COMING EVENTS

COMING EVENTS

DEPARTMENTS

June 13-16, 109th Annual Conference of the Michigan State Firemen’s Assn. Contact Jay Kleinhardt, P.O. Box 55, Clare, MI 48617.

June 19-21, Seminar XVI, sponsored by the Philadelphia Fire Department and the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science. Contact Frank Squillace, Seminar Coordinator, Fire Prevention Div., 3rd and Spring Garden Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19123

June 20-23, The 21st Annual International Fire Photographers Assn. Training Conference. Contact President William Reynolds, P.O. Box 201, Elmhurst, IL 60126.

June 22-24, The 6th Annual RESCUExpo, cosponsored by the Emergency Medical Services Council and the Mercer County Fire/Rescue Training Institute. Contact Mercer County Fire/Rescue Training Institute, P.O. Box 1263, Hermitage, PA 16148.

July 7-8, Canby Volunteer Fire Dept. Muster. Contact the Canby Volunteer Fire Dept., 230 Grant St., Canby, OR 97013.

July 7-8, 8th Annual McLean County Firemen’s Assn. Training School. Contact Registrar Kay Cermak, C/O Normal Fire Dept., 1300 East College Ave., Normal, IL 61761.

July 11-14, The 1984 Clinical Conference on Pre-hospital Emergency Care. Contact Registrar, 600 Curland St., Suite 420, Orlando, FL 32804.

July 11-14, The 31st International Fire Buffs’ Show. Contact the International Fire Buffs’ Assn., P.O. Box 6238, Boston, MA 02150-6238.

July 12-15, The Annual Conference of the International Assn, of Fire Chiefs/Missouri Valley Div. Contact Chief Fred W. Schafer, Conference Coordinator, Soldier Twp. Fire Dept., 600 NW 46th St., Topeka, KS 66617.

July 14-15, The Fireground Command Seminar. Contact the Ft. Wayne Fire Dept., City County Building, One Main St., Ft. Wayne, IN 46802.

July 15-18, Michigan Fire Chiefs Assn.’s 59th Annual Conference. Contact Chief Carl Gerds, 16370 Nine Mile Rd., East Detroit, MI 48021.

July 21-22, FIRE EXPO ’84. Contact the Texas Society of Fire Service Instructors, P.O. Box 9300, College Station, TX 77840.

July 22-25, The 27th Annual Florida Fire Chief’s Conference. Contact Asst. Chief J. M. Hyatt, Lakeland Fire Dept., 117 N. Massachusetts Ave., Lakeland, FL 33801.

July 24-28, The InterNational Electrical Testing Assn. School, sponsored by the High Voltage Maintenance Corp. Contact Dr. Mary R. Denton, Education-Conference Director, 1218 Queens Rd., Charlotte, NC 28207.

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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.