MANUFACTUARES’ LITERATURE

MANUFACTUARES’ LITERATURE

EMERGENCY VEHICLE CATALOG

Thomas Hardware, Parts & Fasteners of Reading, Pennsylvania, has released the second edition of its fire, rescue, and emergency vehicle catalog. The 125-page catalog features 60 percent moreproducts than the previous edition. Free copies are available.

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HAZCAT LITERATURE

A literature package available from Haztech Systems, Inc., provides a company profile; describes the company’s HazCat Chemical Identification Kit, which consists of easy-to-follow field tests for identifying unknown substances; and provides information on Haztech System’s nationwide, three-day classes designed to train personnel on the proper use of the HazCat kit. Supply and reagent order forms also are available.

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VIDEO LIBRARY

A brochure from IHRDC describes the company’s video training programs that cover topics relevant to production, natural gas, or refinery operations and safety. Each module includes a professionally produced video program and a three-ring binder containing an instructor’s guide, student tests, transparencies, a student manual, and a self-instruction guide. Topics available include confined space vessel entry, lockout/tagout, fire and safe work permits, and excavating and trenching.

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TRAINING MANUAL

Understanding the Basics of Firestopping, a training manual available from Specified Technologies, Inc., describes the features of the company’s SpecSeal® line of firestopping products as well as general information and definitions relevant to firestopping, market and influences information, and product estimation tables.

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IDENTIFICATION PRODUCTS CATALOG

A 304-page catalog from Seton Name Plate features the company’s expanded lines of identification and safety products, including signs, tags, labels, placards (DOT HM181-compliant), and workplace awareness signage. Confined space, biohazard, and ADA item lines have been expanded. New items include heatindicator signs and a complete line of ozone depletion-regulation products.

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LIVE-FIRE TRAINING SYSTEM FACT SHEET

A fact sheet available from Contraves/Symtron describes the characteristics and applications of the Contraves/Symtron LFTS/I live-fire training system (I.FTS), which is configured to replicate industrial and commercial settings and fueled by propane to reproduce classes A-, B-, and Ctype fires. The fact sheet also includes a profile of the company and contact phone numbers.

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FIREFIGHTING BUCKET INFORMATION

A brochure from Griffith Polymers, Inc., provides specifications, including dimensions, weight, lift options, and cableassemblies of all seven models of Big Dipper® firefighting buckets. Detailed information on the buckets’ buoyancy, bumpers, plugs, polyurethane construction, and dump gate options are included.

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HAZ-MAT RESPONSE SYSTEM INFORMATION

HazMat Response Technologies offers literature on its Rubberizer’“ line of sorbents designed for use on spills of gasoline; transformer, lube, and hydraulic oils; jet and diesel fuels; chlorinated and aromatic solvents; and other industrial liquids. Included are a description of the products, which convert spilled materials into a rubber-like solid for easy disposal; a technical manual for the complete line of products, including booms, particulate polymers, and pillows; mitigation and cleanup operations reports; and a material safetydata sheet applicable to all Rubberizer™ products.

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TRANSMISSION LITERATURE

Allison Transmission offers a package of information on the company and its products. Hie package includes a news item on Allison’s 10,000th MD transmission being built; a color brochure describing the new MD series of Allison transmissions for medium-duty trucks; a brochure describing the features and specifications of the Spartan MetroStar custom chassis, which features an Allison transmission; a profile of Spartan Motors Corporation; and a specifications sheet on the MD 3060P and MD 3560P transmissions.

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VOLTAGE DETECTOR INFORMATION

Questions pertaining to Delsar’s high-sensitivity AC detector, the AC Hot Stick, are answered in a fact sheet available from the company. A product description, applications, specifications, detection range, and answers to common questions are provided.

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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.