Praise for April issue

Praise for April issue

Edward J. Boyd

First Assistant Chief

Southold (NY) Fire Department

Congratulations on the April 1996 issue of Fire Engineering, which contains even more than the expected fine complement of useful information. Particular credit should be given to the review of new-car fire tactics and the truly excellent series of monographs on electricity and electrical dangers.

Rarely has a subject as complex as electricity been presented in as clear and as concise a manner as accomplished by your authors.

Hand entrapped in rope gripper

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.