In the 2021 harvest period NFU Mutual, the UK’s leading rural insurer, experienced a 35 per cent increase in the number of combine harvester fires. That is eight combine harvester fires a day!
A fire prevention checklist was issued this year (2022) with the aim of supporting farmers to avoid the damage and disruption caused by accidental combine harvester fires.
With new combine harvesters costing at least £250,000, and the fires having the potential to spread to standing and cut crops. these fires can have a devastating impact on farmers.
The hot, dusty nature of harvesting, as well as moving machinery parts are conditions where the risk of a fire to happen are increased. Add to that a tank of diesel and the results can be devastating!
We’ve put together some simple safety tips which can help reduce this risk.
