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Editor

THOMAS F, BRENNAN

Managing Editor

JACKIE COX

Associate Editor

AUDREY PAVEY

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS

Gene Carlson

Paul McFadden

CONSULTING EDITORS

Jack Bennett

Walt Hendrick

Francis L. Brannigan

Charles G. King

Hugh J. Caulfield

Edward J. McDonald

Glenn P. Corbett

Burton W. Phelps

Frank L. Fire

CORRESPONDENTS

Bradley Anderson

Dave E. Williams

HENRY H. DINNEEN

Publisher

JANET KLIPPER

Administrative Assistant

FIRE ENGINEERING (ISSN 00152587), February 1987, Volume 140, Number 2. Member, Association ot Business Publishers Inc. and Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published monthly by PennWell Publishing Co. Printed in Tulsa, OK 74101. Executive, editorial and advertising offices: 875 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022.

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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.
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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.