COMING EVENTS

COMING EVENTS

August 5-9, “National Symposium on Sprinklers and Related Fire Protection Technology for the Future,” sponsored by the International Society of Fire Service Instructors. Contact the International Society of Fire Service Instructors, 20 Main St., Ashland, MA 01721.

August 15-17, Twenty-Second Annual Seminar on Determing the Cause and Origin of Fires, Arson and Explosions, sponsored by the National Assn, of Fire Investigators. Contact John Kennedy, Director, Fire Seminar, Suite 300, 53 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604

August 20-24, Flammable Liquid Firefighting Foams, Equipment and Systems Seminar, sponsored by National Foam System, Inc. and the University of Maryland’s Dept, of Fire Protection Engineering. Contact Paul Gillespie, National Foam System, Inc., 150 Gordon Drive, Lionville, PA 19353.

August 25-26, California Statewide Fire Muster Championship, sponsored by the Benicia Fire Dept. Contact PIO Firefighter Joe Thurin, 250 East L St., Benicia, CA 94510.

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.