(KMZA)--A local fire department will receive a lifesaving tool to aid in grain bin rescues.

The Columbus, Ohio-based insurance company, Nationwide, announced Tuesday that Nemaha County Rural Fire District #4 in Bern is among 48 fire departments across the country selected to receive grain rescue tubes and hands-on training to prepare them to respond when entrapments occur.

The fire departments were selected to receiving the life-saving tool from more than 1,000 nominations received in the annual Nominate Your Fire Department Contest.

The National Education Center for Agricultural Safety will deliver the rescue tubes and training to the winning fire departments throughout this year.

Since 2014, Nationwide has supplied these rescue resources to 200 fire departments across the country.

In 2020, grain entrapments led to 20 deaths across the nation.