Eye Candy Jumpers Sweetens Fire Safety Strategy with FireHorse Rescue Kits
Wellington, FL & Delano, MN (July 20, 2024) - In 2023, Eye Candy Jumpers experienced an equestrian's worst nightmare. Their facility in Delano, Minnesota caught fire and burned, with a large group of their mares, stallions, foals, and competition horses inside. Eye Candy's attentive team were able to get most of the horses out or into the indoor arena, so that there were no major injuries but the structures were a total loss despite a fast response from the local fire department. Nothing if not resilient, Eye Candy is now in the process of rebuilding the Minnesota farm, and will now be outfitted with FireHorse Rescue Kits in the new barn and at their Wellington, Florida facility to ensure they have the tools and strategy to keep their horses safe in the future.
Hay Fires: Prevention and control
Hay fires usually occur within six weeks of baling, but they may occur in hay several years old. Fire can occur in loose hay, small bales, large bales or in stacks. The fires can occur in hay stored inside as well as in hay stored outside. Regardless of when or where the fires occur, the most common cause is excessive moisture.
Freshly cut forage materials are not dead. Some respiration continues and a very small amount of heat is produced. This heat generated by respiration is probably of little consequence except that it may help provide proper conditions for growth of bacteria. As the moisture content of the crop decreases during the curing process, respiration will slow and eventually cease.