north has already gotten a little bit of snow.

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Emily
It's the middle of October as we're recording this.

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Brad
I think there's been some flakes in northern Minnesota. A few flakes, not not much, but a few flakes.

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Emily
Yeah. But anyways. Yes, like lots. Of course, there's always many, many things to be thinking about. But I've really been thinking about and talking with more of my colleagues and farmers lately about emergency planning. So Brad and I thought, well, hey, like we will, you know, talk about that today. You know, I think, again, as somebody who's kind of just gotten back from being on leave, like having a contingency plan, having some things in place for whatever reason that may be, is, is always a good idea and just helps make the the recovery from something, the return to something go that much easier.

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Brad
What is an emergency plan on a farm? And let's start with that. What actually is an emergency plan? I would guess that most of our listeners probably don't have one. I don't have one. But what what is an emergency plan? And, how do we go about doing that?

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Emily
Yeah. So an emergency plan is is really what it sounds like. It is some plan, some guidelines, some set of steps that you have putting together and hopefully have written down somewhere. So it should exist someplace other than just your mind. But yeah, so it is the set of steps that you will take in an emergency situation.

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Emily
And I want to be clear and I'll probably say this several times as we continue through this conversation, you cannot plan for every detail of every situation. So I want to be clear that that is not the point of an emergency plan is to be, you know, it doesn't need to be incredibly detailed for every situation. It is really about getting some of that key information together that you would need in probably any type of emergency, while also thinking about a few other contingencies for some really specific situations, you know.

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Emily
But again, I want to be clear, an emergency plan can can be as, as detailed or, you know, as sparse as, as you need it to be. You know, there are a lot of ways to do it. And we'll kind of talk through some some different components and considerations for it. But yes, you know, in short, it is what it sounds like.

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Emily
It is a plan for when there is an emergency, you know, what are we going to do? Who is in charge of doing what.

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Brad
And I don't think we should always have a plan because these things happen and when we least expect it. And then sometimes we're struggle to figure out what to do. And, you know, things can go off the rails really fast if we don't have the plan. I've seen emergencies happen on farms, and when you have a plan, things are executed quickly.

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Brad
And, it just goes so much smoother. On that standpoint.

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Emily
Yeah, you're absolutely right, Bradley. You know, and that is what it's all about is just being able to respond really quickly. And of course, when we are in a high pressure or stressful situation, you know, we know we get a little more frazzled. It can be more difficult for us to make decisions on the fly. It can be more difficult for us to, you know, process and retain information.

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Emily
And so that is where the emergency plan comes in. And an important step with this too, is that it's been reviewed. Right. Everybody knows what the plan is. So that in the heat of that moment, right, when you kind of have that brain fog or that brain frazzled, you know, you can just default back to like, I know we have this plan, like, I know the first step I need to take.

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Emily
That's always the hardest part, right? Like, where do we begin? Every, you know, sense in my body is going crazy. My nervous system is going nuts. Like, just knowing one thing to do next, right is, is going to be really helpful. And I have a short story that I like to share that kind of like frames emergency planning.

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Emily
It's not a farm example. It's an example for my own life. So some people know this. My my spouse and I, we have some cats. We also have a dog. But, you know, as a safety person, I do think about, like, if there's a tornado, if there's a fire, like, what's our plan? And, you know, maybe a year ago, year plus ago, I had mentioned to my husband, well, you know, like, if we have to get down to the basement for a tornado or get out of the house, like, you know, the dog will just follow us.

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Emily
We have her under voice command. But I'm like, for the cats, I really think we should just, like, throw them in the clothes hamper so that they're in something enclosed that we can just pick up and move right. The phrase is herding cats for a reason. So I was like, how can we get them contained? And then wouldn't you know it, the summer, we did have some, some bad weather.

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Emily
We had a tornado warning, in our neighborhood. The sirens did go off. It was in the middle of the night, so I was actually sound asleep. And my husband just gently shakes me awake and goes, the sirens are going off. I'm going to grab the cats. Can you get yourself and the dog down to the basement? And I got us down there.

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Emily
And then here he comes with the hamper full of cats. Right. So that whole situation was like, we were all down there. Everybody secured in less than 60s. And it was because of one conversation we had had, you know, one morning over coffee a year beforehand and you know, but in that moment, he had a plan, right? We had talked about it.

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Emily
There was no need to panic. He knew, get me up so I can get myself where I need to go. But the plan was really in place for, you know, the, the, the audience that can't self-regulate or, you know, self-govern itself. We have to move them ourselves. So that is emergency planning at work, right? That was something really simple.

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Emily
And I actually broke my own rule. We don't have it written down anywhere. But again, that was not a huge plan. It was just, you know, one thing, one strategy for making the whole thing go smoother for managing this. Right. So I share that as an example to again prove that emergency plans do not have to be incredibly complicated.

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Emily
You just need to have, you know, some of the key concerns covered and some of the key pieces of information in place. And it will just help you, you know, reduce that vulnerability and that stress in the moment.

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Brad
Well, that sounds like a wonderful story. And Rob must be grateful. At least your cats must be grateful because I know other people would be like, oh, let's the cats can fend for themselves. So that's good.

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Emily
You're I'm sure there are people listening that are like, Emily, you sound crazy. Like, yeah, just let the cats figure it out. And like, I am sorry we are not that kind of household.

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Brad
Yeah, right, I know, I know, me too. I, I run for the cats, but.

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Emily
Yeah, the pets are included.

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Brad
So anyways, back to her or her emergency planning. So what shall we include on our plan? What should we have in our plan.

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Emily
Yeah. So I you know, first we'll share like I did kind of mentioned. Right. There's a few different things that can happen on a farm. And certainly you know, some plans require different actions. And so I always tell people to kind of consider, you know, what you would need to do if you needed to evacuate or get off of your farm.

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Emily
So that could be tornado. That could be a fire. Some situation like that. What would you do if you needed to shelter in place at your farm? So again, weather of course we live in Minnesota, so we know right? People have been trapped by snowstorms in the past for 48 plus hours. So, you know, you need to stay where you're at and are potentially cut off from resources.

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Emily
What is the plan there? And then, of course, another big one that I think about as somebody who works in farm safety is what is the plan? If there is a medical emergency, right. So if somebody, you know, if the worst does happen, somebody does get hurt or injured, what do we need to do? Right. So those three things we need to think about.

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Emily
But to get started for those three things, it's all the same information to begin with. Right. So you know, Brad, you ask like what? What do we need to have in the plan. So any plan should start with a map of your farm. Like I think, you know, you can get a map off of Google Maps. You know many folks get aerial, photographs taken and have maps that way.

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Emily
So however it works for you, some people will just hand draw a map out. But look at your farm, you know, and consider and label on that map, you know, where are the access routes. So driveways, roads, lanes, you know, the different ways people get into and off of your farm, thinking about where you have fences and gates, right?

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Emily
Because if you are evacuating or trying to quickly move livestock, you need to know where those, you know, bottleneck points are going to be with fences and gates, knowing where livestock is right, knowing kind of the inventory of your farm, especially knowing where you keep any hazardous materials. Right. So anything flammable, anything that could explode, right. A lot of farms store their own fuel.

00;14;21;21 - 00;14;51;27
Emily
So knowing where those types of things are and just being mindful of what else they're near, and I would say very importantly as well, you know, marking on there and knowing where your shut offs are. So emergency shut offs, your regular shutoffs for electricity, water, other utilities. You know, again, especially if you have any of those near hazardous or flammable materials knowing where those things are.

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Emily
So just having an understanding a good understanding of, again, the layout of your farm where there might be bottlenecks, where there might be the most imminent danger with certain things, you know, that is a great place to start of just kind of like, okay, let's let's get a lay of the land here.

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Brad
Yeah. And one, one thing that we also have at least in, in our place and maybe a lot of people don't, is an emergency contact list. You know, if, if say you're not there an owner is not there or workers are just there, you know, who do they call? Where's who's the veterinarian on staff? Are there sheriff numbers?

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Brad
Obviously 911 is where you want to call if there's an emergency. But there can be other places milk callers, suppliers, you know, various emergency management people that can get there quite quickly so you don't have any problem. You're trying to scramble about what to do if something happens. So we you come into our barn and there's an emergency contact list right there with our cell phones and different entities that we might call just in case if something happens, veterinarian in those things.

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Emily
And I can't remember. Bradley, is your list bright red or does it have like a red header on it?

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Brad
It does have a kind of a red border around it. So it's kind of easy for people to see, when they come in there and then. And it's accessible to anyone. So if you know the milk color comes in and see something, you know, they can call the authorities or whoever needs to be called. So it's been it's been helpful.

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Emily
Right? Yeah. And I was just today actually talking to a colleague about this for farms that do agritourism. Right. So you do tours or maybe you have a you pick pumpkin patch or something, having those emergency contact numbers also listed publicly for guests because yeah, maybe a guest will see something you don't and they can make that call that much quicker.

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Emily
So I completely agree. Like in most emergencies 911 will be your very first call. But there are probably additional calls to make, you know. Absolutely. And and Bradley, I think you hit most of them, but I do have a list in front of me, so I will rundown it quickly. You know, your veterinarian, various county services. So emergency management, the sheriff, especially if you are doing something that might involve moving livestock.

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Emily
Some counties in Minnesota have, sheriffs mounted passes so they can kind of help herd cattle, on horseback, actually. So that may be a service you might need. Also your insurance agent. Right. If something went wrong, I mean, they're not going to be the first call you make by any means, but I do know from experience, like the sooner you do call them and can get them looped in, the better the quicker you can get that process going.

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Emily
So making sure they know what's happening and then, yeah, people who supply services or something to your farm. Right. Besides your veterinarian. So if you're a dairy farm, your milk hauler, right. If you get feed delivered, those folks and the other vendors or other folks that visit or deliver supplies to the farm, right. Again, maybe the next day you're calling them to let them know you're going to be on a delay for a few weeks, or this is what's going on right now, or you need to postpone for a couple days.

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Emily
So knowing who to call and again, kind of putting them in order of when they should be called as well, 911 should be your first call, right? When, when you are needing those emergency services, but then knowing who to call next. And yes, if you are not the farm owner knowing those numbers, you know, knowing who to contact for, for information on the farm itself will be very important.

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Emily
So yes. And having those lists out and bright red is my preference. Like, like, Bradley mentioned they haven't Morris. Just so they're that much easier to spot and find again when you are frazzled or stressed, it's really easy for your eyes to just get to something that's really easy for them to find. So yeah, emergency contact lists are going to be really important regardless of what emergency you're planning for.

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Emily
Because regardless, somebody is going to need to be contacted at some point. Sadly. Now I have a question for you. I discussed this before. Do you have first aid kits at the dairy in Morris?

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Brad
Yes, we do, we do. And multiple ones, multiple one in the dairy barn, one in our sort of our machine shop. There's one in the calf barn there. It's not in every building, but there's 4 or 5 on the site. And do get use. I've used them, you know, slice my finger open somewhere and I'm run into the first aid kit.

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Brad
Now, you should ask the second question. Is, do we keep them fully stocked as well? Right.

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Emily
How how often do they get replenished?

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Brad
I think they get replenished. We try to do it once a year. Okay. I went into the first aid kit once in the dairy barn and there wasn't much in it, so I just bought a new one because I'm like, I don't even know what's supposed to go in here anymore. So to me, first aid kits are inexpensive, to get all of those things.

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Brad
So I just got a new one and put it up in there, and it was much easier. So they've worked out well for employees and we've used them countless times.

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Emily
Yeah. So that kind of leads into my point, you know, along with first aid kits, thinking about, you know, as a part of your emergency plan, just the resources you already have, right? The things you already have or maybe should have for various emergency situations. Right. So these are things I you have likely already heard me talk about having first aid kits.

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Emily
I would also encourage for a farm setting if you don't already have one. Looking into getting a trauma first aid kit specifically, finding one that comes with a tourniquet. Because of course we know there can be many, incidents that happen that can require limbs getting caught and equipment. Of course, that is a really personal part of my family's story.

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Emily
So I really encourage, you know, like, yes, the first aid kit with the Band-Aids and the tweezers and the things for just simple wound care and, and splinters and what have you are great to have, but having at least somewhere one trauma first aid kit that does have a tourniquet. Just in case. Right. Of course, you can use many, many things as makeshift tourniquet belts, you know, thicker ropes, etc..

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Emily
But having an an actual tourniquet handy is something that I would really recommend. Other things to, to consider having or, you know, check if you have them and if you don't, maybe you want to get one, you know, various other emergency supplies I mentioned. Sometimes you might be, sheltering in place. Right. So do you have, you know, enough food on hand, both for people, you know, if you have employees that get stuck at the farm.

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Emily
Also, if you have livestock. Right. Do you have an emergency backup feed supply? Right. Do you keep a little extra on hand? You know, those types of supplies you might need in an emergency? And then another thing to review, as as not fun as it can be. Are your insurance policies, right? I already mentioned, and then, you know, in situations like this, you are eventually going to need to involve your insurance agent.

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Emily
And I really recommend as you start to think about these plans, if you haven't done so recently, this would be a great time to call your agent up and just review your policies. I want to be clear, I am by no means an insurance expert, so contact someone who is, you know, but I hear all too often from farmers who, you know, they forgot to add some new piece of equipment to their insurance policy or they had just fell, built a new shed, right.

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Emily
And then hi, hi. Straight line winds came in and tore it down. Right. And they didn't call their agent fast enough to get it covered. So think about it now so that when the time comes, you already have that coverage when you need it. So that's another thing to consider of just kind of taking stock, knowing what you have and what you need and getting those things you need now so you have them for an emergency.

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Brad
I agree, I think it's best to plan now for those incidents. Even when Brad has been fixing something and sliced my finger open. If I had, I had to get in my vehicle and run around trying to figure out where I can get a bandaid, that probably would have been not good. I had blood everywhere, but making a plan, having some of those things on hand is so inexpensive.

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Brad
It's inexpensive to have that, so I would recommend you do that.

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Emily
And even the tiniest cut can get infected. So that's why it's important to get them cleaned up and covered up right away too. So and it's a farm right? Germs are everywhere.

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Brad
That's right. They're everywhere. They're everywhere.

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Emily
All right. So as we, you know, kind of get to the wrap of, of this, you know, we we have these key pieces of information. The only thing we're really missing now are the action plans, right. What are we actually going to do. Right. And that might be a singular task, like putting all the cats in the hamper, for example.

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Emily
But on a farm, it's probably going to be a few more additional steps for that. Right? So I am going to go through these kind of quickly, but we do have a lot of this information, on our website. So we will link that article in the show notes. So if you missed some of this or want to revisit this information, you can find it all on our website.

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Emily
You know, but I mentioned thinking about shelter in place and, you know, I always picture like a blizzard. When I think of shelter in place, I think of, you know, several years ago in, in various parts of the country, there were some really bad snowstorms and yes, you know, there was 48 hours before milk trucks could get to dairies and, and some things like that.

00;25;05;17 - 00;25;28;02
Emily
So for shelter in place, just some things to consider, right? I can't tell you everything that has to go in your plan, but you should be able to answer all of these questions right. So in the shelter in place situation, you know, is there a backup power? You know, backup fuel if you need that for a generator or something.

00;25;28;05 - 00;25;50;20
Emily
You know what? If one of your access routes gets blocked, right, your driveway is blocked, or you know, the road gets blocked, what are you going to do in that situation? How will priority chores get done in a situation like this? Right. Maybe certain employees or farm help cannot reach the farm. So you are trying to do this with one person or just two people, right?

00;25;50;20 - 00;26;11;16
Emily
How how do you get what needs to get done? Done? How will you keep people safe? Right. And who is responsible for what? That is a key piece in this. Or knowing what the tasks are so people can assign themselves. Right. So that's for shelter in place. And then on the opposite end you know we have evacuation.

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Emily
So again here this may be a tornado a flood. Fires are a very common one, I think of, you know, many of the stories from other parts in the country of wildfires. So here, you know, we have some different questions to consider and some that are the same. But we might think about, you know, the best escape route, especially for animals.

00;26;34;11 - 00;27;00;22
Emily
Right. So which fences need to be opened. You know, in what order those types of things. Who is going to get to those fences, right? Or who has? Whoever is the closest opens this fence, opens this gate. Right. Again, similar to shelter in place, like if certain access routes are blocked. So for example, a fire or a right, there's downed trees from a storm and so you can't go away.

00;27;00;22 - 00;27;23;08
Emily
You thought what is plan B? I mentioned, you know, on the farm map, explosive and hazardous materials, right. If you are leaving the farm behind for some reason and there is some hazard or risk coming at that farm, is that going to impact those things? Right? Are they stored really close to feed or to something else that you're not going to be moving?

00;27;23;10 - 00;27;43;04
Emily
You know what? What could be the repercussions of that? Where can people take shelter? That's a really important one for, you know, if we need to get out of a space, where do we all meet up? Right? Where should we go? And again, if where we initially want to go is not an option, what is plan B?

00;27;43;07 - 00;28;04;24
Emily
How will again how will we keep people safe? You know, what is the plan for the people and knowing who is responsible for what right. Knowing who is making which call, who is going to make sure gates get open? Who is going to be the one at the the shelter, place that's been decided taking the headcount right.

00;28;04;26 - 00;28;26;20
Emily
Having a few of those things figured out. And then lastly, we have medical emergencies. Right? So again, this is the main space I work in. This is what I think about a lot. You know, of course we want to prevent incidents. We want to prevent injuries. But sometimes people get hurt or sometimes they have a different type of medical emergency.

00;28;26;20 - 00;28;53;27
Emily
Right? People have heart attacks on farms. People trip and break bones on farms. Right. So maybe you have somebody who is a diabetic on your farm, right? And they go into shock from that. So, so it's not just like injuries from from accidents and incidents, but it could be other things. So questions to consider. Right. Are there preexisting medical conditions you know about.

00;28;54;00 - 00;29;20;16
Emily
Right. Like I've been to farms right where somebody has an allergy. So everybody knows where there's EpiPens. Right. Maybe there's multiple EpiPens stored on the farm in various places. Again, maybe somebody, you know, they have a heart condition. So we just watch them or we make sure they're not working alone. Right. So being aware of some of those pieces, and like we already talked about, where are the emergency medical supplies, where are the first aid kits?

00;29;20;18 - 00;29;32;16
Emily
Do we have tickets available? If we know somebody has a heart problem, maybe your farm has an ad on it too, right. Bradley, does Morris have one? Do they have any ID?

00;29;32;19 - 00;29;50;19
Brad
We do. We do have one. There's one in the dairy barn, and I would recommend it. They're relatively inexpensive, but as we all know, they're life savers. And if something were to happen, everybody knows in this trained. And you might not think that, but I think it's worth it to have one on everybody's farm.

00;29;50;22 - 00;30;15;27
Emily
Right. They are in many schools and other public places. And yes, I certainly think have a place on farms. And yes, I like them because they are, you know, relatively inexpensive. And even if you have not been trained to use one, they are designed to they, you know, step by step, walk you through what you need to do, like you open it and the speaker starts talking at you and tells you what to do.

00;30;15;27 - 00;30;36;09
Emily
So those are a great thing to have. You know, similar to that, right? Does does your farm provide first aid training, should it, whether that's on an IED or, you know, like with our youth tractor safety program, we get the kids CPR training, so they all learn how to do that. They all learn basic first aid, right?

00;30;36;09 - 00;30;55;23
Emily
How to clean and dress a cut or a wound. What to do if it's a large wound, right. It needs to be packed or needs a tourniquet. So is that training that needs to be provided? Other things to think about from medical emergencies. And this is a little morbid, but but you need to make this consideration, right.

00;30;55;25 - 00;31;19;07
Emily
Can an ambulance get everywhere it needs to go on your farm. Right. And if it can't, how could you get the patient into the ambulance? Taking it one step further, can we land a helicopter here? Where could we land a helicopter on this farm? You know, again, many people know, like, my family story. And, yes, my brother needed to be airlifted.

00;31;19;07 - 00;31;46;05
Emily
Right. Where can the helicopter go with in in certain medical emergencies, they will recommend an airlift. So are you prepared to support that? Is there a place that that you can safely accommodate that? And again, how will we keep other people safe. Right. If there is a medical emergency again, do we have if your farm has employees, a certain place where we'll just have them go go to the breakroom.

00;31;46;05 - 00;32;11;25
Emily
Right. And and offer support to you. You know, who is responsible for what is there somebody who's going to get people moved out of the way or to the break room? If you have a large farmstead, like, again, I think of Morris. Right. Which is pretty big. You know, do you have somebody who's going to be at the driveway out on the road that meets the ambulance to direct them exactly where they need to go if it is a larger farm?

00;32;11;28 - 00;32;35;08
Emily
Thinking through some of those things. So again, in the moment that doesn't get missed and then you are getting services, ambulance, etc., that much quicker where they need to go, you know, and especially in the medical emergency. 30s 60s can make a big difference. So these plans can help save some of those precious seconds as well.

00;32;35;15 - 00;32;58;00
Brad
But so there's no way to plan for everything. We know that, right? I think it's good just to have a plan for some things and familiarize yourself with them. Actually keep them updated. That might be helpful. Not just do it once and then throw it on the shelf. Obviously, these are living documents. You want to keep going. What else should we do?

00;32;58;00 - 00;33;00;14
Brad
Emily, as we wrap up.

00;33;00;16 - 00;33;23;25
Emily
Yeah. You know, I'll just share a couple resources. And again, we can, link all of these in the show notes as well. But knowing that. Yeah, if you don't know where to start, there are some resources available to you. So we have talked about these before. But from U of M extension, we do have some operations, contingency plans for various types of livestock operations.

00;33;23;25 - 00;33;51;11
Emily
So, you can check those out. There is also the Extension Disaster Education Network. It's called Eden. So if you are looking for resources for specific types of disaster, like again, more floods, storms, fires, etc., extension, disaster dot net. You can find information there. And then again you can also find information typically from your insurance company.

00;33;51;11 - 00;34;12;00
Emily
And I really encourage you to to let them know when you are making these plans. Right. And again, making sure that you have the right coverage you need for for what you have on your farm as well. So, you know, involving others and making these plans is is a really great step as well. You know, and using these resources.

00;34;12;00 - 00;34;12;13
Brad
So that's a.

00;34;12;13 - 00;34;13;14
Emily
Wrap. Is that a wrap.

00;34;13;19 - 00;34;14;07
Brad
That I think.

00;34;14;07 - 00;34;26;19
Emily
So have we done it. It really was the Emily Show today Bradley Decker hugging but I it's been so long since I've, you know had a life microphone in front of me. So I also feel like I just could go all day. Right.

00;34;26;21 - 00;34;54;25
Brad
That's good. But it's always useful to update our listeners on these things, because you just never know. And you want to prevent things from happening, and you want to have a plan when you're, caught in these situations. So, it's always good to update those, and it's given me new, ideas to think about as well and make sure that our emergency preparedness is updated because we don't updated enough.

00;34;54;25 - 00;34;56;20
Brad
I know that things change.

00;34;56;22 - 00;35;21;07
Emily
And maybe you have never thought about this, or you don't have a plan right now. And that's okay, right? Just get started. Get get a couple plans in place right again. Like what is your cat's in the hamper, right. Just 1 or 2 small things that, that you can discuss or share with folks. So that when something does happen, there is some sort of structure, right?

00;35;21;07 - 00;35;44;05
Emily
Some sort of plan to follow and like Bradley, are already set. Right? We we cannot make a plan for every type of a situation and every little detail and every what if right. But we can have a general idea of, of what needs to be done if the worst does happen. So on that cheery note, I say that right.

00;35;44;08 - 00;36;07;28
Emily
Thanks for coming back to wrap this. You know, as as always, I hope Bradley has still been doing the outro. If you have questions, comments, or scathing rebuttals about today's episode, you can email those to the Moos room at Umkc. Edu if you want to learn more about, this or another topic, you can find us on the web extension.

00;36;08;01 - 00;36;27;19
Emily
Andrew. And of course, as I've mentioned, you can visit the show notes for a couple, of those specific resources that we mentioned. And today's episode. But with that, we will leave it there. I am so happy to be back. Hopefully you are all happy. I am back as well. Hopefully hearing my voice is a good thing for you.

00;36;27;22 - 00;36;31;06
Emily
And we will catch you next time on the Mu0. Thanks for listening.

00;36;31;09 - 00;36;32;27
Brad
Bye bye.

00;36;33;00 - 00;36;37;03
Emily
They have. It's good to be back.