Correction

Correction

The weight of the MSA pressure-demand breathing apparatus with a hoop-wound cylinder listed in the 1982 Fire Service Catalog on page 78 of the January issue of Fire Engineering should have read 26.5 pounds. The erroneous weight listed was due to circumstances beyond our control.

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.