FL Firefighters Injured in Apparatus Crash

Two firefighters from the South Trail (FL) Fire District were injured when their fire apparatus crashed into a tree en route to a call after the driver passed out because of a medical emergency.

A third firefighter was not injured in the crash, and no other vehicles were involved, according to news reports. The fire truck was badly damaged.

 

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.