USFA issues Master Planning Forum Final Report

USFA issues Master Planning Forum Final Report

The United States Fire Administration (USFA) hosted a Forum on Fire Prevention and Control Master Planning in March at the National Emergency Training Center (NETC) in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Attending were experts representing fire planning agencies, local fire departments and emergency management communities, and affiliated professions such as city management and city planning agencies. The Forum`s objectives were to identify the critical concerns and issues related to fire prevention and control master planning, review and evaluate the USFA`s previous master planning efforts within the context of those issues and concerns, and recommend fire master planning initiatives for the USFA.

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.