Humpday Hangout: RIT and Fireground Survival Training

In this week’s Humpday Hangout, the panel will discuss the importance of frequent, high-impact drills for firefighter safety and survival, and provide best practices for implementing rapid intervention team (RIT) training programs at the local level.

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Elevator Rescue: Rope Gripper Entrapment

Mike Dragonetti discusses operating safely while around a Rope Gripper and two methods of mitigating an entrapment situation.
Delta explosion

Two Workers Killed, Another Injured in Explosion at Atlanta Delta Air Lines Facility

Two workers were killed and another seriously injured in an explosion Tuesday at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport.