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The recent number of barn fires involving livestock in Ontario has many people thinking about fire prevention. Food and Farm Care Ontario has a number of resources on their website (Food and Farm Care) for livestock producers and first responders on preventing barn fires and dealing with the aftermath of a fire.  These include the OMAFRA’s Reducing the Risk of Fire on Farm. 

Recent barn fires in Ontario remind us how important it is to check for fire hazards in our barns. OMAFRA Publication 837 Reducing the Risk of Fire on your Farm discusses leading causes of barn fires, ways to prevent fires and things you can do to reduce the impact of barn fires for all species of livestock.