Coming Events

Coming Events

departments

Jan. 21-23—USFA Arson Conference, New Orleans, La. For information write United States Fire Administration, Washington, D.C. 20472.

Mar. 24-27—Fire Department Instructors Conference. Annual meeting, Memphis, Tenn. For further information, write Ed McCormack, Executive Secretary, International Society of Fire Service Instructors, Box 88, Hopkinton, Mass. 01748.

June 4-7, Eastern Division, IAFC. Annual meeting, Hempstead, N.Y. For further information, contact Chief Gregory Turrell, 28 Nottingham Road, Malvern, N.Y. 11565.

June 7-12-—Southeastern Division, IAFC. Annual meeting, Omni International Hotel, Norfolk, Va. For information, write Chief David A. MacLellan, Secretary-Treasurer, Sea PinesForest Beach Fire Department, P.O. Box 5193, Hilton Head Island, S.C. 29928.

Sept. 28-Oct. 2—International Association of Fire Chiefs. Annual Conference, Miami Beach, Fla. For information, contact Donald D. Flinn, General Manager, International Association of Eire Chiefs, 132918th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.

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.