Apparatus builders CENTRAL STATES FIRE APPARATUS of Lyons, South Dakota; GENERAL SAFETY EQUIPMENT

Apparatus builders CENTRAL STATES FIRE APPARATUS of Lyons, South Dakota; GENERAL SAFETY EQUIPMENT of Wyoming, Minnesota; and ROSENBAUER INTERNATIONAL of Leonding, Austria have agreed to form a partnership. Central States and General Safety will continue to operate from their own facilities and market products under their respective names. Central States builds traditional apparatus; General Safety makes customized and specialized vehicles; and Rosenbauer, with production and service facilities in 12 countries, is the largest specialty and localized producer in the world.

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.