Fire School Graduates 21

Fire School Graduates 21

Twenty-one members of the 51st Recruit School recently graduated from the Fairfax County Fire Training Center. The graduates will become career members of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Services.

The basic training program included an emphasis on physical fitness development and arson detection. The graduates also had extensive training in emergency medical procedures, including a day spent in a hospital emergency room.

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.