USFA Coffee Break Training: Fire Dampers

Fire dampers are installed in air handling systems to stop the transfer of heat and flame. This training vignette, “Fire Dampers” explains the difference between static and dynamic dampers.

Coffee Break Training provides an overview of fire protection topics and does not include all details, requirements or exceptions to the topics that are described. Always refer to nationally recognized design and installation codes and standards, the product manufacturer, or listing details for specific information.  

Downloaded this firefighter training from http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/coffee-break/cb_fp_2010_26.pdf

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.