COMPANY NEWS

COMPANY NEWS

On March 2, PIERCE MANUFACTURING delivered its 5,000th chassis. Custom-built for the Oxnard, California, Fire Department, the Pierce Arrow is powered by a 350-hp Caterpillar engine with an HT-740 Allison transmission. It is equipped with a 500-gallon tank and 1,500-gpm pumping capacity. It was purchased through Fire-Bann Corporation in Ontario, California.

EMERGENCY ONE, INC. has announced the establishment of three new dealerships in the I’nited States: American Safety and Fire House, Inc., 3848 Oakliff Industrial Ct., Atlanta. GA 30340, (404) 441-3473 (Northern Georgia); Firefighting Supplies, Inc., 535 N. Central Ave., Suite 201, Hapeville, GA 30354, (404) 668-0023 (Southern Georgia); and EDM Corporation, 5020 O St., Lincoln, NE 68503, (402) 434-5212 (Nebraska and Iowa).

Fire Engineering Books and Videos would like to congratulate the winners of our video giveaway at the FDIC in Cincinnati.

Day 1-Winner of “Collapse of Burning Buildings” Series: Firefighters DAVID BULLINS, Greensboro (NC) Fire Department.

Day 2-Winner of “Forcible Entry” Series: JOHN SMILNAK, Chairman, Livonia (Ml) Firefighters Safety Committee.

Day 3-Winner of “Master Stream,” “Flashover,” and “Backdraft”: DAVID E. LAYMAN, Instructor, Newport News (VA) Fire Training.

We thank you all for coming to our booth and hope to see you again.

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.