About NECAS

For years, the National Safety Council (NSC) helped raise awareness of safety issues in rural communities. In 1994, a pilot course was held at Northeast Iowa Community College, and the partnership was so well received Iowa Governor Terry Branstad signed legislation providing $1 million to construct a farm safety training center. In 1997, the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS) opened its doors to the farming community with a facility on the NICC Peosta campus. NECAS is the only organization with a hands-on farm equipment safety training center. The facility also houses classrooms, a library and a resource center.

NECAS has been helping to keep farms safe since 1944 when the National Safety Council encouraged President Franklin D. Roosevelt to sign the first National Farm Safety Week proclamation, bringing attention to the hazards and risks of farm work. National Farm Safety and Health Week has been recognized by presidential proclamation from every president since then.

NECAS has expanded its reach by developing partnerships with colleges and other educational centers across the country. We work closely with agribusiness personnel and other organizations that share our goals. Our staff are exploring new routes to bring safety and health messages home to rural communities. We are working to partner and exchange ideas with our neighbors in Canada and other countries.

Services

Like any business, agriculture can be financially set back by safety violations, injuries, illnesses and deaths. NECAS offers safety education and proactive programs to help prevent incidents that affect your agribusiness safety and welfare.

Programs include:

  • Hazardous materials training
  • Respiratory protection programs
  • CPR classes
  • Tractor roll-over protection retrofit programs
  • Tractor certification programs
  • Combine safety
  • Confined spaces
  • Rescue procedures (tractor roll-over, grain entrapment, combine, auger extrication and manure pit rescues)
  • Youth programs
  • Training seminars tailored to specific needs

View the comprehensive list of rescue programs and safety trainings offered.

Partners

Northeast Iowa Community College

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National Safety Council

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Donate

To make an online donation, please contact Director Dan Neenan.

Related Pages

National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS)
8342 NICC Drive
Peosta, IA 52068
563.557.0354
888.844.6322